Sonia's blog

I have found a chance to go through Sonia's blog. Her post named "Is being a 'Navy wife' the toughest job in the world?" on Sunday, September 12, 2004 has attracted my attention. I did not know she was married. On one hand, learning that she has a husband she loves that much made me happy about her. On the other hand, the fact that they have to be separate from each other frequently because her husband was in the Navy made me sorry. And then, after reading it in her post that his joining the Navy was a decision of both of them and reading in her "ABOUT" part that her future goals included joining the Navy, too, I admired Sonia's idealistic personality.

Sonia asks:
1. Can being a Navy wife be considered as a job?
2. Is the term "dependent" appropriate for a Navy wife?

My opinions are:
1. From a materalistic perspective, at first sight it might not be considered as a job. Although getting paid for this reason seems a little funny, its beneath lies a noble fact: A woman and a man who love each other very much accept to be separate for long times because of their ideals. Therefore, from a humanistic perspective, being a Navy wife is a very hard thing and it really necessiates some compensation.
2. It changes from Navy wife to Navy wife:) In Sonia's situation, the term is not appropriate, of course. Yet, she should still get the stipend.

Green Squiggly Lines: Evaluating Student Writing in a...

As I go through Carl Whithaus’ essay “Green Squiggly Lines: Evaluating Student Writing in Computer-Mediated Environment,” I can definitely say that this may be the kind of a cyberspace presentation of an academic essay I would prefer to read (after the first Flash Movie essay “Perpectives..”, I needed something like this). The NEXT and BACK buttons give one more control over the text during reading. The ideas are more accessible this way. That is they are always there whenever you need to go back, investigate, or think about and elaborate on a certain point. The chances for missing any point are rather minimal. The links are not accurate and in necessary places. We also see here that cyberspace gives us the chance to submit footnotes and explanations by means of links which makes presentation of the essay more effective. Overall, this presentation may not have those moving flashy words and presents the essay in a simpler format, yet, it is much more appropriate and effective for an academic work.