I finished my first week of school yesterday. The first week is always the best, especially if you've been away for a while. I haven't been in school for a couple of years and being back in a classroom, listening to someone talk and teach, is pretty cool. At least for this first class. Professional Development doesn't seem like a "real" class because it's not a specific subject. Basically, in the Pro D class, we learn how to become a "Master Student." It's relatively easy, only one major project and one paper. My next class is Fundamentals of Mathematics. Now that class is likely to kick my butt! I wasn't a math student back in high school and I haven't done any serious math, besides normal addition and subtraction, in years. It's not wonder that I failed the math portion of the compass exam! It doesn't bother me that I failed(one of the things that we are learned in the Pro D class is that it's ok to fail and it's somethings good . . . I already knew that one!) because I was actually expecting to fail the math portion. Not because I don't believe in myself(because I do!) but because I haven't done math in so long and I was never very good at it in the first place. Once I finish my math class at the end of January, I have no idea what I'll be taking. My online course schedule only shows my first two classes. Lame! Like I said, I've only been back in school for a week. Three days for four hours each. Once class a month. I remember at BSU taking four or five classes together over a three or four month period. I believe wholeheartedly that this one class a month system will work much better for me. I am already so busy with work and family life that only having to focus on one subject at a time should be much better than several at a time. Of course, the only downside is that because the class only lasts for four weeks, the material will be coming at me at lightning speed! I have to focus on keeping up and hopefully keeping ahead.
I am finally back doing something for my future and I'm positive that it will work and that I will do well. Keeping a positive attitude . . . yeah, I think I'll be just fine.
