Well, first semester is over and we are still going strong. As my first semester back to school came to an end I was feeling pretty good about myself and about my grades even though I got an A- causing my GPA to drop from a 4.0 to a 3.9 but hey I am being optimistic and looking at it as I have gotten A's in all of my classes.
Class #4 is going great even though it is not really a class that I really wanted to take but I have to take it so Critical Thinking and Problem solving it is my friends. I was a little intimidated by the name of the course, however; I have been able to surprise myself with how well I am doing.
We are having to write a persuasive essay which causes us to have to do a peer review. I guess because I have been doing so well my teacher thought that I would be a great person to complete two peer reviews. So here I have sat for the last two nights after my children have gone to bed looking at essay's from two different classmates giving my opinion on what they could do better and what they did well.
I did not have a problem doing two essay's I found it rather easy and breezed through them thinking, "Is this supposed to be hard? Am I missing something? Do I need to be taking more time with this?" Only to realize that I was thinking way to much into it and just needed to get through it and get it done the best I could. And that is EXACTLY what I did.
Really the only thing that scares me about the peer review has nothing to do with what if the other person thinks I was too critical of them but what my peer reviewer is going to say about my essay. Knowing my luck I am going to get someone that is completely against the ownership or use of any kind of gun period. I am going to get the only tree hugging, ignorant, self-centered person that is in my class to do my review.
I guess we just look at the bright side and keep on pushing through and getting on to the next class.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
keeping the grade
As I have said a number of times before, it is not easy being a stay at home mom, going to school full time, and keeping up with the demands of having four children running around the house especially in the summer time, but some how I am able to manage to keep up the grade and continue to get the grades I want out of the classes that I really do not care that much about that I have to take because they are required. Even if they have nothing to do with my major.
I somehow let myself slip in the last class that I took and did not get the grade that I wanted, however, it was still an A even if it was an A- and A is and A right. I have stepped my game back up and have double checked and triple checked everything that I do in this current class and I am managing somehow to get 100% on every assignment that I have been assigned thus far.
I do not know if the class is just that easy or if I am just trying that much harder. Or it could just be the fact that I am much more laied back in this class and enjoying my children more often and worrying less and less about the demands that my class has on me. Which ever that may be I am glad that I am doing so well and I am hoping that this will help me get my GPA back up to where i would like it to be or at least closer to where I want it to be as, let's face it one A- will keep anyone from a 4.0 GPA.
although as well as I have been doing I am thinking about going straight into my master's program as soon as I am done with my double Bachelor and if I should do that I will want to go to AZ and walk with my class to get that diploma that I have worked so hard for. I am on the fence as to if that is something that I want to do right now. I guess it will all depend on how well I continue to do and if I am where I want to be or in a place that I am able to get away to do so. I think it would make a fun family vacation to go down to Arizona and see some sights and let my children watch me receive that piece of paper that says their mommy earned a double bachelor degree with kids still in the home and all of them being very young.
We will see where we are at 3 1/2 years from now.
I somehow let myself slip in the last class that I took and did not get the grade that I wanted, however, it was still an A even if it was an A- and A is and A right. I have stepped my game back up and have double checked and triple checked everything that I do in this current class and I am managing somehow to get 100% on every assignment that I have been assigned thus far.
I do not know if the class is just that easy or if I am just trying that much harder. Or it could just be the fact that I am much more laied back in this class and enjoying my children more often and worrying less and less about the demands that my class has on me. Which ever that may be I am glad that I am doing so well and I am hoping that this will help me get my GPA back up to where i would like it to be or at least closer to where I want it to be as, let's face it one A- will keep anyone from a 4.0 GPA.
although as well as I have been doing I am thinking about going straight into my master's program as soon as I am done with my double Bachelor and if I should do that I will want to go to AZ and walk with my class to get that diploma that I have worked so hard for. I am on the fence as to if that is something that I want to do right now. I guess it will all depend on how well I continue to do and if I am where I want to be or in a place that I am able to get away to do so. I think it would make a fun family vacation to go down to Arizona and see some sights and let my children watch me receive that piece of paper that says their mommy earned a double bachelor degree with kids still in the home and all of them being very young.
We will see where we are at 3 1/2 years from now.
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