Well, I did start taking classes, and am just at the beginning of my 3rd term. I hope to be student teaching in October. When I am done, I will be certified in grades 5-12 Spanish, chemistry, and biology. And that is just by taking the requirements to be a teacher! I am so happy that my seemingly useless (and uber-hated) years of chem courses will actually be rewarded and recognized on my certificate. I hope that my difficulties in understanding chem when I was starting out will provide me with the appropriate perspective and strategies to helping others get what was lost on me for so long. It is amazing how much one tutor, one teacher can help/hinder your ability as a student to move forward in your understanding. This is something I will never forget.
I have a 4.0 right now and must say that the classes I am taking are cake. I can't say that I am complaining, per say, because I am a working adult with a busy life, but I am amazed to think that anyone could earn college credit for taking such cruise control courses. They might as well just give me the credit for showing up and dispense with the "gimme" tests and assignments. As a functioning member of society and a college graduate, I feel that it can be taken for granted that I have what it takes to pass the courses. Let's just move forward and start with the classroom responsibilities! I am ready to get this show on the road. If I could take more classes at once, I would, but since I am attending such a small school, you can only take two courses at a time, and that is if they are courses relevant to your program.
I am stuck in a hard spot now, because I have to take a summer course, but since we operate on quarters rather than semesters, I have to take two courses in order to qualify for financial aid. I don't want to take a class I don't need, don't want to postpone taking the course and thus push back my graduation, and also do not want to have to pay it out of pocket. My school simply does not offer anything that is beneficial for me to take... Not without driving 90 minutes to the next closest satellite campus. Ug. What to do?
I really want to get certified to coach but those courses are not offered during those terms at my school. I'm not sure how financial aid will work out if I went to another school for those... I hope I don't have to fwd my transcripts on to the state to be certified, because I already have attending six (yes, SIX) different colleges. I know this seems like a lot, but I was a transfer student, participated in an exchange, took summer/winterim courses at community colleges, and am now returning as a non-trad post-bacc teaching cert only. That being said, I am essentially going to be treated as a quad-mjr at the end of all this. Hallelujah, GIVE ME A JOB.
That's all I have to say about that. -Gump
