Rebels

Over Thanksgiving in Arizona (during which I did not take 1 picture!) we had our Christmas gift exchange with my family since we won't being seeing them on Christmas. My parent's got us the best gift ever!  A Canon Rebel T3i, which basically translates into a freaking sweet camera. I have been having so much fun taking pictures with it, I am definitely not a pro like my mom! These are a few of the pictures that I've taken since I got it. I can't wait until I am done with school in less than TWO weeks! Then I can devote some time to figuring this thing out and really getting some awesome pictures of my little family!

Decorating and un-decorating the Christmas tree

Eating Lunch, she is the cutest little thing!

Dirty little face

There have been thousands of geese migrating and Abby loves to watch them as they fly over.

Model face

A little bit of sassy attitude. 

She has the most beautiful blue eyes in the entire world!

In other fun family news I had my 36 week check up today and everything is looking good. We scheduled an induction for the 20th of December at 6:00 in the morning! I'm so excited to have that date in my mind and hopefully everything works out and we have a new baby girl come the 20th! 

Abby is doing great, I can't believe she is 18 months old. Its crazy! She is saying more and more words and really becoming more of a little kid rather than a baby. 

Kyle is busy finishing up his last week of school. He has finals all week next week and then come Friday afternoon he will be all ours for 4 entire weeks! He has been doing great and working so hard. Abby and I are very proud of him!

I'm just getting bigger and bigger and I am VERY ready for this baby to no longer be in my belly. I keep having dreams about her and I am so excited to see her little face for real! I only have about a week and a half left of my classes and then I am done FOREVER!

Life is great and we can't wait for all of the adventures the next few months will bring. 

I don't usually argue with teachers.

This is going to be another rant post. Kyle is gone all of the time, and I really don't have anyone else to complain to... except for this blog. So humor me while I get this off of my chest.

I am really upset about this class that I am taking. Its Sociology 101 from ASU. I've taken a 400 level class from this teacher and it was awesome, so I was excited to be taking another class from her. Well this class is a joke. There are only two types of homework that get graded from this class, a discussion board and an exam each week. My problem right now is with the discussion boards, For your original post you have to post it to the discussion forum, and then post it AGAIN to a thing called the dropbox. I've never had to do that before in the 10,000 online classes I've taken. For this last weeks discussion (which was close to 600 words long) I worked really hard on it, and got it submitted to the discussion forum 3 days early. But I forgot to ALSO submit it to the dropbox. So out of 20 points I received a zero. A ZERO! Even though I worked hard on it, met all of the requirements and turned it in early. Seriously? Can I get half credit or something? SO STUPID!

And then I got my grade back from the week before forum and I received a zero for my response to another student's post. We are only required to respond to one post, but I had actually responded to two, because I wanted to keep the discussion going, I mean that is supposed to be the point of these things. So I responded, and met all the requirements but I didn't use the exact words like "this is why I disagree/agree with you". I would say something like I agree with what you said, but I would also like to add". Writing like that felt more natural, like I was actually having a discussion with my classmate. So even though I submitted the assignment on time, met the 150 word requirement, and met most of the criteria I was given a ZERO! A ZERO! Because I wasn't explicit in my writing so the TA could see I met the criteria. Seriously? Use your brain, give me the benefit of the doubt and give me the points. It is obvious that I am trying, that I am writing well and that I am making a worthwhile post. I went above and beyond by writing two posts, and yet I get a zero? Why even waste my time trying if you aren't going to give me any credit?

So that is a total of 30 points that I am not getting. That is a lot of points, and I am struggling to keep my grade up even though I am working hard and doing all of the work.

I've written a couple of emails and I'm going to fight to get at least some of the points back. I'm not asking for full credit because I have made mistakes, but not mistakes that will warrant a ZERO! I don't usually argue with teachers, I feel that once they have made their decision its final. But in this case I want my voice to be heard. I feel that I have been wronged.

So angry, but I only have a few more weeks left. I just have to pass this class and I'll be done. No more teachers or stupid TAs.

Bring on the bachelors degree. I've earned it.