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I used to have the utmost assurance in my abilities as a student, but that all changed the minute after I walked out of class for the first time and realized the expectations that this course had ahead of me. I am a very confident when it comes to speaking in front of people, no matter what size the group may be, but when it comes to being able to organize my own web page, that’s where I got weak in the knees. I thought I enrolled for an advanced psychology course, not computer applications. If I were holding one of those stress relief balls that you squeeze with all your might every time your anxiety level spikes, I can guarantee that after having heard the declaration of events to follow for the course I would have squeezed the ever loving life out of that ball.

Coming into the assignments I felt so lost and confused. I also was beginning think that I wouldn’t be able to do everything that was asked of me. But I found that I wasn’t alone when I read that other students from previous generations had felt the same way.

"Have you ever seen that mouse pad that says "Bang Head Here" I wanted one of those. No I take that back I need one of those." Shawna Honeycutt http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/409af96/honeycut/home.html

"I know what it's like going on a computer and it doesn't do what you want it to do." Christine Marchadies http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/409af96/march/409/report2.html

"..learning the internet at the very beginning was the most difficult thing I ever had to do." Michelle Alonzo http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/409af96/malonzo/home.html

"When I first got on the internet, I felt confused and disoriented. I didn't understand what I was supposed to be doing and I felt a lot of anxiety because I wasn't sure that I would be able to complete all of the tasks. I also felt inadequate because I didn't know what was going on." Christina Kealoha

Many of the students were very reluctant to begin and put off their assignments to the last minute due to all the frustration they were experiencing. Matters only became more stressful when they began their assignments it still seemed as though the battled remained uphill. Nonetheless there was resistance from both ends, the students resisting the assignment, and the assignment resisting to back down from its initial purpose as to challenge our minds.

"I kept think that there were other things that I should be (or would like to) be doing than trying to figure out how to do my reports." Shawna Honeycutt (20)http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/409af96/honeycut/home.html

"I experienced frustration when my links weren't working properly, and then when my icons wasn't loading up correctly." ." Christine Marchadies http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/409af96/march/409/report2.html

"The worst thing was the procrastination. I think we really need that extra push to get things going because some of us, if we don't have the motivation to learn something that we never knew how to do before, we are probably going to just push it onto the side until it really gets too late, then suffer the consequences."

Michelle Alonzo http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/409af96/malonzo/home.html

"As I found out the last time, I didn’t ask for help easily and just keep working on and assumed how it could work. I was not ready to ask for help. The situation was becoming worse because I could not even find the first button that was on the handout. I just kept looking and looking but my anxiety was extremely high and felt bad about the fact that I didn't even start yet." Yoon Wahn Cho

WHAT THEY DID AND THEIR CONCLUSIONS

Time was running out and a lot of them were so tired at the thought of the project that having to sit down to complete it made them flinch. But in order to get things done, despite how you feel, you’ve got to just bite the bullet and get it done and that’s what a lot of them did. And after gritting their teeth and getting it done most of them felt relieved and excited over what they were able to accomplish not only in the assignments, but the overall course. Overall it was agreed that what they had to endure was great but the benefits of their endurance were much greater.

"I decided that if I was to ever learn anything about computers I'd have to hold my breath and dive in." Donna Handoe

"This was truly a great feeling which followed the completion of each of my web pages."

Conrad Moreno Report 4 "My Involvement with the Internet" Psy 409, Generation 3 "My newest hobby is browsing through the World Wide Web. I wasn't into computers before, but after taking Dr. Leon James's course, Psy 409, using the computer has been a part of my daily life." Ronel Agarpao

MY THOUGHTS

I was glad to learn that I wasn’t the only one who was having or would have difficulties with the assignments. It was very comforting to know that others had felt the exact same way that I did. And when I say exact, I mean word for word. Knowing that if you’re resilient, not too proud, and responsible the class and its requirements are very much so within range of being accomplished.

The research presented in this paper uses memory work as a method to explore six women's collective constructions of two embodied practices, sweating and pain. The paper identifies limitations in the ways in which social constructionist research has theorized the relationship between discourse and materiality, and it proposes an approach to the study of embodiment which enjoins, rather than bridges, the discursive and the non-discursive. The paper presents an analysis of 25 memories of sweating and pain which suggests that Cartesian dualism is central to the women's accounts of their experiences. However, such dualism does not operate as a stable organizing principle. Rather, it offers two strategies for the performance of a split between mind and body. The paper traces the ways in which dualism can be both functional and restrictive, and explores the tensions between these two forms. The paper concludes by identifiying opportunities and limitations associated with memory work as a method for studying embodiment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article spoke about how the mind and the body can be two very separate entities. Also, how when we experience things with our minds or our bodies, we often think that we are not experiencing the situation with the mind and body together, but split. As we may recall an experience, the memory will reflect a disassociation between the mind and body. One of the triggers used within the article was pain, and when this trigger was activated it was recalled in a manner that could be seen as a separate entity on its own. But the recollection of memory and its expression did not only rely on the variables of the mind and body, but also the role of the person’s gender.\

SWEDENBORG AND HIS INFLUENCE. Edited by Erland J. Brock et al. Bryn Athyn, PA: The Academy of the New Church, 1988. 492 pp. $24.95 cloth.

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This article spoke briefly about the diverse and influential work of Emanuel Swedenborg. Even though he lived over 300 years ago, his work on everything from biology, navigation, philosophy, theology, and more are still very influential on work that is done today. He was a scientist in all aspects of the word, within all the different fields it provided.

"Frustration is probably one of the most experienced emotions when dealing with computers." Kai Hansjuergens http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/409af96/hansjurg/reports/Report2a.html

"I felt lost and confused because I didn’t understand a word he was saying." Carol N. Ohta "My Adapting to the Internet" (409)

Previous generations were very hesitant and afraid of the internet. When they finally got there toes in the water, they became very frustrated when things weren’t functioning as they were hoping it to. There were problems jumping up left and right. And it just worsened when they figure out how to accomplish one thing only to then be bombarded with two more obstacles. Many of them lost and confused, and were actually beginning to think that the assignments were practically impossible.

"Once the initial fears are overcome we are getting ready to explore." Kai Hansjuergens http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/409af96/hansjurg/reports/Report2a.html

"I believe that as an internet user things can sometimes be overwhelming." M. Heather Piper www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/409as2003/piper/g18research.htm

Most of the students, after passing through the initial phase of crazed frustration, forced themselves to sit in front of the computer and battle it out. Some of them actually became addicted to their work, in finding it fun and rewarding. Others chose to identify the triggers of their anxiety. Some found that they became very anxious due to restraints in time, or a lack of knowledge or information on the subject, and others just seemed to become anxious at the thought of the assignment. In conclusion they all say most of the same thing, in that they were glad that they finished and accomplished the obstacles in front of them.

Once again I was able to find minimal comfort in the thought that others also felt the need to purchase a fire arm for the sole purpose of killing the computer. It was also nice to know that others were unable to understand the demands of the teacher.

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SECTION E

"I began clicking all over the place. I did not pay attention to the display on the bottom of the page which showed me how many bytes of the full document had been received yet. In my despair I actually managed to freeze the screen." -Ragna

Borries

"Wow. They did a totally different thing than we're supposed to be doing....what the hell now?"

Jacquelyn Lim

"The greatest fear that I have is accidentally erasing or deleting something. You never know what could happen. The touch of a single key could, send your file into never, never land."

-Laura Izutsu

WHAT THEY DID AND THEIR CONCLUSIONS

"As the weeks go by and you spend more time on the computer and become more familiar with it your attitude towards the Internet will change also. Eventually you will actually like using the Internet and view it as something wonderful." —Jill Umetsu http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/409af96/jumetsu/home.html

MY THOUGHTS

Despite the many hours logged online and on the computer, there was still a lot of apprehension when it came to the completion of assigned tasks, due to the fact that there was so much more to lose. The anxiety over the fact that all of the students past works could be deleted at the accidental of pushing a button were becoming even greater. And such risks only increase when you’re trying to multi-task on the computer and it begins to process information so slowly that it appears to be frozen. And not to mention that when asked to look at the works of previous generations, their tasks were totally different than from what present generations were doing.

All of such feelings I am not only experiencing, but sharing with the past generations as well. I was making a severe conscious effort to keep saving my work ever other minute, because I didn’t want anything to accidentally and magically disappear. And the reason I thought that something might go so terribly wrong was because my computer was begging to process things so slowly that a couple of times I thought that it had frozen. The computer that I am doing my assignments on sometimes operates so slowly I think that it is going to take its last gasp of air and die right in front of me. But I would also have to admit that with all of the assignments, I have had to force myself to take time to learn and practice more of these much needed skills that will help me become more computer literate.

SECTION F

"At first I felt this was harsh-- him not making an effort to write a nice email saying I did this wrong or a please try this and resubmit."

"...what had actually occurred was my cognitive stupidity of making the same error twice." -Hae Lin Han

"I am not a person full of patience, so after trying to input what I thought was my password a dozen times, I finally threw, yes threw, my cordless mouse across my bedroom, out the door, and into my roommates room and shut off my laptop."

"I just wanted to give up because the "G****damned piece of crap….doesn’t want to work for me!"" -Jacquelyn Lim

"I felt lost and confused because I didn't understand a word he was saying." -Carol N. Ohta http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/409af96/cohta/459/report2.html

WHAT THEY DID AND THEIR CONCLUSIONS

"I realized how impatient I really am and how this behavior of mine affects how I process and deal with new information." -Hae Lin Han

"Computer information and literacy is the wave of the future, so it won’t pay to ignore or try to run away from it because the future will eventually force people to utilize computers and work as one." -Jacquelyn Lim

"I'm so shocked that I came from knowing nothing about this computer age and wanting to drop this class, to getting so much more than I ever imagined achieving in this course." - Carol N. Ohta http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/409af96/cohta/459/report2.html

MY THOUGHTS

I really am relating to the things that were said within the quotes above. This task that I had was very stressful for me. I was really trying hard to get this done, but it seemed as though everyday and everything I tried ended up going nowhere. It got even more frustrating when I was asking for help, and it seemed that I was an even worse communicator when I was stressed and frustrated. I thought I understood what was being asked of me but when it cam down to it I guess I really didn’t, because I wasn’t able to get anything done. In reference to some of the quotes from above, I didn’t throw anything across the room, but the thought sure was tempting. I also found myself becoming so frustrated that the stress from these tasks was just about bringing me to tears. I didn’t know what to do or where to turn for the help that I needed. I am hoping that in the end I will come to the same conclusions as the previous generations, such as a sense of relief and accomplishment, but for now I am going to just keep trudging along, trying to keep my head above water.

"This Internet stuff can sure be frustrating ", said Denise Tanaka

"I felt high in anxiety ", said Cheryl Choe

"When I first got on the Internet, I felt confused and disoriented." said Christina Kealoha

"In our first week of class, I felt very lost. " said Shane Akagi

WHAT THEY DID AND THEIR CONCLUSIONS

"I benefited greatly from being able to read others failures and successes and I learned a lot about what it takes to be successful with computers." —Shane Cobb-Adams http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/459f96/cobb/psy409a/report2.html

How true this class is very draining. In the end it is worth it because you walk away with something. You leave with new knowledge and your creation is forever. -Denise Tanaka

"I guess when I really thought about it, the reason why I wasn't getting the grasp of things is because I didn't know what things were." — Michelle Alonzo http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/409af96/malonzo/home.html

MY THOUGHTS

It is beyond words to describe the comfort that I found in the fact that other people, at one time or another, felt as dumbfounded as I did when facing these challenging tasks. It really is nice to know that you’re the only one lost in the dark with a broken flashlight.

I learned so much while doing this report that I am not fully consciously aware of how much I actually learned. Having to adapt to things that are outside of might immediate comfort level is something that I do well, but how the story changes when you have no idea how to do them. The last time I had this much stress with a class was primarily due to the fact that it was in another language, and even that I understood a little bit. But I’d honestly have to say that I learned more about myself rather than computers while doing these assignments.

My advice to the next generations would be to never stop asking questions. Even if you think you know what you’re doing, keep asking questions. Also, there is no rule that says you can only ask the professor, ask your fellow classmates as well. Start your assignments the day that you get them! Even if you’re only able to look at it, it’s a start. If possible look at the task before you meet for class, so that in case you have any questions, you can ask the professor directly instead of playing tag through the email. Constantly keep asking yourself questions, for example "How could I do this? What does this mean? Am I the only one who didn’t have to duck as this assignment flew over my head?" Ask yourself, the professor, your classmates, and anyone else who might be able to help you. You really never know until you ask, and what is the worst that could happen, you learn how not to do it? Thomas Edison went through a thousand different designs when he was inventing the light bulb, when asked about his trials and tribulations he cleanly stated that he hadn’t failed, but succeeded in finding 999 ways that simply didn’t work.

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