Well its week nine and it was so good to see everyone at the Marshall Cafe on Tuesday. I really got to talk about some things on my mind and the food was the best part! This week has been pretty busy. I worked, took my client to the TOOL concert, which was an experience in itself. I also had to work on my truck all day Saturday, but its in fine running condition now.

Now as we are winding down, my nerves begin to really get on edge because this time next week Mrs. McComas will have graded our projects and sentenced us to our deaths! HAHA. Yet, in all reality when any class comes to an end everyone gets nervous about their grades and lose sight of what all they have accomplished that term. Therefore, I vow to myself not to worry over my grade, but rather gloat in the fact that I have learned and accomplished so much this summer with this class. Frankly, if you have come this far in the CD program at Marshall, then we should really be focusing on what we can learn and apply rather than our grades. That has been a hard learned lesson for me.

I have had some trouble out of antville today. It doesnt seem to want to publish my entire reflection, but only pieces of it. So, I have emailed Mrs. McComas, but still no reply. Yet, no worries. I have the original copy saved in email so if she wants it then I have it. YAH!!!! I fixed it. I took some time away from my journal to try to fix it and I did. Yay for me!

Anyway, I believe that everyone deserves a great round of applause for keeping up with the assignments, researching them and then finalizing them on the web for millions to see. As I was finalizing my links throuhg my project I realized that not only was I learning but also having fun this summer doing all this internet and computer work. It seems when you do something with your hands it sticks with you rather than having someone tell you everything you need to know and then you dont have any experience. Those situations are for the birds.

Finally, I would just like to call everyone to look back at June 10 and look at August 11 and see what all we have done. It almost seems like yesterday we were in the library learning about the databases. Now we are about to end summer and go to fall classes. Just simply remarkable. See you guys this fall!!!

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This assignment was titled a Multigenre Research Project, or MRP. It was quite different than any other assignment I had completed in the past. It took an online-research-multigenre approach that challenges the normal thinking of research work. It was first comprised of gather material and doing work online, such as building WebLogs, subscribing to mailing lists and gathering resources only on the internet.

The MRP was composed of a Preface, Acknowlegdments, Information about the Author, Six Genres, Reflection and References. Three of the six genres were predetermined by our instructor. They were a poem, a PowerPoint presentation and a Webliography. The other three I was able to choose. They were a letter to the politician, letter to the editor and a brochure. Each of the genres had to be presented in a different voice, such as client, clinician and third party insurance company in my case.

A unifying theme had to be developed to tie the whole piece together. This would not only help the developer of the MRP to understand where their project was going, but also help the reader flow through the MRP with a knowledge of what is going on or being targeted.

Process

Upon completion of the MRP, I look back at the amount of time and effort that was put into completing this project and say to myself "I have learned more through the completion of this MRP than any other project I have completed." The MRP gave me options, but kept me on a narrow path to completion. The MRP gave me an instructor who was flexible but on the level when it came to finished products. Overall, the MRP put me in three different perspectives on my topic, advocacy for funding for outpatient services to all who require assistance.

Within the first week of this class, I thought I was going to do poorly because of hear-say and looking at the syllabus and thinking "when will I have time to complete these assignments." So first thing first, I had to decide on an essential question. Something that sparked an interest in me and at the same time was of interest to the general public. I first started out with advocacy for just speech-language services, but soon found out that information was rather scarce on such a narrow topic. From there, I developed a broader question of how to provide or advocate for funding for all outpatient services to those who meet the requirements for federal assistance. This topic gave me a wider range of resources as well as a wider target of people with the same interest. Upon completing the essential question, foundation questions were formed to help further guide my research so that I can stay on topic. The next step from here was to develop the six genres.

The thought load for completing the genres was sort of 50/50. Half of them were already chosen for me and the other three I had to choose myself. During my research, my interest had taken a direction toward insurance companies and their outpatient coverage plans. So, I thought that the PowerPoint presentation and the brochure would fit nicely with a big corporation. Then there were four. Thus, the letter to the editor was in the voice of the client and the poem, webliography and letter to the politician was in the voice of me, the clinician. Ok, the voices are down now where is the audience? The audience is anyone who shares an interest in this topic of advocacy and may need a startig ground for their pursuit.

Although I thought that me doing this assignment would not be worth its time because of my topic, I have now realized that others depend on what others accomplish. So I am going to keep working with this idea and toward its perfection in our national healthcare system.

Premise

Now that I have completed this project I now see things in my life I have never seen before. As a result of completing this project, I have realized that the whole process of selecting a topic, research, genres and even the reflection are all a manifestation of my inner self. That is that I am always looking out for the other person before myself, but I have never realized that until just this moment. Its true what they say about a persons personality and true colors showing through in their writing. Well, I just got a big dose of inner self realization through my reflection.

It makes so much sense now though. All through the process of selecting my topic and questions, I kept asking myself what do other people need in our area of work that I can help provide, besides our basic services. Even in the early stages my true colors were showing. I just think its a weird feeling when you realize something new and it hits you like a ton of bricks.

Thanks to this MRP I am now aware of this nations, as well as the worlds, problem with the whole healthcare picture. There are too many people needing services and not enough professionals to step up to the plate and fight insurance companies and ultimately the federal government to ensure that EVERYONE gets the required therapy they need and deserve to but them back as close to normal as possible.

I feel, thanks to the MRP, secure in my actions and navigation of not only the World Wide Web, but of all tasks that I complete. I have done my work, reviewed others and now feel that the future is in this type of interaction and learning. I am a better learner and applier of material thanks to this class and its requirements

In the end thats what it is all about learning. I hope you have learned something from my MRP and I hope that you and myself will continue to learn through this type of interaction the rest of our lives.

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