I mean college. It doesn't get any easier when you've already earned a degree and going back for more when you are (ahem) rapidly approaching 40 like I am.
Finals don't get easier, either.
For some reason I thought they would. Perhaps that was wishful thinking. *snicker*
Earlier this winter it felt good to be back in engineering school...I guess now reality has hit. 80% of my grade derives from two exams.
The school doesn't issue + or - with their letter grades. Instead, grades are A, AB, B...etc.
The class is online. I've taken online classes before at this particular Massachusetts university, they are mind-gratingly tough. Unfortunately there has been zero conversation in class which is a shame. Granted its been several years since my last online class. However...I had made some great networking contacts in the past. I even fell in love with someone that I met during a spring break gathering. Now? Silence. As a businesswoman, I believe very strongly that the benefits of college as being twofold...what you get to learn and who you get to know. Unfortunately there has been none of the latter, and that frustrates me.
I just hope that, some years down the road, I don't regret putting my tuition money in to my retirement fund. Somebody that I respect very highly said the most important investment that one can make is books, and the second most important is bricks. Meaning: education and buying your a home.
Maybe one out of two ain't bad...that's like .500 batting average, eh?
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