The drawbacks of Distance learning

I like to talk about what I like and love about distance education. Well, I'm going to tell you one thing I find that I don't like about it. THERE ARE NO LIBRARIES. They don't have a physical building that I can go to borrow books or videos, or read magazines or newspapers, or a place to sit and study or a computer to study.

I do miss not being able to just go and find a book that would be relevant to the subject I'm learning about. I bring this subject up, because I just discovered that my town has library cards. I knew that it was going to happen, but I wasn't sure when. I'm pretty excited about getting a library card. I haven't gone in the library to get one, but I want to get it soon.

I don't know if you have ever gone to the library before, but it is an amazing place. There are so many books, books that you have never heard of or knew existed. Books that can fill your imagination with so many ideas and adventures. Books can give you a new incite on the world around you, fill you with knowledge, and teach you a new way of doing things.

I think libraries are amazing and are a great place in a community. Make sure you go and check out your local library and try to find something new. The options are endless.

Heather's Tip: Word count
How many times do you try to find out how many more words you need for this 500-word essay that's due tomorrow? It is very frustrating to do it the old fashion way of counting each word in every line in every paragraph in every page. Counting words is really easy now-a-days in word processing software like Microsoft Word or OpenOffice Writer. I'm sure any of the other Office applications do this as well, but I am only familiar with these two programs.
In Word, you can see a word count in the bottom left of the status bar (its on the bottom of the Word window). In Writer, click on Tools in the Menu bar and click on Word Count.