Another class...another lesson learned? Lets see...where do I start?

Lets see...where do I start? Since starting ICDC back in January, I've taken 14 classes (Wednesday I start my 15th class). My grades are 11 As, 1 B and 1 C...and later today I'll know for the class I just finished.

These classes haven't exactly been drama free either. Latest bit of drama revolves around a grade for an assignment that wasn't updated. Long story short, I called the instructor on his mistake and he fixed it. That's how I have the 1 B. Good. I didn't want to have 2 Cs! Also, I achieved my first 100% for the course! That was for Immigration & Constitutional Law (with the trouble instructor).

Now I'm on to a new instructor. Administrative Law started last Wednesday and ends today (when I take the final). This instructor seems much more involved. At first it was annoying, but now I like it. It takes a bit to warm up to the new teacher. LOL I'm not sure how many classes I'll have her for, though. Second class with her starts tomorrow.

Tomorrow's class is called Employment Preparation. Its 5 days long with pretty much an assignment every day. Oh great. I've lost count with how many employment preparation classes I've taken. They all say the same things and while I do learn something new from each class, none of them seem to tell me why, with as much experience as I have, do I seem to not find a job...or at least get a second interview?! People around me with much less experience seem to find jobs every time they turn around (or in the case of some people I know change jobs to frequently they have resumes that are multiple pages long and they're a good 5 yrs younger than me and have no college degree)! Anyways, I am still going to keep an open mind to this Employment Preparation class and maybe learn something that will finally get me a second interview...and *gasp* a full time job!

quick question

but first some background info.

In my civil litigation class, the discussion question for today is to list 5 sources paralegals would/could use to locate a witness. which would be the most useful, which would be the least useful and why.

One of my sources I said was the post office as you know...people might want to get mail and you know...not fall behind in paying bills and whatnot and someone commented saying that most people don't do that.

my question to you is, do you think when people move, they think to do a change of address with the post office?

Seems I got the school thing all wrong!

Today I finished Word II though I took my final on Friday (if I remember correctly). Like I thought, I got a perfect on the “essay” final keeping me at an A in the class. 96.8% is the highest A I have to date. Go me!

I thought that tomorrow I’d be starting Word Processing for the Law Office, but I was wrong. Tomorrow I start Civil Litigation. Oh boy! I can already feel my brain about to explode…and I haven’t even done the first reading. Ha! This class is 2 weeks – it ends February 23 and there’s “no school” on the 15th. Oh! And the first assignment is due Friday before 11:55 pm. It’s not too bad – a page double spaced. I’ve done that tons and tons of times! I need to keep this Grade A momentum going. I’d hate to do poorly in this class.

This is me being busy

I’ve finally gotten a schedule that I hope won’t be in a constant state of flux.

Monday –Friday is school for me
Monday & Tuesday are tutor days (possibly other days during the week, but without pay, I’m sticking to those 2 days)
Wednesday – Sunday are saved for church events.

Come summer, Mondays & Tuesdays will probably be me days. That’s pretty much everyday, but I’d like to have days where I can go back to riding the bus & train for fun…just to get out of the apartment or something.

Also looks like I didn’t get the Everest College job. I interviewed on the 13th and was told to take a test and call on the 14th. I did that and didn’t get a return call. My friend who set me up on the interview said to call back on 18th so I did. Again, no return call. After that I decided that I wasn’t going to worry about it. Yeah it kind of irks me that the Director I interviewed with made it seem like I’d have some kind of job there and hasn’t returned either of my calls. Right now I’m like whatever and will concentrate on school.

• Introduction to Computers ended today. I got a 94.5% in the class. That’s an A baby!
• Tuesday my next class starts. It’s called Word I. It ends on February 1st. I’m sure it’s another class I’ll pass with an A.
• February 2nd I start Word II and that goes until February 8th.
• February 9th is when I get into a territory that I’m probably not that familiar with – Word Processing for the Law Office. That class is also a week long.
• In March, I have 2 classes that are each 10 days long
• In April I have a class that’s 15 days – pretty much the whole month.
• Then there’s another 5 day class followed by 6 classes that are 10 days each.
• Then 2 classes that are 5 days, a class that’s 10 days, a class that’s 15 days, a class that’s 10 days and a class that’s 5 days.

If my counting is correct, by the end of September, I will have finished ALL my fundamental level courses and will get to move to the advanced level courses at the beginning of October!

During all this school time, I will hopefully get a laptop between February 15th and February 26th. Also, during the summer, I will be in AZ for a few days (possibly a week) for a conference (maybe) and probably some other trips. Hopefully I’ll be able to have internet access and the time to devote at least an hour a day to doing school work so I don’t fall behind.

Just thinking about all this school stuff has me excited yet I feel like going “OMG! What have I gotten myself into?!”

and the school bus rolls on...

I found the outline of courses I'd be taking for my Paralegal Degree. It's roughly 91 weeks long. Including the class I'll be finishing on Monday, 4 of the "Fundamental Level Courses" will be doing things I already know how to do - Introduction to Computers, MS Word and Internet. I suspect Word Processing for the Law Office might be something I know how to do, but I won't know for about a month (when the class starts)

my next course is roughly 2 weeks of MS Word. Another course I'm going to have to force myself to take my time with. But this time, I will really take my time. No jumping ahead or (hopefully) no lagging behind. I don't want any mistakes on my part.

Time to get ready for work. Its rainy out and it'll probably take longer to get there...or something like that.

not what I expected

Against my better judgment I went on with the test for my first course. It was scheduled for Monday but I thought I'd be too partied out from this weekend to even think about a test on Monday!

Well I'm taking the test and typing up some stuff for an answer and I guess in my speed I clicked some keys and the computer crashed or shut down or something! All I know is when the computer came back on and I went to Blackboard my test was submitted!

I frantically called and e-mailed my student adviser and no response. e-mail the instructor and he was able to reset it for me.

Awesome!

It took me twice as long the 2nd time because I was making sure I didn't accidentally press something to make the same thing happen because it wouldn't be deleted a 2nd time. Gotta remember that for future tests!

I took the test and was able to see my preliminary results. I missed 5. no big deal.

well no if my breakdown in the points is correct.

this test was worth 80 points.

80-64=A
63-48=B
47-32=C
31-16=D
15-0=F

If I just miss the 5, I still get an A. In fact, I can miss up 16 and still get an A! But I don't think I missed that many!

anyways...stuff to do before my dad gets home and I leave for a few hrs tonight.

this Blackboard thing may be good after all

So my online classes are done through Blackboard. At first I was meh about it. I don't really like discussion board type places, but I guess for online classes it works out well.

In my easy Intro to Computer class, going to the discussion board, posting and replying to 2 classmates counts for 40% of your grade. eek! You can go from an A to a D in the class by not going to the discussion board!

Also, homework assignments are submitted through Blackboard in the Drop Box. Tuesday I turned in an assignment. It was supposed to be 250 words. I turned in 236 words (or there abouts). I got a 95%. It's still an A but omg!

Well today I was checking the drop box and saw that the assignment was graded/commented on and reposted. awesome! Now I have it for my records.

I guess Blackboard isn't going to be too bad. I just wish spell check was used by the posters in the discussion board. I think it's the same 2 or 3 people who have spelling errors...and with the same words too.

my online classes start tomorrow...

and the first class is Introduction to Computers.

OI!

This is going to be a loooong week! I'm going to have to force myself to take it a day at a time because going to the discussion board, posting an answer to the question and replying to 2 classmates counts for 40% of my grade!

I'd really hate to get anything below an A in a class this simple...