Next Tuesday I will be back in school. One week before Allan starts kindergarten. In a way, I'm looking forward to going back because it will give me something productive to do during Aaron's nap time. At the same time, I remember how stressful it was the first time. For my bachelor's degree I'm going for Human Resource Development. I will only have to take one class at a time instead of two and each class will be 5 weeks instead of 9.
With there only being a week before my class starts I was hoping it would show up on my student website by now. I'd like to get a glimpse of what I'm getting into so that I can prepare for it. I'm a little nervous about working with learning teams though because I have heard both good and bad things about it. Basically I will be working on projects with a group of other students and if one person does not do their part it affects the entire team's grade. For my Associate's degree I never had to work with learning teams. I realize a big thing about it is communication and the best way to be good at communication is to be in a situation where you have to rely on other people and work as a team. I'm just a little nervous about it.
I'm sure I'll be a little stressed next week trying to get back in the swing of things but I know that no matter what, everything will work out.
I've always done well in school and even though college is a lot harder than high school was, I still got good grades and did really well. I think it is a little more difficult to do online college than it would be to go to a campus. Mainly the fact that it is up to me to do what I have to do. I have to be motivated to get my work done and do it on time. There is no one there to tell me what to do. It is all up to me to get online, do the reading and follow my course syllabus.
Some nights I remember just sitting here staring at the computer screen knowing how tired I was but that I needed to get my work done. To be successful in an online college a person has to have motivation to stick with it and do what needs to bed done. If I didn't know that I'd stick with it and give 100% to my work than I never would have went in debt for the tuition lol. I feel really good about how far I've come.
Monday, August 6, 2012
Back to college I go!
Posted by Nickia at 4:42 PM
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