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Annnd I'm back...

Greetings to everyone who stills follows my blog! :)

I've been typing informal but business-related emails for a long time so I apologize if this blog post is weird.

Wellllllll - I didn't expect my 4 week hiatus to stretch into over 4 months.  After my uncle, aunt, and cousin left, the daughter of my Dad's cousin came over for a few day's visit, which ended up in another visit to Washington, D.C. (I never wanted to leave the Museum of Natural Science!!).  Then for work, there was a huge project for my RA job where I worked overtime for about 2 weeks... and then Bible school started, which ended up being a bigger load than what I expected.... ..... ...... ....... ........

You're probably asking why I have time to blog.  I don't.

BUT - I've started studying for the GMAT, and not surprisingly discovered my level of competency decreases in the following order:

  • Quantitative 
    • Math 
      • need to brush up on this quite a bit.
    • Data Sufficiency 
      • You are supplied 2 premises and a question.  Determine whether one, the other, both, neither, or more information is necessary to answer the question.  This question type is unique in the GMAT when compared to all graduate-admission exams.  I'm still trying to get a hang of it, but it's interesting, so that's good.
  • Verbal 
    • Sentence correction 
      • if you know me - this is totally fun!
    • Reading comprehension 
      • ehh, so-so.
    • Critical reasoning 
      • I stink at this.  And I don't think it's completely because I can't use or have logic, but rather, I just don't know how the test writers think.  Gag...
  • Analytical Writing Assessment - 2 essays, 30 minutes each
      • MOST INTIMIDATING SECTION OF THE EXAM
    • Analyze argument
    • Analyze issue

The last bullet is why I'm writing again (told you not to be surprised). I've heard and read so many times and places that the best way to improve your writing skills is to write.  Granted, it's not always going to be phenomenal or world-changing, but I have finally figured out that writing is just like math.  The more you practice, the better you get at it.  Yes, I know - big revelation (not).  It makes me feel better though. :P

So - be expecting about 1 post a day.  If you'd rather not read - feel free to ignore.

If, however, you'd like to help a fellow bro-, errr, sister - feel free to give me

  • crazy and not-so-crazy ideas to talk about, 
  • big words to include (there's a computer grader that grades you by what words you use and not your overall structure and continuity O___O), 
  • constructive criticism (I would actually prefer if you were super-brutal), 
  • or whatever.  
I'm going to need all the ideas I can get. :)

Danke!  God bless you all!

~CJ

Comments

  1. MacMeisterNovember 25, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Welcome back! I will do my best to help you out on your writing. I do have a brutally honest streak in me so I may break that out for ya ;-)

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  2. Caravyn JazminNovember 25, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    Thank you. The brutally honest streak is admirable. :-)

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