First week of school

Ok here we go again, for the third time. I've attended my four classes twice each, Monday through Thursday. All four classes were full or close to the limit.

My music appreciate class is being held in an auditorium setting, with stadium seating, so that's new for me.

As far as books, I've ordered two online, and a cancelled a third book on account of it being an international edition, and also I'll try to skate by without a book for my public speaking class.

The library carries all textbooks that can be looked at in-house, so this a good way to review text without having to spend a lot of money on buying a book. I've learned that you can certainly take your time when it comes to getting books.

For the public speaking course, on the second day we had to get up in front of the class and give a brief paraphrasing of the last two president's inaugaral speeches. I was the only student who tried to speak without reading verbatim from the text.

I've found I'll having very little time to get major studying accomplished on school days, so the bulk of it will be done Friday through the weekend. I'm looking forward to the rest of the semester.

Third Semester - Spring 2010

After the completion of 2 full-time semesters, I have amassed a total of 26 credits towards attaining a bachelor's degree. Given that a typical degree amounts to 120 credits, I'm roughly a fifth of the way towards that end.

For the Spring 2010 semester, I have enrolled in four courses: Western Civilization II, Music, Public Speaking, and Intermediate Algebra. The math course is a remedial class designed to get me up to speed in order to properly complete a pre-calculus course, and therefore will not be a transferrable course. Given that, I will accumulate 9 credits in total for the other 3 classes.

I'm still utilizing online marketplaces to purchase textbooks and supplies, and have been satisfied with this method. Just to recap, I was awarded $2100 in financial aid for this semester, similar to fall 2009.

Classes begin on Monday, January 11. I'll be attending four days a week for the first time, Monday through Thursday, with 2 classes per day. I'll be taking the city bus to and fro for the duration of the semester, as I did the last one. On a personal note, this may be my biggest fret, as at times there is a 2 hour time frame in getting from one destination to the other. Aside from that, I am confident I can and will revert to attaining similar success that I achieved a year ago in my first semester - all A's -and will expect that to be the result.

Stay tuned...

Fall 2009 recap

I ended up taking a total of 14 credits for fall 2009, after having to drop a pre-calculus class from lack of proper knowledge combined with what I deemed an overload of course work. Here are my final grades:

English 2 - C
Spanish 1 - C
Biology 1 - A
Philosophy - B

The GPA came out to 2.79, and the cumulative GPA from Spring 2009 is now at 3.35.

My lackluster grades in the two language courses were due to my lethargic attempts at writing papers in the online English class, and overall difficulty in incorporating foreign language studying. I've resolved myself to spend the next semester reviewing my Spanish textbook in hopes of a smoother and more successful attempt in the next Spanish level.