http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/ How did I get in this hand basket? en-us 2006-03-05T15:13:10-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/040024.html I will no longer be using this blog for anything. If you are curious and want to know what I am up to, go here: http://mmerriam.livejournal.com/... 2006-03-05T15:13:10-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/038493.html I need to get better at this writing thing I'm frustrated because I know the stories I'm writing can be better but, try as I might, I cannot seem make the jump. I have yet to develop the skill set... 2006-02-16T16:18:33-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/038207.html Today I must rewrite an essay for Comp II. I expect this to take about two hours of my day. After that I need to read four short stories for my Short Story class. Then a few business calls and,... 2006-02-13T23:06:11-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/035345.html We finished the last of our family and friends holiday get togethers last night, visiting and exchanging gifts with my aunt and uncle in Coon Rapids. We had our traditional holiday lasagna, watched some football, showed each other pictures from... 2006-01-14T23:23:16-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/033522.html Well, here we are, the last blog. I wish we could have been more engaged with each other, but I realize that you are busy, and that your access at school might be a little limited. I hope that something... 2005-12-05T11:06:01-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/032915.html Well I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My wife and I stayed home and had a quiet dinner together. We ate, watched football, and hung-out together. It was a good day. So what did you do for Thanksgiving?... 2005-11-28T19:16:31-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/032175.html I am back to answer the question I received from one of the fine students at Lincoln Community School! "Now I have a question for you how long have you been in college. Has it been a dissapointment" Well, this... 2005-11-14T13:23:28-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/031088.html Today I'm going to tell you two things I think you should know about college. Remember, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask them. First of all, college is different from high school in that there is... 2005-10-31T11:18:18-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/030381.html Hello, Lincoln Community School Students. My name is Michael Merriam, and I am a student at the University of Minnesota (well, I guess that's obvious, isn't it?)and it looks like you and I will be talking a lot with each... 2005-10-20T15:39:43-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/030323.html We met with our revision groups yesterday. I thought it went fairly well, though we were missing one member of our group. Good feedback. I was given some things to think about, and some suggestions to maybe make this piece... 2005-10-20T10:43:09-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/030113.html Class was cut short yesterday, but we still managed to get some good work done. One of the students put his paper up for in class review. we read the paper and made suggestions. All the suggestions seemed sound, and... 2005-10-18T11:41:40-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/029654.html Structure of assignment: -State similarity or difference -Description or evidence from each school to show that difference/similarity -What makes this important? What effect does this have on students? or what causes it? * One important simlarity between Lincoln Community School... 2005-10-12T11:41:40-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/029527.html We talked today about the financial situations at Lincoln schools in north Minneapolis as compared to other, more affluent districts in the Minneapolis area and its suburbs. I looked at all my schools and old home towns back in Oklahoma.... 2005-10-10T22:24:03-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/029289.html A bit of catching up to do on Wednesday in class, since I had missed Monday. Still, it was mostly talking about plagiarism, which I'm already pretty grounded in the do nots of, and some study of the MLA citation... 2005-10-07T14:04:27-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/merri219/1421/029041.html I missed class on Monday. I hate missing class, but better the stay home than to infect everyone in the room with whatever nasty bug I had caught. I did the assigned readings, and am confidant that, even though I... 2005-10-04T22:45:18-06:00