Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Silly me...
This is so stupid to be mad at myself about, but I am. Ok - so on our first day of class, we are to post an introduction of our self. We can do so a day or two ahead if we feel like. I always do, since I'm so antsy to get started. What I do is type it up in Word first and print it out and retype onto Blackboard. That way I can work with it and make any changes I want and don't risk posting something I don't want to on accident. Why don't I just copy and paste you ask? I actually did that once, and it loses something in the translation between word and blackboard. The format looks all weird and it won't allow you to fix it. So, I retype. Which I actually don't mind doing. Anyway, yesterday I post my introduction, and before checking for typos......I hit submit. CRAP!! I went through it and sure enough, there were a few errors. Not many, but enough that it bothered me. So, I hit the back button to see if i could just go back, correct and it would just repost it. Well, it reposted it, but, now I have one posted with typos and one with the corrections. What a first impression huh?? There is no way to delete the additional post. I have posted a question to my prof to see if he has the ability to delete one. I felt like such a "schmuck" (any American Idol fans out there will understand this). So, to top it all off, today I needed to post something to my writing mentor about my strengths and weaknesses in writing. I had a couple of free minutes and I had already typed it up, just needed to retype. while I'm typing, and I'm almost done, DS comes in demanding a "bubby" as he calls them (sippy cups to the rest of the world). I told him I was almost done and I would get it in just a sec. well, long story short, he ends up throwing a huge fit, I am extremely angry, and due to my frustration guess what I do.......post without checking for typos!!!!!! I was so mad at myself! There were only about 2, but it still really bothers me when I'm posting to my teachers. I can laugh about it now, but I feel like such a dork. Most likely no one will even notice, but I know, and it drives me nuts. Guess you guys never knew how anal I was did ya??
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I'm surprised you can't delete your post because I have used blackboard several times and have always had the option to do so. I have seen lots of introductions filled with typo's before so don't be to hard on yourself. DH probably just isn't use to you needing time to do homework. When did you post this--it says yesterday but I checked all day and didn't see anything---wierd.
Yes, I posted it yesterday. That's really weird that it didn't show up. It was around 12:30 or so. I can't believe I can't delete them either. I called the tech support and they confirmed. They said if anyone would have the ability it would be my professor. I asked him, but have yet to get a response back. I know someone asked about it in the last class, and she couldn't either. I think that is really dumb.
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