My name is Angela Kemper, welcome to my website. Although this is not my first website, it is quite different than the one I previously created. This one is based on my academic endeavors rather than photography. I am currently enrolled at Sinclair Community College and I am nearing the end of my second semester.
My desire to succeed has taken me far throughout everything in my life. I am a wife and a mother of two beautiful sons. I am a pet lover and currently share my life with four horses (three of whom are pictured above), two dogs, six cats, and nothing short of a plethora of betta fish. I enjoy crafts, photography, reading and writing, and someday, I would love to write a few fiction novels. I am also a veteran of the U.S. Army. I've spent the last three years with my family in Fort Hood, Texas, as an AH-64D Apache helicopter mechanic. I was deployed to Iraq in 2010. I have way too many hobbies and take on far too many projects, whether they are for academic, craft, work purposes, or otherwise. No matter what I'm doing, I put everything I have into it and that mentality has pulled me through many a hard time.
Now that I have left the military, the next step I decided to take was to enroll in college. I was given a wonderful benefit from my military service that will take care of my expenses while I am enrolled in school. I plan to take full advantage in oder to forge myself a path to a great career. I am studying Engineering at Sinclair and I intend to transfer to Wright State University after I finish Sinclair's Associate's degree program. At Wright State I will be working on a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, followed by a Master's in aerospace or aviation. If I follow along my current path and maintain the grades that are so important to me, I hope to earn an honor's program scholarship. With that, I may be able to finish my entire degree, since my current benefits will fall short of getting me to the full completion of my education.
On this site I have included my research project from English 1201. It is a topic that I enjoyed researching, but at the same time, my research led me to some sad conclusions that I didn't enjoy discovering. I looked at both sides of the "shelter debate" that is going on between no kill animal shelters and those who are open admission and euthanize animals. The hardest part of writing this assignment was that, in the end, there was no clear answer in favor of one side or the other. Both have good traits and bad, and for the most part, they work together. The only good answer is that we, as a nation, need to step up and help fix the problems that put animals in shelters to begin with.
In addition to this project I have also included some of my writing form the English course prior to 1201; ENG 1101. I have my research paper that focused on the closing of horse slaughterhouses in the United States and the effects that the closings have had on equine welfare. Also, my first essay in college, and a favorite of mine, the literacy narrative.
For the most part, I have thoroughly enjoyed my writing projects. I've always liked to write and for some topics, it comes easily and naturally to me. I typically use the freewriting method to start any paper, then I go back and look over it to make any necessary adjustments. I've tried other methods, but this just works the best for me. When I first began my English courses and discovered that I had to have peer reviews, I was terrified. I feel that I am a reasonably good writer, and was only slightly nervous about my professors reading my work, but my peers? I'm one of those people who loves to write, but I'm always afraid of what other people will say. Quite like those of us who love to sing, but are completely mortified if someone overhears us. However, many of my peers have made me feel much better about my writing and I no longer fear peer reviews. They have been extremely helpful in allowing me to see the mistakes that I have overlooked in my writing. After everything, I think I've done fairly well.
In this class and my previous English course, I have tried to do my best and I strive to assist my peers in any way I can. I always give as much help as I am able and I use a lot of constructive criticism. The unfortunate thing about having these classes online is that those I criticize can't see my expressions and I can't see theirs, so I fear that they may take something I've said the wrong way. I've learned how to do a lot more in-depth research and a few things not to do. I've found a few people that I really look forward to reading their work and I love watching everyone improve as the semester goes on. It has been a great experience.
Sadly, this semester I think I tried to do too many courses. It has caused a few of my assignments to be late, which I had never done before, and I have been feeling extremely stressed and overwhelmed. I have learned my lesson and will not drown myself in classes again. I hope that I have provided enough quality writing that I will be able to maintain my A average, but would not be surprised if it has cost me my (so far) perfect GPA. Which in itself has amazed me because in grade, middle, and high school I never had good grades. I guess that's where maturity factors in.
I truly hope you enjoy my site and I wish everyone the best of luck.
My desire to succeed has taken me far throughout everything in my life. I am a wife and a mother of two beautiful sons. I am a pet lover and currently share my life with four horses (three of whom are pictured above), two dogs, six cats, and nothing short of a plethora of betta fish. I enjoy crafts, photography, reading and writing, and someday, I would love to write a few fiction novels. I am also a veteran of the U.S. Army. I've spent the last three years with my family in Fort Hood, Texas, as an AH-64D Apache helicopter mechanic. I was deployed to Iraq in 2010. I have way too many hobbies and take on far too many projects, whether they are for academic, craft, work purposes, or otherwise. No matter what I'm doing, I put everything I have into it and that mentality has pulled me through many a hard time.
Now that I have left the military, the next step I decided to take was to enroll in college. I was given a wonderful benefit from my military service that will take care of my expenses while I am enrolled in school. I plan to take full advantage in oder to forge myself a path to a great career. I am studying Engineering at Sinclair and I intend to transfer to Wright State University after I finish Sinclair's Associate's degree program. At Wright State I will be working on a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, followed by a Master's in aerospace or aviation. If I follow along my current path and maintain the grades that are so important to me, I hope to earn an honor's program scholarship. With that, I may be able to finish my entire degree, since my current benefits will fall short of getting me to the full completion of my education.
On this site I have included my research project from English 1201. It is a topic that I enjoyed researching, but at the same time, my research led me to some sad conclusions that I didn't enjoy discovering. I looked at both sides of the "shelter debate" that is going on between no kill animal shelters and those who are open admission and euthanize animals. The hardest part of writing this assignment was that, in the end, there was no clear answer in favor of one side or the other. Both have good traits and bad, and for the most part, they work together. The only good answer is that we, as a nation, need to step up and help fix the problems that put animals in shelters to begin with.
In addition to this project I have also included some of my writing form the English course prior to 1201; ENG 1101. I have my research paper that focused on the closing of horse slaughterhouses in the United States and the effects that the closings have had on equine welfare. Also, my first essay in college, and a favorite of mine, the literacy narrative.
For the most part, I have thoroughly enjoyed my writing projects. I've always liked to write and for some topics, it comes easily and naturally to me. I typically use the freewriting method to start any paper, then I go back and look over it to make any necessary adjustments. I've tried other methods, but this just works the best for me. When I first began my English courses and discovered that I had to have peer reviews, I was terrified. I feel that I am a reasonably good writer, and was only slightly nervous about my professors reading my work, but my peers? I'm one of those people who loves to write, but I'm always afraid of what other people will say. Quite like those of us who love to sing, but are completely mortified if someone overhears us. However, many of my peers have made me feel much better about my writing and I no longer fear peer reviews. They have been extremely helpful in allowing me to see the mistakes that I have overlooked in my writing. After everything, I think I've done fairly well.
In this class and my previous English course, I have tried to do my best and I strive to assist my peers in any way I can. I always give as much help as I am able and I use a lot of constructive criticism. The unfortunate thing about having these classes online is that those I criticize can't see my expressions and I can't see theirs, so I fear that they may take something I've said the wrong way. I've learned how to do a lot more in-depth research and a few things not to do. I've found a few people that I really look forward to reading their work and I love watching everyone improve as the semester goes on. It has been a great experience.
Sadly, this semester I think I tried to do too many courses. It has caused a few of my assignments to be late, which I had never done before, and I have been feeling extremely stressed and overwhelmed. I have learned my lesson and will not drown myself in classes again. I hope that I have provided enough quality writing that I will be able to maintain my A average, but would not be surprised if it has cost me my (so far) perfect GPA. Which in itself has amazed me because in grade, middle, and high school I never had good grades. I guess that's where maturity factors in.
I truly hope you enjoy my site and I wish everyone the best of luck.