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          In this unit I have relearned a lot! The Library Database lesson was new to me. The Database lesson was one I really needed for this class. I wouldn’t have been able to do my essays for this class without it. As for the summarizing and paraphrasing lesson it wasn’t the first time but sure felt like it. The two were hard for me. They seem somewhat the same when going over them the first time but after really sitting here and going over every detail it became easier. But at times the two seem the same until I go back and read over it again. I am still not sure how to be 100% that I am not plagiarizing unintentionally.  When writing papers this will be hard for me still but I hope what I have learned with the paraphrasing and summarizing lesson will help with this. I think this unit has been very helpful for myself. It was all something I needed a review on or something I learned for the first time. Even in the vocabulary I found out I had been using a word totally wrong!! And that's not a joke!!

Digital World

 

 

I think everything is going more and more digital by the day! Digital is most defiantly replacing print more and more every day. To me it is a good and bad thing because it makes it easier for the consumer in my case. But at the same time it’s taking away revenue from business and in some cases loss of jobs. Word Color in Jonesboro just shut its doors in the past six months; they printed magazine. That was nearly 400 jobs in North East Arkansas gone. The demand had dropped so much in the past years a reason being from databases. At the same time your sources through digital databases are unreal. There is no way a library could ever compare or even have a third of the sources. This is definitely a topic that has its pro and cons. For this class though it is perfect a great source to have. I am taking this class online because I have a full time job, a family, and time is extremely valuable to me. I can’t imagine having to take my daughter in a library and try to do research for a paper. Convenience seems to be most peoples biggest priority because life style are so busy. Without the internet and everything it has I would be lost school would not even be an option right now.

Tattoo of "Beautiful Mistake"

    Beautiful Mistake.. Those two words mean a lot to me. Through life we all go through so much and I feel that people use the word "mistake" way to much. You never know how things in life will effect you down the road in a good or bad way. But I do know your past is what makes you who you are today. To me there is no such thing as a mistake. Good or bad I am who I am because of it all. My tattoo is to remind me everyday that everything happens for a reason and that what I'm going through now is going to make a difference in some way tomorrow.




My Love Bug!

     My name is Christa Hamilton and I am 23. I live in Paragould and work fulltime at Monroe for the past three years. I have also been married for three years to a wonderful man who is supporting my decision on going back to school way more than I could have ever imagined .We have the most BEAUTIFUL little girl in the world if I do say so myself!! Her name is Ashlyn but I call her my little love bug <3. We just celebrated her FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!!! And I think that is the most pink the Paragould Country Club has ever seen.

 

My little family

I have decided to come back to school and get a degree in repertory care. When I got out of high school I went straight in to college thinking I wanted to be an accountant, but after my internship at a CPA firm it wasn't what I wanted to do anymore. So I quite school which wasn't the best idea. Now here I am four years later I am back to get a degree and a trade that I know I will love.