If you decide to become a student at Granite State College, don't think twice about taking your homework on the road. This weekend was my second wedding anniversary. My husband invited me to go away with him. At first, I wasn't sure if I could manage my homework and travel at the same time but with my optimistic husband, all things are truly possible.
We packed up everything I needed in order to do my homework and drove by car to the Overlook Cottages in Eagle Lake, Maine. But this is the thing: although we spent our nights in the cottage, we drove another hundred miles into the Allagash during the day in search of Ramsey Ledge, a campsite located along the Allagash River.
Because my husband loves to drive to these faraway places, I get to sit, relax, and read all of my homework as we coast along the rural roadways which is exactly what I did this past Sunday. I read approximately 200 pages of Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozal as we wandered into the Great North Woods! I used post-it notes to mark off bits and pieces of information that I will later use in my Capstone I-search paper, my Integrative Experience for my Language Arts Degree that I have almost completed at Granite State College.
I cannot think of a more relaxing way to read a required book for a college course than to sit on a big rock at the edge of the Allagash River in Northern Maine without another soul in sight except for my precious husband who loves the wilderness as much as I do.
If you think that you will have to give up a part of your life just because you want to take adult classes at Granite State College to advance a degree in a career you just know you will love, take my word for it, you don't!
Technology has made traveling easier than I ever dreamed possible. And... by taking Independent Learning Contracts, you are free to come and go as you please without having to worry about scheduling time to attend classes.
I truly have the very best of both worlds!
We packed up everything I needed in order to do my homework and drove by car to the Overlook Cottages in Eagle Lake, Maine. But this is the thing: although we spent our nights in the cottage, we drove another hundred miles into the Allagash during the day in search of Ramsey Ledge, a campsite located along the Allagash River.
Because my husband loves to drive to these faraway places, I get to sit, relax, and read all of my homework as we coast along the rural roadways which is exactly what I did this past Sunday. I read approximately 200 pages of Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozal as we wandered into the Great North Woods! I used post-it notes to mark off bits and pieces of information that I will later use in my Capstone I-search paper, my Integrative Experience for my Language Arts Degree that I have almost completed at Granite State College.
I cannot think of a more relaxing way to read a required book for a college course than to sit on a big rock at the edge of the Allagash River in Northern Maine without another soul in sight except for my precious husband who loves the wilderness as much as I do.
If you think that you will have to give up a part of your life just because you want to take adult classes at Granite State College to advance a degree in a career you just know you will love, take my word for it, you don't!
Technology has made traveling easier than I ever dreamed possible. And... by taking Independent Learning Contracts, you are free to come and go as you please without having to worry about scheduling time to attend classes.
I truly have the very best of both worlds!
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