Category Archives: EDUCATION

It is a hard thing to admit to oneself, but I am a lazy sot.  Unambitious, easily distracted, I excel at procrastination but come through on deadlines.  I’ve taught myself the workings of computers (except for the laptop–I never, never, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Okay People, here’s your chance to learn about the world that is exploring new boundaries and types of creativity that is the latest and greatest hot new setup! Available once again for the Fall Semester at Tunxis Community College in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

No, I don’t have to retake it; passed it with flying colors.  But as with some learning, it sticks with you and this course in particular seems to haunt me with guilt. To make up for yesterday’s total intake of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

A leisurely walk across the street to the mailbox from the shop where I had heard the familiar sound of the mailtruck slowing down and stopping, a blip of wheels, a stop, and it goes on down the street and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Okay, so after all the bitchin’ and moanin’ about the course, I ended up with a 97.3 average.  Continue reading →

Never the end, never.  But at least of that which will bring me that degree in hardcopy form.  Took the final exam just a bit ago, and while I said I didn’t care, the part of me that is obsessive … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just finished listening to the last of what turned out to be a 347-slide audio presentation in Nutrition for the last section of the Nutrition course. In contrast to my other reading, what I gleaned from the lecture notes, slides, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I knew it’d show up eventually. I’ve gone on and on about this before, that either politics or some cockamaimie superficial but politically correct term slips out in each and every course on a college campus. And here it is: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Understanding the jokes in Spanish told by our terrific Spanish instructor was much easier than understanding these online audio lectures.  I just logged out in frustration because the only thing I could hear for a couple of slides was the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Okay, obviously a bad case of the grumpies here and a whine that touches just short of a scream.  Let me explore my feelings, and take you along for the ride. I am fifty-seven years old.  Five years ago I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve just gone through the first 25 of 200 effing slides and I am doing my damnedest to stick with it through the static that just never did go away as promised.  One more freaking week.  I keep repeating that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I hate to say this, but I’m really not absorbing the wealth of information available in this online Nutrition course.  With an exam every other week and only eight weeks for the course, all I am really doing is learning … Continue reading → Continue reading →