I'm on the last week of classes for my Mass Media and Business Protocol classes. After these classes, my final class will be a MATH class. My father (the engineer!) says "pfft" to Math and all the fears and uneasy feelings I have about it. I on the other hand am freaking the heck out. Math and I barely get along. That means I have to work extra hard and cut corners in my life to devote enough time to get a passing grade. This, however, is one of the classes that destroyed my time at Roosevelt and pretty much sent me on a very expensive tailspin of despair.
I can't go back to those moments. Much as I'd like to return to that school, it was expensive to begin with. I know I'm at "that" school people make jokes about, but it's been just as challenging and frustrating as going to a brick and mortar school. Since I started a year ago in July, it felt no different than getting on the 95th Red Line and heading downtown.
I cringed when my classes updated and Math was the last thing. Last week when my adviser started e-mailing all the tips and pointers to survive, all I could think about were the mechanical pencils and notebooks I'd fill with chicken scratch and practice problems. I've grumbled "when am I gonna use this stuff" a million times, until I finally used it when I started tutoring my teen students. It's helpful but also stressful.
As my father says "don't set the tone before the class even begins." Basically, don't say you'll fail and don't talk about freaking out or you will. It's easier said than done. It probably didn't help that I read part of the book and tried to do some problems ahead of time. When my adviser said "do you want to pick something else?" those choices weren't any easier. Good Lord. So, the class I've been running from is right in my face. If I want my little degree, I need this class. -____-
This isn't the degree, mind you. Just the first of many. I'm so behind everyone else, slowly "getting there" on my own little trail. Still, I want it on my resume' for that extra piece of "oomph". The bigger degree would probably get me through the door, but I can't rush it. I want to pay off my student loans before I head into another college, or continue at this school with more debt. I only owe 20k. As opposed to 50k and above, I'm doing all right-ish. Anyway, college math is on my butt on the 2nd of June. I'll even have to discuss it. Lord have mercy....discussion questions on Math. O_o
On the plus side, it's on MyMathLab. I have a lot of experience with that thing.
I can't go back to those moments. Much as I'd like to return to that school, it was expensive to begin with. I know I'm at "that" school people make jokes about, but it's been just as challenging and frustrating as going to a brick and mortar school. Since I started a year ago in July, it felt no different than getting on the 95th Red Line and heading downtown.
I cringed when my classes updated and Math was the last thing. Last week when my adviser started e-mailing all the tips and pointers to survive, all I could think about were the mechanical pencils and notebooks I'd fill with chicken scratch and practice problems. I've grumbled "when am I gonna use this stuff" a million times, until I finally used it when I started tutoring my teen students. It's helpful but also stressful.
As my father says "don't set the tone before the class even begins." Basically, don't say you'll fail and don't talk about freaking out or you will. It's easier said than done. It probably didn't help that I read part of the book and tried to do some problems ahead of time. When my adviser said "do you want to pick something else?" those choices weren't any easier. Good Lord. So, the class I've been running from is right in my face. If I want my little degree, I need this class. -____-
This isn't the degree, mind you. Just the first of many. I'm so behind everyone else, slowly "getting there" on my own little trail. Still, I want it on my resume' for that extra piece of "oomph". The bigger degree would probably get me through the door, but I can't rush it. I want to pay off my student loans before I head into another college, or continue at this school with more debt. I only owe 20k. As opposed to 50k and above, I'm doing all right-ish. Anyway, college math is on my butt on the 2nd of June. I'll even have to discuss it. Lord have mercy....discussion questions on Math. O_o
On the plus side, it's on MyMathLab. I have a lot of experience with that thing.