I'm Right Back at it Again.

"If you're too cool for school, I ain't here to make no friends."

This week has been my first week of the Spring semester for school. I decided to only take 3 classes this semester, and I'm already beginning to regret not signing up for another one. Yeah, I know that technically I still could, but then I'd be entering a class late and I just don't want to do that. At least I know for next semester if I have the option of these teachers.

Though I didn't want to, I'm taking a day class this semester. With working full time, I didn't want to have to take off work time to go to class.. luckily my boss (my Dad) was willing to let me off work to go. Last semester I took Accounting I from a professor who I did well with. After getting a 96% A in his class, I decided it would be best to take Accounting II with him as well. Sadly, the only time that he was teaching the course was Monday and Wednesday from 1-2:15. So this semester, that is when I have him.

The first day of class I was quickly reminded why I shy away from taking classes... I like the smaller class sizes and the older range of students. I felt like I walked right back into my high school class room and you didn't have any personal space. Literally, all but one seat was taken in the classroom. This will be the last day class I take! However, I feel good about the class, seeing as how I know what this teacher expects from us and the types of quizzes, tests, and assignments he produces. So here's to hoping I get through this semester without waiting to slap someone!

Literally up until a couple hours before my Monday night class(Organizational Behavior), I wasn't sure I was going to have it. On the class schedule, it said I was enrolled but there were only 4 students and there was no class number assigned. Luckily, everything got figured out and I headed off for class. When I arrived, half the class was already there... so we were waiting on one more person to show up. After the teacher and the other student showed up, the teacher started to get everything ready for class. Next thing I know, he's cursing the overhead projector for not working correctly... this is when I knew the class was going to be alright. Later on in the class, he was taking about stress and stress in the work place. He then proceeded to say that due to stress, that's why Bourbon and Cigars were invented.

Last night was my last new class of the semester. A couple days before the class started the teacher emailed all 6 of us students and told us that instead of meeting at the normal class time (7:15), we would meet at 8:30. Me, being and old lady and all, hated the idea of going to class that late. We got there and literally talked for 15 minutes and we were out of there. Evidently TCC scheduled my teacher for two different classes at the same time... at two different campuses! My teacher, being the smart guy he is, decided he can do both... just make them every other week. So now I only have my Thursday class every other week. Work load is still super easy, so it should be a breeze.

Overall, I'm really excited about school this semester! Can't wait to keep getting these classes out of the way and see it all pay off for me in the end!  Is anyone else is school this semester? How are your classes going?

School Will Break You

My social life as we know it will be over in approximately 16 days. If you've been following my blog, you know that I have enrolled in college this semester. It's been quite a while since I've went to school, but I knew I needed to go ahead and finish something. I'm pretty determined to go ahead and get everything done. 

I've done everything I needed to do at this point... sign up for classes, pay tuition, and get books. The last one on the list was the worst of them all. I had this great idea that I was going to rent my textbooks for the semester and it wasn't going to cost much. Oh boy was I wrong. Three of the four classes I'm taking are using TCC specific books. On top of that, they can't be bought used because they all have access codes. This is the first time I've heard about having to have access codes, and they are already a pain in my butt. They can only be used once, so I'm pretty sure that now I won't be able to sell them back. Did I mention that two of them aren't even text books.... they are loose leaf paper. Seriously? I'll just be glad to get this semester rolling. It'll be weird sitting in classes at night though! 

That does not look like $500, pretty ridiculous.

My two "loose leaf" text books. How annoying! 

Good luck to everyone else who is attending school in the fall! 

...Until Next Time...

And Back to School I Go

Hey everyone! Hope your week is going splendid! I know my week has been consumed with deciding to get back into school. I knew it wasn't going to be easy, but I thought the hard times wouldn't start until the semester actually began...boy was I wrong.

Maybe I'm just behind on the times, but I didn't remember it being this hard the first time around. I didn't know that to change your major you had to completely change things in the school's system. Luckily, I've had an amazing counselor who has been helping me. And the beauty of it, I haven't had to step foot into the school, yet. TCC has this great thing called e-advising. I didn't want to have to take off of work to go sit at the campus all day, so this let's me work and get back into school at the same time.

I started going to college right after I got out of high school, however I kept changing my major... so I decided to take a break, evaluate my life, and figure out what I really wanted to do. So here I am 6 years after high school, ready to crack down and finally finish my degree. However, I didn't realize that I had completely lost all my math skills. I have to take the Math Placement Test, so I decided to download a practice test. Seriously!? I have forgotten everything! So this weekend I will be reteaching myself everything I need to know! How exciting right!?! The important thing is that I'm finally going to get serious about my education. It will all be worth it in the end!

So while you are out enjoying the nice sunshine, I'll be studying! Once this is out of the way, I can focus on being excited to see a certain someone next weekend! All I have to say is the month of August will be spectacular! :)

...Until Next Time...