School Bells

[kasie]

I'm so sorry you have been having so many problems, Shalot - I do hope your health problems have been properly sorted and you are looking forward to a healthy New Year. I hope you can sort out your study problems too: for what it's worth, my two pennyworth is - try and finish the course: you will have knowledge that no one can take away from you but above all, you will have a piece of paper that says you have that knowledge and proves it to other people, for all you may consider it to be a worthless bit of paper. You never know when it will come in handy - I actually had to search out my forty year old qualifications the other day for a voluntary job to prove to the Criminal Records Office I was who I said I was and had the qualifications I said I had; and years ago I secured a couple of jobs because my qualifying certificate showed I had been trained in Nursery Education, though I never worked with very young children but I knew the theory.

I can't say I'm surprised you are no longer enamoured by Advanced Accounting . But on the practical side, it could be the passport into a job, even if you subsequently follow your spiritula interests - every organisation needs someone who can 'do the books'.

[Scheherazade]

Shalot> How many more classes are you supposed to take and how long is that going to take?

If you have already invested a lot, please try to carry on and get your certificate/diploma. Like Kasie suggests, afterwards you can carry on with the other subjects you are interested in.

Good luck and I hope you are feeling better (physically) these days.

[Shalot]

I don't have that many more classes to go, but I know it will take forever at the rate I'm going. Also, I do work so I have to work classes around that and Accounting is what I do, but I would have better job opportunities and mobility if I get more credits. I already a degree (English) so all i have to do is get the other Accounting credits and then sit for the CPA. I guess I'm just getting impatient with things. Anyway.

[papayahed]

I don't have that many more classes to go, but I know it will take forever at the rate I'm going. Also, I do work so I have to work classes around that and Accounting is what I do, but I would have better job opportunities and mobility if I get more credits.

I always hear schools advertising about being friendly to working adults but where is that?? I sent an email to my professor saying I was going to be out due to work and explained that I do have a real job and she responded with attendence is key and perhaps I could find a way to be there.

[Scheherazade]

I always hear schools advertising about being friendly to working adults but where is that?? I sent an email to my professor saying I was going to be out due to work and explained that I do have a real job and she responded with attendence is key and perhaps I could find a way to be there.

How interesting... You guys should come to the College where I work; we really bend backwards to keep the learners, especially those who work.

And what is the attendance requirement? 80%? It is not the end of the world if one misses couple of classes, I would have thought.

Rather annoying.

[Scheherazade]

Today I got an email from university: Thank me very much for handing my assignments on time; would I like to start working on the next ones?



No time to rest, to catch our breath...

[Scheherazade]

I have a busy week ahead of me but I have lost my interest all of a sudden. Why am I studying?

Have to get ready for a presentation and a visit from my Prof.

[Shalot]

I always hear schools advertising about being friendly to working adults but where is that?? I sent an email to my professor saying I was going to be out due to work and explained that I do have a real job and she responded with attendence is key and perhaps I could find a way to be there.

It depends on the school I guess. The state university here used to have an evening program but there were only so many things you could major in so if you work 8-5 everyday, then you just can't expect to attend any classes there. Also, if you did work part-time during traditional working hours, the class schedules are Monday, Wednesday Friday. So you would have to find a job that would allow you to come in on Tuesdays and Thursdays only....that's realistic isn't it? NOT. Or you can just work in retail or the restaurant industry and hten be too tired to fool with your homework....

I did find a private college here that has a night program in accounting. It's the only college offering it. There are two other colleges that have night programs but you can major in general business and that's about it. And, my mother seems to think that the degrees that you get from those night colleges are rinky dink and not worth what they charge and she thinks employers don't value those as much as they would the University degree...I don't know about that. Some of the professors instruct at different schools both at the University and in other places.

And sometimes, you can get a professor who doesn't care and will just pass you...so how do you rate or value an education? The student can choose to get more out of it don't you think?

[Niamh]

I'm in a total stinking rut! I have an extention on my assignment which i want to get in by monday (due today... thank god for the extention!) and i just cant write! I have my essay plan but just cant write! what do you guys generally do in this situation?

[Paulclem]

I'm in a total stinking rut! I have an extention on my assignment which i want to get in by monday (due today... thank god for the extention!) and i just cant write! I have my essay plan but just cant write! what do you guys generally do in this situation?

Do something else first, but make a decision to start at a particular time.

Begin by adding lines to your plan as it comes to you. Don't begin at the beginning with your essay, just pop in sentences, ideas, thoughts wherever it takes your fancy. You may well work up a head of steam and do a bit.

If it doesn't work, at least you've got some lines you can still use.

[Scheherazade]

I also find it useful when I find couple of quotes from the text books that I might use in my essay; those give me a direction and help build up my arguments around them.

[JuniperWoolf]

I just applied for a small college (GPRC, only two hours away from Grande Cache and I know a lot of people there). I go in September. I'm only allowed to stay there for a year until they make me transfer to a big university (but not as big as the godaweful giant U of A), but at least for one year I get to feel comfortable with my surroundings. Then it's off to Augustana. It's a christian university, but I can deal with morning prayer; it'll bother me much less than the pretentious jerks at the U of A and the big, ugly city of Edmonton.

[The Comedian]

I just applied for a small college (GPRC, only two hours away from Grande Cache and I know a lot of people there). I go in September. I'm only allowed to stay there for a year until they make me transfer to a big university (but not as big as the godaweful giant U of A), but at least for one year I get to feel comfortable with my surroundings. Then it's off to Augustana. It's a christian university, but I can deal with morning prayer; it'll bother me much less than the pretentious jerks at the U of A and the big, ugly city of Edmonton.

Yay! Sounds like a great plan. And, I completely with your idea that a Christian college won't be as bad as a pretentious big university. I went to a small Christian college (thought I am merely curious spiritually; and not Christian or anything like that) and I found the atmosphere to be more honest, kind, and every way as scholarly as a larger university.

Anyway, I hope it works out for you.

[Veho]

I'm in a total stinking rut! I have an extention on my assignment which i want to get in by monday (due today... thank god for the extention!) and i just cant write! I have my essay plan but just cant write! what do you guys generally do in this situation?

Have you had any luck today Niamh?

[Niamh]

I'm in work so hopefully i'll get some done. for some reason i've managed to get most of my studying done here with out any distractions at lunch time. Have laptop with me so fingers crossed!