No time to blog yesterday with assignments due for class. Received email confirmation the Visa request arrived at the company handling the request...that means yesterday was day 1 of 5 needed to process the request. Passport due back in my hands by next Tuesday, Feb 24!
I'm off to the travel doctor this morning for meds and shots in preparation for the trip to India. I hate shots! Bad enough I have to take one daily and another one twice a week...at least those don't leave me sore like vaccinations usually do. Oh well, better sore from a shot than sick or dead from some disease, right? Right.
The Philippines trip will be later in March so I need to see about booking travel this week. That one will be a bit longer than the India trip but not sure exactly how long.
Oh, did I mention I got an A in my Business Law class? Well I did...not sure I deserved it though. That team paper sucked. I needed another 4 - 6 hrs of editing to make it an A paper. We got a B on the paper, which I thought extremely generous considering it didn't really flow and there were parts that should have been either re-written or in direct quotes. We did cite everything but it's sometimes difficult not to use some of the same words as the original author. Given enough time I can put things in my own words and occassionally write it in a way that actually sounds better than the original...not often but sometimes. Probably deserved a C on the paper and a B in the class since 57% of the total grade was from work in that last week of class.
I started Finance this week and so far most of it seems to be a rehash of the things we learned in Accounting. I sure hope we build and not just rehash the information since my concentration is management and finance. The team I'm on seems to be great. There are several very pro-active members and from their participation posts, they seem to be able to write pretty well also. Refreshing change from previous classes where I'd be lucky if there was even one other person who could write on the team. Not that I'm a snob or anything but really, I don't understand how you can get into your Junior year in college without being about to write, especially since you're writing several papers in each class. Can anyone tell me how that happens?
Going to school online has the advantage of not having a set time to be in a classroom and I think the teachers are maybe not as hard on you as in a brick and mortar classroom. That being said, it's much harder in that they require a lot more participation and the reading and workload seems to be more than in a traditional classroom. I've done it both ways but with my traveling there'd be no way to attend a traditional college. I'm just praying that this experience will truly prepare me for the workload in the MBA program I want to attend. Still have to figure a way to get some Spanish classes in before grad school so I have a second language.
Ok, if you happened on this blog and this post, you're probably wondering about the photo above...that's my dad. He is going to be 90 in August and still going strong. He got this Harley a few years ago...he had a couple others back in his youth and wanted another one ever since. I love that he still enjoys getting out on the open road with his pals. He's probably the oldest one but no one has more fun than he does.
Well, better finish getting ready and hit the road. Later.
