04.04.08
busy here at school
I am taking classes at UNCA this semester. I am only taking 2 classes but there is a lot of work involved. This is the main reason I haven’t posted in this blog in the last month. My classes are on North Carolina history and Native American Indian History. I just finished writing for NC history on the impact of European contact on the Catawba Indians of the Carolinas. I am in the process of writing a research paper for Native American Indian History on the mourning war raids and the treatment of captives. I have also had to give a presentation and book review. The mid-term exam for one class was a take home exam that was in essence a 7 page essay. The other class had an in class exam and a take home essay. So you can see I’ve been very busy. The final exams will be the first of May. One final will be another take home exam. It will most likely be another 7 page research paper. The take home exams are a lot harder than in class tests. The last take home exam took me 4 days, over 10 hours each day to research, organize and write. With all that work, I still ended up with a low B. Anyway, I am writing 2 pages a day on my research paper. I have 4 pages right now. I should be done by this tuesday. Then I have to proof read it, organize and very possibly rewrite. The last day of the semester for me is May 8. Can’t wait for this summer. Next fall, I am taking Civil War history and European history from 1848. When I finish with this semester, I will post all my essays and research papers in my history section of this website. In addition, I have lots of class notes on the history of NC, (includes asheville) so I will be posting these notes too.