w"A"y to go

second class finished up last week and I finallyh got my grade. Even though my teacher was not the most helpful and at times I felt like I was going to get a bad grade on assignments off of his comments I ended up getting very good grades on everything with the lowest grade being an 87% on an Essay.  After all the hard work being sick for about a total of two weeks during the class.  Shuffeling kids back and forth from here and there, taking a trip to grandma's house a few times, having family in town, two birthday parties at my house for two of my kids, I managed to get a 95.5% giving me a solid "A" in what will probably be the hardest class I will take over the next four years.
Now on to tackle the next class.  This on should be a breeze "Communication and Information Literacy."  I totally get why I have to take it to be a teacher but I know it is going to be boaring and I am going to want to be done with it quickly.  My last teacher had a PhD which at times made him sound condicending and rude but at the same time he was a good instructor and did just sit back and let me and another class mate battle things out at times.  After all it was a religious class we are all going to have differences in opinions and worldviews.
One thing I will be concentrating on in this class though is not letting my teachers notes, whether good or bad, not get to me.  I am confident, I do know what I need to do in the class to get the grade that I not only want but the grade that I need in order to keep my goals.

I was so excited to call my dad and tell him about my grade in this last class and that I currently have a 4.0 and got an "A" in a difficult class.  The exciting part was to hear him tell me that he is proud of me and that he knows I can do this and that I can and will do well in my schooling and that he totally 100% has my back and is supporting me and rooting me on all the way.
That was huge to me and I hope my dad knows what that ment to me.  Thanks Dad!!

Now, on to Com. and Info. Lit

Last week of hell class

It have been away since I have been able to catch up on all of my blogs.  We are entering the last week of this crazy Christian Worldview Class and I can not wait until Sunday when the class is over.  I have learned a lot of things that I am sure I will never use but you never know what you are going to need and when. 
I have learned things about other worldviews that I did not know before and that some of my own beliefs over lap into other worldviews.
there have been struggles that I have gone through in this class with other class mates and with my instructor, however, it was a great learning experience and I am grateful for that.  I have done what I feel is the best that I can do in this class.  I just wish that instructors like this one would step up their game a bit and figure out when to post grades and when to post the step by steps.  There are students that want their grades the beginning of the new week not a week after they that week has been completed.    I guess each teacher has their own method and we have to adjust to that. 
I still think he needs to be better about posting extra assignment help.  If you have the step by step instructions ready to go so that you can email them out when students ask for them why not just post them with the assignment and not have to worry about emailing them later on?  It just doesn't make sense to me.

On the upside though and am still doing great in the class and have a 95% with just one more assignment to go, I hope I get a good enough grade to keep my "A" and keep my 4.0 gpa.  there is no telling with this teacher though.  Once you think you have him figured out he changes things up and you have no clue what he is looking for anymore.

I have been getting and I am gratful I will continue to get the great suppost that my husband has been providing to me.  only about 192 more hours and 3 1/2 more years to go until I have my degree.  this is really starting to be a great experience for me.  I could not do it with out the support of my wonderful husband and children.

I keep thinking to myself though even when I have had 2 papers due in one week why do people keep complaining about doing their school work on line?  I guess they are just not prioritising their time well enough.  I do have the joy of nap time at my house and that one of my four kids goes to school all day so I am sure things will get a bit interesting in a few weeks when school is over for him.  I will have to revamp my schedule and do things a little different so that I can get everything done.  I have decided how ever that I will be getting up in the morning with my husband and getting him out the door and then working on my homework after he is out the door until my kids get up.  Seeing how I am always up that early anyway during the shcool year why change it now.  Just keep the same schedule.

So now the plan is in place just a matter of getting with the program and get things done quickly.  Next year when two of four kids are in school I may step it up and take two classes at at time so that I get done quicker but who knows we will cross that bridge when we get there.

As for you parents out there that have only one child at home and are continually complaining about how hard it is to go to school on line and keep up with everything that a stay at home mom and wife have to do I do not want to hear it.  And I have plenty of friends that work full time and take care of their children and wifely duities and take multipul classes at a time and do not complain about it and complete the classes with great grades. 

But as a student/mom I wish you all the best of luck and keep on kicking and you'll be able to conqure this too.