Traveling is something I haven't been able to do a lot of, and I really haven't minded. However, faced with the opportunity to see things I've never seen before...I am REALLY excited about our road trip on the way to Missouri! I'm going to be SO tired afterwards but boy-o-boy is it going to be fun :D We'll be visiting Kyle's grandma, Kyle's dad, Universal Studios, The San Diego Zoo and also the Wildlife Park, the Grand Canyon, San Antonio, Austin, my family...and the silly things along the way like "World's Biggest Ball of Yarn" or "World's Biggest Thermometer." There won't likely be another opportunity like this until we're wrinkly and retired, so I plan to make the most of it. Thanks to the family in Missouri for taking on our animals until we get there...it's very much appreciated and I wish I could send them later, now that it's this week. It's so soon to send them and so soon that you're stuck with them, if only I'd made it 2 weeks later...oh well, it's done.
See ya'll soon.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Saturday, March 11, 2006
In other news...
...we have a photographer! He's in Austin, and is quoting a great price which includes everything I want. He'll be there for the duration of the wedding, and at the end he's giving me the "negatives" on a CD at full resolution so I can print as little or as much as I want through Snapfish, Wal-mart, Walgreens, etc...he's about $750-$950 cheaper than the other photographer I'd considered, and seems more casual about it - he's OK with amateurs following him about as long as they don't get in the way, and when he's done with a posed photo they can take the same shot. COOL!!! It also includes a sitting in his studio prior to the wedding and an 11x14 print I can put on the guest book table. I am totally jazzed :) I'll be submitting my deposit tomorrow :D
For anyone in Austin, here's his info:
Corsair Imaging
Eric Robertson
512-695-3813
He has 20 years of experience with weddings, and he's really flexible...based on my conversation today, I'd recommend him to everyone.
Yay!! Another thing I can soon stop worrying about :D
For anyone in Austin, here's his info:
Corsair Imaging
Eric Robertson
512-695-3813
He has 20 years of experience with weddings, and he's really flexible...based on my conversation today, I'd recommend him to everyone.
Yay!! Another thing I can soon stop worrying about :D
Feeling a little better...
This instructor still sucks, but I feel good that I am actually calling this guy on his flaws instead of staying quiet so I don't fall subject to his wrath and a grading bias. At this point, it can't get much worse - if it does it will be obvious, especially since I will be devoting all my time to the class these last 10 or so days. If I expend that much more effort and still do poorly, this isn't my fault and I still got to say what I needed to say. I spoke up, and I was supported for it and THANKED even for having done so - that makes me feel warm & fuzzy inside :) I'm helping me, and I'm helping others...ahh, it feels like cleric-ing :) Kinda, anyway.
Here's my most recent correspondence:
From: ANGELA
To: BARRY
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: Attached WK 2 Evaluations of IP & Simulation Summary
While that may be the case, we as students also have full time jobs, families, and other obligations and are penalized for tardiness, whereas instructors are not. I am paying $1500 for this course which I could be reimbursed for if I gain a C or higher. However, at this point I have a D+ and I have no confidence that I can turn this around to be a C or greater, no matter how many points are still available. Hopefully you can understand my concern, as this is the ONLY course in which I have ever received such poor grades with very little useful feedback - even considering Statistics I & II, which I did not even understand most of the time!!! Buyer Behavior is a social science, and has several similar concepts that I just finished studying in Social Psychology, which had similar concepts that I studied in another previous course. Additionally, I feel cheated that I did not learn sooner that my writing style is not appropriate, and is "too impersonal," a comment I received on all of my papers that have been returned thus far. I remember a guide or instructor from UoP telling me that APA format is a formal style and does not allow first person references, and it is not as if this is the first class in which I have used personal experiences to demonstrate concepts taught in the course. Unfortunately, it IS the only course in which I have been reprimanded and marked down for formal writing. Now that I know your preference, I can alter my style, but I would have appreciated this PRIOR to week 2 deadlines. I really disagree with your assessment that I need to do spelling and grammar checks, and I REALLY disagree with the comments about sentences being too long and complex. I spent countless hours in English classes through junior high and high school editing papers in which we highlighted in two different colors to visually see sentence length. The point of that exercise was to vary short & long sentences to create a flow. I know I write long sentences, but I also add in short ones where appropriate.
Anyway, I and several other students are dissatisfied and as students (and customers of UoP!) - we expect better from our instructors. Up to this point, I have never had a problem. I can appreciate your time crunch, but it's nothing that we as students, spouses, coaches, parents, and employees have not experienced ourselves. I can't speak for Team C's loss, but Team A lost two members directly in relation to the lack of feedback and the poor showing in grades. This left us at an extreme disadvantage, but because of the deadline we had to deal with it as we would in the "real world." This would have been difficult but manageable if you had made your expectations more clear, specifically in regards to questions I asked before the second paper was due (I asked about your highlighting and what it meant).
Please make an effort to get feedback out more quickly as our grades are important to us for reimbursements and scholarships, if not for GPA alone.
Angie
----- Original Message -----
From: BARRY
To: ANGELA
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: Attached WK 2 Evaluations of IP & Simulation Summary
Dear Angie
There is still quite a bit of time and points available.
Since the University has changed the size of the classes, it takes longer for those of us who do this as a part-time thing to handle the turn around as fast in an earlier period. This past week was an expensive one for me with a snow storm that disrupted a plan business meeting and then my accident which disrupted another meeting.
I will take your concern under advisement.
Barry
Barry, PhD MBAOnline Faculty, University of Phoenix Online
----- Original Message -----
From: ANGELA
To: BARRY
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: Attached WK 2 Evaluations of IP & Simulation Summary
Barry,
I really think it is unfair that my grade is suffering because I was not informed my writing style is not what you like until the middle of week 3. I don't want to drop, but I also can't make a D in this course and be reimbursed for it, so I must say I am extremely disappointed with the lack of feedback in the beginning of the course. I will work hard the remainder of the course, but what else can I do?
Here's my most recent correspondence:
From: ANGELA
To: BARRY
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: Attached WK 2 Evaluations of IP & Simulation Summary
While that may be the case, we as students also have full time jobs, families, and other obligations and are penalized for tardiness, whereas instructors are not. I am paying $1500 for this course which I could be reimbursed for if I gain a C or higher. However, at this point I have a D+ and I have no confidence that I can turn this around to be a C or greater, no matter how many points are still available. Hopefully you can understand my concern, as this is the ONLY course in which I have ever received such poor grades with very little useful feedback - even considering Statistics I & II, which I did not even understand most of the time!!! Buyer Behavior is a social science, and has several similar concepts that I just finished studying in Social Psychology, which had similar concepts that I studied in another previous course. Additionally, I feel cheated that I did not learn sooner that my writing style is not appropriate, and is "too impersonal," a comment I received on all of my papers that have been returned thus far. I remember a guide or instructor from UoP telling me that APA format is a formal style and does not allow first person references, and it is not as if this is the first class in which I have used personal experiences to demonstrate concepts taught in the course. Unfortunately, it IS the only course in which I have been reprimanded and marked down for formal writing. Now that I know your preference, I can alter my style, but I would have appreciated this PRIOR to week 2 deadlines. I really disagree with your assessment that I need to do spelling and grammar checks, and I REALLY disagree with the comments about sentences being too long and complex. I spent countless hours in English classes through junior high and high school editing papers in which we highlighted in two different colors to visually see sentence length. The point of that exercise was to vary short & long sentences to create a flow. I know I write long sentences, but I also add in short ones where appropriate.
Anyway, I and several other students are dissatisfied and as students (and customers of UoP!) - we expect better from our instructors. Up to this point, I have never had a problem. I can appreciate your time crunch, but it's nothing that we as students, spouses, coaches, parents, and employees have not experienced ourselves. I can't speak for Team C's loss, but Team A lost two members directly in relation to the lack of feedback and the poor showing in grades. This left us at an extreme disadvantage, but because of the deadline we had to deal with it as we would in the "real world." This would have been difficult but manageable if you had made your expectations more clear, specifically in regards to questions I asked before the second paper was due (I asked about your highlighting and what it meant).
Please make an effort to get feedback out more quickly as our grades are important to us for reimbursements and scholarships, if not for GPA alone.
Angie
----- Original Message -----
From: BARRY
To: ANGELA
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: Attached WK 2 Evaluations of IP & Simulation Summary
Dear Angie
There is still quite a bit of time and points available.
Since the University has changed the size of the classes, it takes longer for those of us who do this as a part-time thing to handle the turn around as fast in an earlier period. This past week was an expensive one for me with a snow storm that disrupted a plan business meeting and then my accident which disrupted another meeting.
I will take your concern under advisement.
Barry
Barry, PhD MBAOnline Faculty, University of Phoenix Online
----- Original Message -----
From: ANGELA
To: BARRY
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: Attached WK 2 Evaluations of IP & Simulation Summary
Barry,
I really think it is unfair that my grade is suffering because I was not informed my writing style is not what you like until the middle of week 3. I don't want to drop, but I also can't make a D in this course and be reimbursed for it, so I must say I am extremely disappointed with the lack of feedback in the beginning of the course. I will work hard the remainder of the course, but what else can I do?
Thursday, March 09, 2006
GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
I am so irritated with my Buyer Behavior instructor!!
He took a course that I was very interested in and poo-pooed the whole thing. I LOVE social science, and the nuances of marketing that persuade people to buy is what got me interested in the first place. Instead of loving it and doing well, I am hating it and pulling a D+ which is the worst (college) grade I've ever gotten. I'm not done yet so I *might* be able to pull a C-, but still...I don't even UNDERSTAND Chaucer's English, and I still managed a C in my British Literature class...I didn't understand Sadistics I or II, and I got Bs in those courses, while moving twice and dealing with someone close to me dying. But this course...UGH!
Apparently my writing style is "too objective" because I don't use I, me, we, our, myself, etc. - it's not permitted in APA format unless specified by the instructor or assignment, and I've never had an instructor require it of me. In fact "[ ] First person (“I”, “we”) generally refers to your own opinion or experience. Use third person unless otherwise indicated by the
assignment or instructor." HELLO!
GAH I AM SO FREAKING ANGRY WITH THIS DOUCHE! He didn't give ANY feedback until the beginning of week 3, which means I had already turned in 3 of 6 personal papers in that style. In week 4 we are finally getting feedback for week 2.
No bullshit, in my week 2 paper he wrote as a comment, "You have a lot of long sentences. These can be broken into several short ones and mare for a more readable paper." "Mare?" How about you proofread you DUMBASS. And WTH? Color me stupid, but I thought a mixture of short and long sentences was the mark of a MATURE paper. Does this guy read at a second grade level?
"You could be more specific" ABOUT WHAT?! And should I be as specific as you, Mr. I-Could-Win-an-Award-For-Dancing-Around-the-Question-and-Never-Answering-Anything? I ask him questions, which he takes his time answering...I asked him on Friday night/Saturday morning about comments on a team paper so that we could improve our paper that was due on Monday. I got a reply, after prodding him, on Monday at 11:45 when normal 40-hours-a-week people are working. I happened to be off on a vacation day, but STILL - my teammates weren't, and the paper was not entirely written but progressing...it's just a 1,450 word POS, it doesn't take THAT long unless you have the pickiest, most asinine, idiotic, should-still-be-working-with-chimps, random, dodgy ASSHOLE-of-a-teacher on the planet, and for all he knows we finished it Sunday and his NON-ANSWERS were no help! I said in the e-mail
"I sincerely do not understand your grading...[specific questions about the assignment]...We'll follow the rubric closely this time, but the above questions aren't really rubric-related"
and HE said (dodging the specific questions entirely):
Yeah, I'm pissed. Real pissed. I don't think I would have gotten through my degree this far, with 5 classes to go, without having someone indicate to me that I need to check grammar and spelling, APA format, and oh yeah, my "sentences are too long." I and several other students have complained about his lack of feedback and unfair grading, so he's being evaluated...but it likely won't help our grades. I hope the picky bastard gets stuck at every red light he encounters, for the full cycle. And that he grows boobs and has to deal with period cramps. And has or develops a fat ass. Yeah! That should about do it. Until I think of something else!
He took a course that I was very interested in and poo-pooed the whole thing. I LOVE social science, and the nuances of marketing that persuade people to buy is what got me interested in the first place. Instead of loving it and doing well, I am hating it and pulling a D+ which is the worst (college) grade I've ever gotten. I'm not done yet so I *might* be able to pull a C-, but still...I don't even UNDERSTAND Chaucer's English, and I still managed a C in my British Literature class...I didn't understand Sadistics I or II, and I got Bs in those courses, while moving twice and dealing with someone close to me dying. But this course...UGH!
Apparently my writing style is "too objective" because I don't use I, me, we, our, myself, etc. - it's not permitted in APA format unless specified by the instructor or assignment, and I've never had an instructor require it of me. In fact "[ ] First person (“I”, “we”) generally refers to your own opinion or experience. Use third person unless otherwise indicated by the
assignment or instructor." HELLO!
GAH I AM SO FREAKING ANGRY WITH THIS DOUCHE! He didn't give ANY feedback until the beginning of week 3, which means I had already turned in 3 of 6 personal papers in that style. In week 4 we are finally getting feedback for week 2.
No bullshit, in my week 2 paper he wrote as a comment, "You have a lot of long sentences. These can be broken into several short ones and mare for a more readable paper." "Mare?" How about you proofread you DUMBASS. And WTH? Color me stupid, but I thought a mixture of short and long sentences was the mark of a MATURE paper. Does this guy read at a second grade level?
"You could be more specific" ABOUT WHAT?! And should I be as specific as you, Mr. I-Could-Win-an-Award-For-Dancing-Around-the-Question-and-Never-Answering-Anything? I ask him questions, which he takes his time answering...I asked him on Friday night/Saturday morning about comments on a team paper so that we could improve our paper that was due on Monday. I got a reply, after prodding him, on Monday at 11:45 when normal 40-hours-a-week people are working. I happened to be off on a vacation day, but STILL - my teammates weren't, and the paper was not entirely written but progressing...it's just a 1,450 word POS, it doesn't take THAT long unless you have the pickiest, most asinine, idiotic, should-still-be-working-with-chimps, random, dodgy ASSHOLE-of-a-teacher on the planet, and for all he knows we finished it Sunday and his NON-ANSWERS were no help! I said in the e-mail
"I sincerely do not understand your grading...[specific questions about the assignment]...We'll follow the rubric closely this time, but the above questions aren't really rubric-related"
and HE said (dodging the specific questions entirely):
"As for the grading, the rubrics repeat the basic issues in the syllabus that you are asked to address for the assignment. The scale lets you know what a certain level of work will generate in terms of a gradeon that issue. Complete means that you have covered the topic or answeredthe basic question posed by the issue. Excellent means that you havecompleted the answer and have demonstrated understanding by applying the conceptsto the specific situation in the assignment."
Yeah, I'm pissed. Real pissed. I don't think I would have gotten through my degree this far, with 5 classes to go, without having someone indicate to me that I need to check grammar and spelling, APA format, and oh yeah, my "sentences are too long." I and several other students have complained about his lack of feedback and unfair grading, so he's being evaluated...but it likely won't help our grades. I hope the picky bastard gets stuck at every red light he encounters, for the full cycle. And that he grows boobs and has to deal with period cramps. And has or develops a fat ass. Yeah! That should about do it. Until I think of something else!
Monday, February 13, 2006
Cleaning
I usually hate cleaning...the way it just never goes away...if it's not clutter, then it's dust or grime or clothes on the floor. And cleaning seems unnatural in a way - within minutes of dusting - seconds, perhaps - tiny particles of dust are once again settling themselves comfortably all over everything - making themselves at home, as if they're supposed to be there. Like they're returning to a normal state. Or maybe it is living indoors that is unnatural, not the cleaning...? Outside the wind moves and stirs the dust, such that it won't necessarily settle and stay. Hmm.
Cleaning isn't always so bad, though...sometimes it can be gratifying in an inexlicable way. As I said before, I hate - despise - cleaning. The constancy of it. That it can be satisfying is alien...but also makes sense, if that makes any sense. I guess it is in part the instant gratification, the knowledge that something is shining when it wasn't before, and I'm responsible. One of few things in life that is visible in that way.
I guess that's about all for my midnight ramble - I am probably tired from the cleaning!
Cleaning isn't always so bad, though...sometimes it can be gratifying in an inexlicable way. As I said before, I hate - despise - cleaning. The constancy of it. That it can be satisfying is alien...but also makes sense, if that makes any sense. I guess it is in part the instant gratification, the knowledge that something is shining when it wasn't before, and I'm responsible. One of few things in life that is visible in that way.
I guess that's about all for my midnight ramble - I am probably tired from the cleaning!
Friday, February 03, 2006
Up late again...
Well, it's a work night and I am up late again...part of it was a late start, part of it was procrastination...since I am going to that scrapbooking event this weekend, I wanted to get my homework done. For one paper, it was necessary since it's due Saturday and I am not here...but I also wanted to complete my assignments that are due Monday and I just didn't get to them.
But, now I've done part of my team assignment, finished my assignment due tonight, finished my assignment due Saturday, and I filed my taxes...all in all I guess it's been productive, but I still haven't packed so I still can't go to bed!! Ahhh!
But, now I've done part of my team assignment, finished my assignment due tonight, finished my assignment due Saturday, and I filed my taxes...all in all I guess it's been productive, but I still haven't packed so I still can't go to bed!! Ahhh!
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Monday, January 30, 2006
Today was crummy
Well, I started the day by almost hitting an idiotic pedestrian - please, make eye contact with the driver, it's your life at stake!! You can be very right and very DEAD! I was leaving for work this morning, in a hurry, and there was also the factor of limited visibility...as I was looking one way for the traffic, a pedestrian was coming from the other way (and might I add that this was not in a crosswalk, it was a sidewalk crossing a driveway, with a 4-5' wall covered in ivy with trees, etc. in the way to block my view of pedestrians) and decided to walk IN FRONT of my car. With the nose partway in the road. And with my head very firmly and visibly turned the OTHER WAY. What arrogance possesses someone to walk in front of a car without knowing full well that the driver is aware that they are there?!
Then, I get an e-mail that I've been dropped from my class (again). I won't go into the first time I was dropped from the class because that's too much to type. This time I thought it was the other thing, but it was actually that a counselor can't @^#*$% type. >:/ The notes referenced my student ID, but someone else's name, and they requested to drop for personal reasons. Earlier today when it was just going to be a couple hours I was ok because I was glad it wasn't the problem I thought it was....but now I am starting to get pissed because I still don't have access to my class 5 hours later, my team has a project due tonighty that I can't help with, and I am stuck on the phone with tech support.
I need a freaking vacation from this day!
Then, I get an e-mail that I've been dropped from my class (again). I won't go into the first time I was dropped from the class because that's too much to type. This time I thought it was the other thing, but it was actually that a counselor can't @^#*$% type. >:/ The notes referenced my student ID, but someone else's name, and they requested to drop for personal reasons. Earlier today when it was just going to be a couple hours I was ok because I was glad it wasn't the problem I thought it was....but now I am starting to get pissed because I still don't have access to my class 5 hours later, my team has a project due tonighty that I can't help with, and I am stuck on the phone with tech support.
I need a freaking vacation from this day!
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Crafts
Well, among everything else I am doing, I am now very much into crafts. :) I took up Creative Memories when I made the album for Grinning's wedding gift, and now that I am planning my wedding I've picked up stamping too. It's fun, and now I've got this monstrous project ahead of me to make my own save the date cards, wedding invitations/rsvp cards, and thank you notes...that's my intention, anyway!! I'll probably get most of my scrapping done Feb 4-6 when I go to camp (yes I am a craft nerd now hahaha), so I could probably put that hobby aside for a while (especially if I am going to pick up consulting, which I am seriously considering...that way, I can scrap at my get togethers, and then I won't have to buy product!). Stamping though...well, that shouldn't be too bad either, since my CM consultant has a project of her own to work on. We've already set up the weekend after scrap camp to do stamps, so it's all good. I will very likely finish the save the date cards that day, so it'll be awesome!
That's the scoop for now...'til next time...
That's the scoop for now...'til next time...
Sunday, January 22, 2006
People are idiots
No, I am not only just now figuring this out...but how did I manage to run into two idiots so close together? When I was on my way to San Francisco today, I followed a different route than usual thanks to TomTom, and I found a person on a 10 speed who decided to cross in front of me, even though he was at the corner at a 4-stop intersection when I started going, and I had thought he was either stopping or going another direction. He ended up in front of me, and looked rather clumsy. So, if he couldn't stop...isn't it better to fall down than get hit by a car?! Second, I got to a yield left left turn, and so I did the normal thing and entered the intersection slowly, waiting my turn...and this jackass who was turning left from the other direction decided that, even though I had barely gone far enough to turn into the inside left lane, I had pulled too far up for him to make his turn, and he honks and goes around me on my right side.
And I won't go into the idiots in the city, since they're really a dime a dozen...but how'd I get so lucky in my own town?!
And I won't go into the idiots in the city, since they're really a dime a dozen...but how'd I get so lucky in my own town?!
Friday, January 20, 2006
Planning - started!!
Well folks, we've got a venue :) Slight change in date...but we have a venue!!!
September 23, 2006 at Bastrop State Park, appx. 3:30 p.m.
I am very excited! One decision down, 1998 to go!!
Many thanks to my sister-in-law Jana, who has been an enormous help by being my eyes in Bastrop! Thanks for the videos and pictures :)
And careful people, I have a karaoke machine now...*evil grin* and I will probably be renting a margarita machine too...*maniacal laugh*
That's the news for now!
September 23, 2006 at Bastrop State Park, appx. 3:30 p.m.
I am very excited! One decision down, 1998 to go!!
Many thanks to my sister-in-law Jana, who has been an enormous help by being my eyes in Bastrop! Thanks for the videos and pictures :)
And careful people, I have a karaoke machine now...*evil grin* and I will probably be renting a margarita machine too...*maniacal laugh*
That's the news for now!
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Wedding planning headache
Well, there was this B&B in my brother's town that I was looking at...I liked it, but they took about 5 days to get me a price quote when they said it would be ready the following day...and now that I have e-mailed questions, it's been nearly another week. So, it's been probably 12 days now, and I have lost what confidence they started out with. If they can't answer an e-mail just to say "hey thanks for your interest, I will work on your questions ASAP" - can they handle a wedding?! I don't think it should be my job to babysit the quote and the question-answering...either they're really busy, or they don't need the business.
On to other venues, then!! Now I am looking at a lake, which is a lot cheaper, and I may like it better anyway :)
More new later I guess....
1/27/06 - still no e-mail from that B&B, good thing I booked elsewhere...
On to other venues, then!! Now I am looking at a lake, which is a lot cheaper, and I may like it better anyway :)
More new later I guess....
1/27/06 - still no e-mail from that B&B, good thing I booked elsewhere...
Friday, January 06, 2006
New ring pic
Here's a new picture of the ring...it fits and everything! And, it's hard (or impossible) to tell, but it's actually set in white gold.
Wedding update and school
Well, I do believe we've set the date as September 30th - at least, that's the date I like, and Kyle doesn't so much care. So, September 30th it is. It'll likely be in Springfield, since the venue is free and it'll be easier to find vendors since Kristen did this once already.
As for school, I had a major problem starting in the new year. Last August I applied for an outside loan (outside of government education loans), and while I was approved, the school denied it because they stated that if I was getting help from work, I make too much money. Hahahahahahaha - I couldn't live in this area without a roommate, so that's insane. Anyway, I faxed a form stating that I wasn't getting help since it's contingent upon several things...1). that my course is approved as being related to my job 2). I haven't been laid off or something like that, and I'm still employed there 3). that I have a passing grade of C or higher. If I miss any one of the criterion, well, I don't get help.
Apparently my financial aid counselor never told me I had to reapply for the loan, not until late December...and I had some money due, which he stated would NOT hold me out of class. Well, it actually did and canceled everything, and since I'd been off for almost a month, I HAD to be in class on 1/3/06 or I might forfeit funding...so on 1/3/06 I was panicked and upset that I was going to lose funding and possibly delay my graduation by at least a month. :(((((
They managed to emergency add me after I proved I had been approved (AGAIN) for the outside loan, but now I still don't have classes. I am bugging my academic counselor about that part, and I hope they get their act together. Since I haven't really had problems before I think it will be ok, but I am still somewhat worried. They do have about 4 weeks, though, so I guess they have time to fix it all.
For my last elective credits, I am looking to take a digital photography class on Tuesdays for 3 1/2 hours...should be fun, if they'll accept the credits. And, I'll learn about Photoshop, which is good because I'll never pick up a book on my own...always something more important and less boring, ya know?!
Anyway....I will certainly be glad to get done with school in October!!
As for school, I had a major problem starting in the new year. Last August I applied for an outside loan (outside of government education loans), and while I was approved, the school denied it because they stated that if I was getting help from work, I make too much money. Hahahahahahaha - I couldn't live in this area without a roommate, so that's insane. Anyway, I faxed a form stating that I wasn't getting help since it's contingent upon several things...1). that my course is approved as being related to my job 2). I haven't been laid off or something like that, and I'm still employed there 3). that I have a passing grade of C or higher. If I miss any one of the criterion, well, I don't get help.
Apparently my financial aid counselor never told me I had to reapply for the loan, not until late December...and I had some money due, which he stated would NOT hold me out of class. Well, it actually did and canceled everything, and since I'd been off for almost a month, I HAD to be in class on 1/3/06 or I might forfeit funding...so on 1/3/06 I was panicked and upset that I was going to lose funding and possibly delay my graduation by at least a month. :(((((
They managed to emergency add me after I proved I had been approved (AGAIN) for the outside loan, but now I still don't have classes. I am bugging my academic counselor about that part, and I hope they get their act together. Since I haven't really had problems before I think it will be ok, but I am still somewhat worried. They do have about 4 weeks, though, so I guess they have time to fix it all.
For my last elective credits, I am looking to take a digital photography class on Tuesdays for 3 1/2 hours...should be fun, if they'll accept the credits. And, I'll learn about Photoshop, which is good because I'll never pick up a book on my own...always something more important and less boring, ya know?!
Anyway....I will certainly be glad to get done with school in October!!
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