Thursday, October 9, 2008

Things are really busy now!

As it is getting closer to mid-term, things are heating up in all of my classes. I have a report due in my English 107 class in two weeks, I have a big fat report due in early November for Poli-Sci and I am finally getting my labs done for this class! I am 26 days ahead in Algebra and that is wonderful. I intend to stay that way too. Math has never been my strongest point, but it has to become a very strong point, as I intend to be a good computer programmer! I have been studying like crazy in it and I think that after all these years I am finally truly learning it. I am even finding there are parts of it that I am actually very good at. WOW!
I think that having all my courses on-line this semester has been a blessing. My work has been much busier than in past years at this time, and I have had to work a lot of overtime. I love the flexibility that the Web College allows. The one class I think I am missing something from is my Poli-sci class. I miss being able to debate with the other students about current events in person. We have a forum, but we mostly express our ideas and read others, so far, there hasn't been any replies from other students and honestly, I don't want to be the first one to do so. People can get so touchy sometimes, LOL. In person there is less room for insulting someone as they can see that you only disagreeing or agreeing with their ideas. It can be tricky to do that in a forum style.
I am very happy so far with most of my performace, I know that web-based courses can be hard to stay on top of. My sister Kathy is a Professor at Oklahoma State, and she gave me the advice to stay organized and at least log in everyday, that way it is a habit, and don't get distracted. I am distracted a little tonight as the Phillies are playing the Dodgers in the NLCS! GO PHILLIES!!!!!

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