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this is hard... or rather, bitter sweet.

if you are reading this blog, you are probably a member of this class... which makes me wonder... why are you reading this blog? class is over, sadly, but i have to say this was probably one of my favorite classes at au so far.  i can't get over the atmosphere created in the class by our teacher, nicole melander.  it seems that i am not the only one that loved her teaching style and what she taught; i found out recently that one of my fraternity brothers that recently graduated is creating a class with her for the fall of 2008.  i am definitely excited for that class and hope to be lucky enough to take it.  

i say this experience is bitter sweet for several reasons.  the most obvious, of course, is the fact that i won't be heading over to sis at 11:20 on wednesdays anymore... no awesome middle of the week class to help the week go over the 'bump' easier... i will definitely miss that class... the 'sweet-ness' of the bitter sweet comment is two-fold: one, i learned a lot and developed an interest and a second major :)  the second side of the 'fold' is that i signed up to be her (nicole melander) student again next semester in itec 200... kinda going down in course levels... i am definitely looking forward to that class!

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on that note (the course levels), this school has disappointed me in regards to its communication program (this class is part of the business program, which i recently became a part of as a double major).  i was taking 300 level classes (and even testing out of one) as a freshman.  this semester, i am taking a graduate level (course level in the 600's) course as well as 400 level courses... 'w' 't' 'f' mate.  not cool.  i am not learning much, not as a fault of the teachers (they are wonderful btw... i highly recommend K "kylos" Brannon for Comm courses dealing with Photoshop and After Effects), but a fault of the school's offerings.  as a result, i am working 35 hours a week at Apple, Inc. in Bethesda as well as starting a Double Major with a Triple specialization (but I might streamline it and reduce it to a double spec).

o well.

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i think i might keep up this blog thing.  it is kinda cool to just post to the world not knowing who or what (pets read?) is reading this.

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i am excited to go home for a month and see friends and family.  no parties tho, right dad ;)

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thanks to all reading this, and i plan on re-designing this blog and keeping it going posting daily or weekly or however i feel at the time... probably the latter.

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much love to everybody and blog to you soon :)

morgan!

and remember... Blogs are Nice, Yay!

The Blogs have been nice, Yay!

The title of this post has two very important meanings.  First off, it deals with how blogs and social networking have been nice to the community - triggers for change (that has a weird but interesting sound to it... but sounds more like an NRA slogan), as well as the fact that posting for this blog, Blogs are Nice, Yay!, has been, well, nice.

Let's just jump right into it.  Social Networking sites as well as user-generated websites have been the catalyst for change since they first came around.... Heck (see mom, I didn't cuss), the invention of the internet was for change - how can we speed up the sharing of information to help society?  Social networking as well as UGC has been able to allow like-minded individuals the ability to communicate and meet up (mentally and physically) to help promote their cause.  Although this isn't specifically about giving back (although my roommate would advocate that it is), the success of Ron Paul ("Ron Paul in '08!" - my roommate as I am writing this) is mainly due to the amazing power of the internet.  People have found each-other on social networking sites as well as on forums and user-generated websites.  With this, Ron Paul has been the best, the...best, at raising campaign funds.  The most incredible part about this whole thing?  Ron Paul doesn't organize these events, they are that of his followers, curtsey the awesomeness of the internet.

Second part!  Thank you thank you thank you to my teacher Nicole Melander as well as my fellow classmates of AU's ITEC-333 Fall 2007.  This class was an amazing experience in educational learning.  The format of the classes has been wonderful, completely catering to learning out of desire, instead of need.  The classroom environment as well as the teaching style was perfect.  Moreover, the students who were in the class were all motivated and energized to learn - a wonderful experience to be a part of.  Learning about blogging (I never followed blogs, ever, even though I would consider myself very tech saavy) and doing it myself has been an eye opening experience.

thank you all.