...."a Very Good Place To Start"
- I figured that was an appropriate song title to start off with :) One thing that I am always either reading or looking up, is quotes. Song lyrics can work extremely well but I just bought an ipod touch which is the perfect time to buy one because it's exactly like an iphone but without the service (which if you bought one when it first came out, ... well sorry folks). Back to the point I was making: I have apps that I will look at for even 10 minutes of tons of inspiring quotes that pump me up! I love to look at these during my work break, school break, I mean, ANYTIME!
I know that this is the first blog that I have done, but things are a little different since I left you with my very first post. My home base was the Granite State College in Concord, and this term they had a Shakespeare class that I REALLY wanted to do, and since I live in Concord driving 20/25 minutes wasn't a big deal, so I am taking my classes in the Manchester location. This semester I am doing my second weekend intensive class!! Child Abuse and Neglect: I'm really excited! Although I wonder if that's weird to be as pumped as I am about that class....
During this summer I did 4 classes: I did my very first (2) online classes! They were amazing! They were completely doable, and it fit in with my lifestyle and I could not have asked for more! I was cautious about it because I really wanted that interaction and excitement that the students feed off from one another, and in an online class I would assume that you wouldn't get that. WRONG! If anything, I think it's just about the same, if not more. One of my classes was a women's health class. Because we were behind computer screens and NOT face to face, we were so open about ourselves and we learned so much about each other and ourselves. My other class was a politics class. Because we were on the computer so much, we were using discussion forums and we were only required to respond to "3 student's posts", and discussions went on for pages, I am going to assume because we had the Internet at our fingertips we could look up each others points and debate, etc.
I also had my very first Weekend Intensive Class at the Concord location as well this summer! Media and Its Message. GREAT CLASS! If you ever get a chance to take the class, TAKE IT! It's given as a bunch of different things, I took it as an English class, sometimes it's given as a Sociology class, etc. I love how those classes work. The summer ones I guess are a little bit different, but that's how I prefer to get in "X" amount of work done in 3, 4 days. Oh man, there was so much work that was done, my brain was fried at the end of those days but it felt so rewarding! I got a 4.0 in that class. You really can do anything if you just do the work! That's the key to success in anything. If you start to fall behind (Weekend Intensive is a little tricky) that's what everyone else is there for. I hated to ask for help. But I ended up "asking" my teacher on the very l last night of class (my Wednesday night class in Concord), because I had fallen a little behind, but because he saw how much effort I had put in, he helped me catch up and I completed everything.
Ok, so that was basically a recap over my summer. In my bio it says that I take 4 classes at a time. I guess I will leave that up. This term I'm not. I dropped down a few weeks ago from 4-3, and then when this past Thursday before the deadline I dropped down from 3-2 (which is still full time). I was trying to do to much. I am working, taking care of a parent, and I need time for me! I am working on my health this term, and it shouldn't be for "this term", it should be "every term" and beyond, but one step at a time. I am very big into music now, I've been playing with a wonderful band. I have found some wonderful people to play with and we play in gigs around the state. They are like my family, as corny as that sounds haha! The guitar player, he is just like a big brother to me, and the drummer and his wife, he's like a big brother and uncle in one, and his wife is like a big sister and aunt wrapped in one. It's great to be part of a close knit made-up family LOL. It's great that I have the time to have them in my lives instead of shutting them aside because of school.
-(I am by all means saying that school should come first in MY life, but if I were to take 4 classes and never have time to "hang out" and play music with anybody because I always have a paper to write: for me it's the same exact thing as shutting people out)
I never thought I would say this: I absolutely LOVE my life! I am going to school full time! I am a sophomore (finally!), I am a musician and play with some amazing musicians!, I have some amazing friends, I have a great job, part-time yes but it IS better than nothing I know that for a fact, I have a great car (knock on wood that it stays that way), I have a great relationship with both of my parents (finally!), AND I was just asked out the other night... ;) Somehow I think I will be alright!
I was upset at the fact that I had cut down from 4 classes to 2, but with all of the papers that had to be written, I just couldn't do it. But man...I am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO HAPPY that I did!!! I have one Weekend Intensive Class in Manchester and Wednesday Night class in Manchester, can you imagine what it's like to have some days and nights and weekends free??
See you all soon! Hope you are all doing great :)
- I figured that was an appropriate song title to start off with :) One thing that I am always either reading or looking up, is quotes. Song lyrics can work extremely well but I just bought an ipod touch which is the perfect time to buy one because it's exactly like an iphone but without the service (which if you bought one when it first came out, ... well sorry folks). Back to the point I was making: I have apps that I will look at for even 10 minutes of tons of inspiring quotes that pump me up! I love to look at these during my work break, school break, I mean, ANYTIME!
I know that this is the first blog that I have done, but things are a little different since I left you with my very first post. My home base was the Granite State College in Concord, and this term they had a Shakespeare class that I REALLY wanted to do, and since I live in Concord driving 20/25 minutes wasn't a big deal, so I am taking my classes in the Manchester location. This semester I am doing my second weekend intensive class!! Child Abuse and Neglect: I'm really excited! Although I wonder if that's weird to be as pumped as I am about that class....
During this summer I did 4 classes: I did my very first (2) online classes! They were amazing! They were completely doable, and it fit in with my lifestyle and I could not have asked for more! I was cautious about it because I really wanted that interaction and excitement that the students feed off from one another, and in an online class I would assume that you wouldn't get that. WRONG! If anything, I think it's just about the same, if not more. One of my classes was a women's health class. Because we were behind computer screens and NOT face to face, we were so open about ourselves and we learned so much about each other and ourselves. My other class was a politics class. Because we were on the computer so much, we were using discussion forums and we were only required to respond to "3 student's posts", and discussions went on for pages, I am going to assume because we had the Internet at our fingertips we could look up each others points and debate, etc.
I also had my very first Weekend Intensive Class at the Concord location as well this summer! Media and Its Message. GREAT CLASS! If you ever get a chance to take the class, TAKE IT! It's given as a bunch of different things, I took it as an English class, sometimes it's given as a Sociology class, etc. I love how those classes work. The summer ones I guess are a little bit different, but that's how I prefer to get in "X" amount of work done in 3, 4 days. Oh man, there was so much work that was done, my brain was fried at the end of those days but it felt so rewarding! I got a 4.0 in that class. You really can do anything if you just do the work! That's the key to success in anything. If you start to fall behind (Weekend Intensive is a little tricky) that's what everyone else is there for. I hated to ask for help. But I ended up "asking" my teacher on the very l last night of class (my Wednesday night class in Concord), because I had fallen a little behind, but because he saw how much effort I had put in, he helped me catch up and I completed everything.
Ok, so that was basically a recap over my summer. In my bio it says that I take 4 classes at a time. I guess I will leave that up. This term I'm not. I dropped down a few weeks ago from 4-3, and then when this past Thursday before the deadline I dropped down from 3-2 (which is still full time). I was trying to do to much. I am working, taking care of a parent, and I need time for me! I am working on my health this term, and it shouldn't be for "this term", it should be "every term" and beyond, but one step at a time. I am very big into music now, I've been playing with a wonderful band. I have found some wonderful people to play with and we play in gigs around the state. They are like my family, as corny as that sounds haha! The guitar player, he is just like a big brother to me, and the drummer and his wife, he's like a big brother and uncle in one, and his wife is like a big sister and aunt wrapped in one. It's great to be part of a close knit made-up family LOL. It's great that I have the time to have them in my lives instead of shutting them aside because of school.
-(I am by all means saying that school should come first in MY life, but if I were to take 4 classes and never have time to "hang out" and play music with anybody because I always have a paper to write: for me it's the same exact thing as shutting people out)
I never thought I would say this: I absolutely LOVE my life! I am going to school full time! I am a sophomore (finally!), I am a musician and play with some amazing musicians!, I have some amazing friends, I have a great job, part-time yes but it IS better than nothing I know that for a fact, I have a great car (knock on wood that it stays that way), I have a great relationship with both of my parents (finally!), AND I was just asked out the other night... ;) Somehow I think I will be alright!
I was upset at the fact that I had cut down from 4 classes to 2, but with all of the papers that had to be written, I just couldn't do it. But man...I am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO HAPPY that I did!!! I have one Weekend Intensive Class in Manchester and Wednesday Night class in Manchester, can you imagine what it's like to have some days and nights and weekends free??
See you all soon! Hope you are all doing great :)
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