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Post by bob on May 12, 2018 21:02:44 GMT -5
So this is what I’ve been up to since mid- February with school:
My math and English classes left me in various states of confusion, especially the math class. My final projects for my both classes took up the bulk of my time the last week and a half of the semester.
I’m all registered for next semester. While meeting with my advisor for classes I learned how to file an official complaint against my math teacher. However, the school is changing servers or something involving where all the online classes are. That is where most of the evidence of against the teacher is, but if somehow everything from my classes last semester is erased by the time I can log into it I guess I won’t file the complaint because it seems stupid to me do make accusations of what happened without any proof if it. Either way, I’m hoping things will be much better next semester as I have this teacher for 2 classes.
Also my computer died in February, which was a big problem because all my classes were online - I just got my computer fixed a few days ago.
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Post by bob on May 24, 2018 21:09:31 GMT -5
so nice I did it twice
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Post by bob on Aug 23, 2018 17:22:08 GMT -5
I start up again on September 4.
I have 2 classes with that awful teacher I had last semester and decided that if she screws up horribly again I will file a complaint against her - she literally had all summer to double check links to things to make sure they work.
One unexpected benefit of joining the honor society is that I will be changing auto insurance companies due to a discount. If I keep my current level of coverage my bill will literally be cut in half. If I add a lot more coverage I will save $2 over the same time frame.
I'm going into the field for one of my classes. This should be interesting. I'm a little anxious about this. No where on the school website does it indicate if I have to set up somethings for myself or if the school is for me. Either way, I'm reviewing my books from last semester as a refresher - I figured I couldn't hurt.
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Post by bob on Aug 25, 2018 15:28:15 GMT -5
I'm rereading my digital math textbook and I had to share this.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2018 16:11:19 GMT -5
I thought I'd add my take on school so far.
I'm taking three classes this fall; an "introduction to college" course, an English writing class, and an introduction to informatics. The first is pretty obvious and is only 8 weeks. The second requires a lot of essay writing that makes up 7/10s of the curriculum, and the last is to get me up to speed on understand everything about technology to help me understand the future courses I need to take to get into the field of information technology.
Honestly, school is easy for me considering I've been so starved for intellectual pursuits, but now I need to set hours each day reading materials and writing journals.
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Post by bob on Aug 28, 2018 18:13:52 GMT -5
Every semester since I made the decision to go back to school I've been ripped off horribly for the 3 ring binders I had to buy: I just bought 4 3-ring binders for $4 a piece for the upcoming semester and these ones were on sale.
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Post by bob on Sept 4, 2018 17:07:20 GMT -5
First day of the new semester was today. Not a good one for me. I kept a textbook from last semester because a teacher said I'd need it for a class I'm currently enrolled in. That is not the case and I bought a book I needed for a class earlier today, hoping I don't need it for something before it arrives. Additionally, the teacher who kept screwing up links last semester did that in both classes I have with her. I've decided I'm already going to file an official complaint at the end of the semester. I really hope I don't have her next semester.
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Post by bob on Sept 15, 2018 17:33:18 GMT -5
This past week sucked. I literally spent 5 days working on an assignment where I had to find information about/read 14 books. My plan was to catch up on the rest of my stuff yesterday but the online server for the school went down. As a result I literally cannot see what assignments I have to do, I literally cannot submit any finished work or work on anything until it's back up. It's still down. All I could do was pick up 2 books from the library I needed for an assignment, but I can't completely remember what I'm supposed to do with the information from them. I'm f***ed. I'm hoping the teachers will understand if I need extension for things that were due last night through the middle of next week.
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Post by bob on Sept 16, 2018 17:28:21 GMT -5
My whole class got an extension for the thing that was due Friday night.
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Post by bob on Sept 23, 2018 20:01:34 GMT -5
It has been a hectic last two weeks with school stuff between an assignment that ate up most of my time last week and BlackBoard being down most of last weekend. I've been playing catchup and putting in a lot of extra time this past week to make up for the 2 days BlackBoard was down, but I'm all caught up.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 23, 2018 23:36:33 GMT -5
Have you figured out how to do the Triple Lindy yet? The big diving competition is not far away, you know.
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Post by bob on Oct 6, 2018 10:09:48 GMT -5
my internship this semester will be starting soon...…..should be interesting
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Post by bob on Oct 7, 2018 14:51:01 GMT -5
Today I submitted an application for an academic scholarship. Even if I do not get one, knowing that I finally have a realistic chance to get one and finally filled out one is a major accomplishment for me. In high school my grades were never the best. At Parkside my grades were touch and go for the most part, but I did make the Dean's List my final semester there. Since enrolling at Gateway I've made the Dean's List every semester, including a perfect 4.0 last semester, and joined the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. I'm older, wiser and finally learned how to buckle down. Here's to hoping.
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Post by bob on Oct 8, 2018 16:52:59 GMT -5
My internship starts tomorrow and my sleep schedule will be altered. I'm not a morning person, but because it took the college about a month to find a school for me and the schools background check took about a week for them to complete I'm kind of stuck with the hours because I need to get 72 before the semester ends. I'll be a zombie for a bit until my body gets used to it.
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Post by bob on Oct 20, 2018 17:20:46 GMT -5
I've been really busy since the internship started. The teacher who is my supervisor is great. There is a lot of Star Wars stuff in her room along with a literal "Rock Wall" pictured below. My body has adjusted to being much more active earlier in the day then it was before the internship stared and my sleep schedule has been altered. The big draw back besides needing all the hours in a short period time, as I mentioned above, is that the hours I'm doing the internship were what I had set aside for my school stuff, and this case my other classes. It's been tricky getting the timing correct. The last two weeks I had a big thing due each week that I turned in literally hours before they were due as a result of the time crunch. I've been ok at managing it so far, but now is the mid point in the semester - every semester after the midpoint I get a lot more things that need to be done for all my classes. I also have a big project which involves be getting involved in a community activity where I don't get paid for my services that I haven't started yet. It only requires two hours of my time but it's been pretty difficult to find something that would qualify for this per the criteria. I'll figure it out.
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Post by bob on Oct 22, 2018 15:15:41 GMT -5
today was pretty awesome - I finally got to do something besides just sit, observe and take notes
I got the worst behaved kid in the class to focus on what he was reading, not be distracted by other students behavior, got him to sound out words he was having trouble with and had him explain what we were reading (I was reading along with him)
extra bonus points because we were reading a Star Wars book
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Post by bob on Oct 23, 2018 15:05:40 GMT -5
today I helped 2 students with math I think this really well considering I do not like math and working with 2 students at once was a little tougher then I expected also on my way out of class today some of my 3rd graders hugged me and one of the teachers at the school was really impressed that I'm also taking 3 classes on top of the internship
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Post by bob on Oct 29, 2018 17:51:40 GMT -5
today was awesome: I taught a student what an aisle is
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Post by bob on Nov 5, 2018 9:13:27 GMT -5
I've been really tired the last 2 weeks because of the hours I need for the internship combined with the college taking much longer then I would've liked to find a school for me. I think I'll make the 72 hours. But, I'm still struggling with the time management for my other classes as this internship has ate pretty much all the time I used for school stuff the past year. I just didn't have time to finish things until a few hours before they were due and I hate that.
I found something for my community project which I need to contact the person in charge it.
I'm also almost done with my 40 book project which has been a real time eater, but an enjoyable one for the most part.
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Post by bob on Nov 12, 2018 16:51:29 GMT -5
Today I got the entire class to be in awe and shocked at me. Usually I keep my voice at a quiet level, taking a lot of notes and helping the students with whatever - usually reading and math.
Today I saw the worst behaved student in the class was not keeping his hands to himself and was punching another student or play fighting, I couldn't tell. As this as going on the entire class was very loud and my supervising teacher was organizing something at her desk and couldn't see what was going on because of where she was sitting. I raised my voice, so it was above that of the class and said keep your hands to yourself. He stopped and my supervising teacher was impressed at my actions.
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