Wednesday, December 12, 2007

To Future English 304 Students:

English 304 has been one of the most useful and rewarding classes during my educational career. The material taught is easy to understand and applicable to your career goals. I learned so much about the job application process as well as useful business writing skills for employment.

In addition to the professional skills gained from the class, the client project was an amazing experience. This class presents a unique opportunity to develop and use skills in order to help a client. I strongly recommend putting in the time necessary to do a great job on this project because it is ultimately very rewarding. This semester we designed a Web site for the American Haitian Foundation which ended up really well.

As long as you do the work required, this class is fairly easy but incredibly informative. You can really develop skills to use in the business world and are given several unique opportunities such as the client project in which to use them. Make sure you keep on top of your work load and you should not have any problems in the class.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Cake Cookies

One of my favorite hobbies is baking cookies, especially when I'm stressed. Since this semester has been pretty crazy, this means my apartment is almost always filled with some form of cookies. I recently got a great recipe from a friend for cookies made from any store bought cake mix. These cookies taste amazing and are also visually appealing. Since Christmas is just a few weeks away, I recommend making cake cookies appropriate to the occasion.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook time: approximately 10 minutes
Ingredients: 1 box store bought cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 measuring cup of vegetable oil
approximately 1/2 container of cream cheese frosting
Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Mix cake mix, eggs and 1/3 (measuring)cup vegetable oil
3. Roll dough into ping-pong sized balls and flatten slightly
4. Cook for approximately 10 minutes (varies depending on the oven, check first batch at time minutes - they are done when no longer gooey in the center)
5. Ice while still hot with Cream Cheese Icing

After the cookies cool, you will have a beautiful red cookie with white icing, perfect for any Christmas party.