Tag: college
Wordless Wednesday – Long Time Coming
I filed my application to graduate. And the paperwork to walk in the ceremony. Barring a major complication I will graduate with my Associates Degree this May. I’m actually kind of excited. Thanks for stopping by! If you have a picture up for Wordless Wednesday, leave your link below! Then head on over to From [...]
CampusBookRentals – A Site I Wish I Knew About Sooner
As you may know if you’re a regular reader, I went back to school this year. I am a full time student once again. I attended full time for the Spring 2012 semester. Then I took two 5-week summer courses. Now, for the Fall 2012 semester I am full time once again. Something I didn’t [...]
Wordless Wednesday – Size Does Matter
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And Now A Word From The President
The President of the local college. This letter came in yesterday’s mail. It really made me smile.
Wordless Wednesday – Bio Shower
So I’m taking a summer college course in Principles Of Biology. We were covering lab safety and he pointed out the eye wash station. It’s part of a shower that’s in the room. he said if we spilled something on ourselves we’d need to take a shower before leaving the room. I’m such a klutz, [...]
Today’s Smile Has been Brought To You By
the letter A and the number 4. My average for the spring semester at college was a 4.0!
Spring 2012 Midterm Update
So far all in all my first semester back in college has gone pretty well. The biggest downfall is the amount of books I have to carry, shown in the above picture. Ugh! Anyway. I don’t particularly dislike any of my courses, and there are different things I like about each. I’m enjoying learning about [...]
How Students Pay For College
I feel education is very important. Yes, that includes college. I did attend college for a semester or two and was fortunate that my parents were willing and able to pay for me to go. I was young and decided I didn’t want to be in college at that time. How stupid I was. By [...]
Clorox College Survival Guide For 2009
I watched my neighbor pack up her oldest and send him off to college not long ago. I remember as a young student in college the uncertainty over everything. What about laundry? What about meals? Mom put me on a meal plan and laundry would be done at home on the weekends. I arrived at [...]
Miscellaneous Mentionables
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Coop education, a head start on the competition
Having attended college I know how frustrating it can be to have to work in an unrelated field while in school to earn money, and to graduate and look for a job only to be told you don’t have the necessary experience. After seeing mention of college co-op programs earlier this week I wanted to [...]
How will we pay for college?
First semester progress reports came home this week. My older son didn’t do that badly but it was not his best. He has an 89.4 average in science and an 89.0 average in math. He has now learned how averages work – how a 70 will pull down the 93, 95 and 100s that he [...]
