As of this past Monday, I am now in the throes of two.
Count them: one . . . two online classes.
What does this mean for me?
That I have options, of course.
If I chose to avoid haus work, I can throw myself into anatomy diagrams.
It also means that if I want to avoid school work, I can become more enthusiastic about our toilets.
See? It's a win-win situation.
Except for when I want to avoid both & crash in front of 3 weeks' worth of DVR'd Medium.
And, even that looks like a win to me.
It's all skittles & rainbows until I consider the nitty-gritty details of the class. Although it is online, it's from a local community college & that means that most of my virtual classmates are in the NoVA area. Meaning I could run into these people at any given time.
Meaning, I have to be careful what I say & write.
My speciality.
Anyway, our first "assignment" was to introduce ourselves in an open forum.
So I did:
Hi, my name is HausFrau. This is my first ever community college class (!!). I am a wife & a mother. And, I am not gainfully employed. Nor have I been for 4 years. I am hoping to turn my life around with this one community college class. Gosh, I sure hope I can stay on top of the course content.
OK, so that's not what I really said.
Hi, my name is Savvy & OMG! I can not believe I am paying out-of-state tuition (to the tune of $1100) to take a flippin' community college class for a course that I am certified to teach! I am totally here against my will & had best be getting a A out of the deal.
OK, I didn't quite say that either.
I really did the whole blah, blah, blah thing. Just moved to NoVA, getting necessary pre-requisites out of the way. Trying to re-purpose, re-career. Tired of the toilets & crappy pay.
And, then I read what some of my fellow classmates wrote. There were several in my same boat: mid-life career crisis, retiring from the military, second career, etc.
Then, there were the others.
** Hi, I'm __ (fill in the blank with any super popular name for babies born in 1989). I'm 19, but I will be 20 (OMG!!) next month. I was attending ____ (fill in the blank with any Virginia University) but that wasn't working out so well what with the Frat parties & all. I moved back home & am now taking community college classes. I am so excited & nervous about this class like, my parents actually expect me to pass. Wow! This class looks really hard. You mean we have to memorize all the body parts?!
** Hi, it's Miss 1989 - again. OMG! I'm still stressing about this class. Does anyone want to start a study group?
** Hi, Miss 1989, I'd love to be in the study group. Email me the details: BornIn1990@NoVA.com
** Oh, I'd love to join the study group. Keep me posted. StillWearingDiapersIn1991@NoVA.com
** Hey, I'm game. Let me know & I'll have my husband keep the baby. SeniorClass98@NoVA.com
** Hi, all. I could sure use a study group. I'm in.
RetireArmy2010@NoVA.com
** OK, esteemed colleagues - especially those of you over the age of 21. When you say study group, do you mean the kind where you actually show up with textbooks, diagrams, notes & discuss possible test questions?
If so, I'll have to take a rain check.
Or, do you mean study group as in margaritas & appetizers in Old Towne?
If so, count me in.
And, make mine a double.
SavvyHausFrau@aol.com
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Class Act
blogged by HausFrau at 4:53 PM
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3 savvy comments:
Community College alumni here...saying DON'T join the "Study Group". It is a group of slackers looking for a Non-Trad student to do all their work. It is not Ritas in Old Towne. At least that is my experience. We met w/ my study group once at a library and they didn't know how to look for a book. Then put me in charge of the project. I WROTE and they got the credit. UGH! Big bucks, too, huh? Miss you. Hugs, Heather R.
YOU ARE THE MASTER!.... of procrastination : ) A gal right up my alley. This reminds me of my daughter starting French school... each day I would ask her what she did... and she would reply that , "sat in class and imagined what the teacher was saying."... and what was that? "He was telling the kids how he was going to eat us, and the kids would sigh... then he would say he was kidding and the kids would laugh." She had a running dialog of the complete lecture, without ever hearing a thing. C
I like to say we (the procrastinators) do our best work under pressure. And I second canx the study group. My Miss '89: Oh, this is soooo hard, can you help me? OMG how did you do that? Oh can you help me with this one, and this one, and this one? Oh and this is an advanced class I am taking through my HS. Me: You're still in HS? My Miss '89: Of course, I'm no old or anything. (insert eye roll and deep cleansing breaths)
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