As far as the material for this week is concerned, I learned some general guidelines and information regarding how to succeed in an online program as well as the program itself. This was a pretty cool thing for me since I will probably not be going to the physical campus barring some kind of great catastrophe. It is nice to get a feel for what the school is like and helps me feel like a member of a team. This is especially important considering that this program is 100% online and if the disparity between the way people talk to each other on Twitter and the way people communicate face to face is any indication, empathy and emotional connection is much harder to forge from behind a keyboard.
As far as assignments are concerned, this blog seemed to be the bulk of the coursework for this particular module as far as deliverables are concerned but it also included information about our industry analysis paper. A six to eight page research paper can be a daunting task for many but writing has always been a secret passion of mine. I would consider it as a career possibility if it was possible to make any kind of money doing it. Despite what friends and loved ones think, I am not so narcissistic and delusional to think that I am actually one of the top .1% of writers who get published and my track record at various games of chance in gaming establishments leads me to believe I am not going to be one of those hundreds of lotto winners who writes the next Twilight series and makes more money than some small nations despite the actual writing being terrible. I suppose the point of all of that inane rambling is that a six to eight page research paper is something that I will be quite comfortable producing and am actually excited to get to. It will definitely be something I finish up early as soon as I am done catching up one roughly forty (now twenty) hours of coursework that took place before I added the class.
Until next time - Kevin
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