I love Being a Student!

I love being an online student.  I like taking as many or as few hours a day to do my work as I want.
When you have husband, kids, girl scouts, volunteering, etc... it's nice to be able to break up your day and get the school work done.  If I had to go to a class room I would never make it to class.  There are times when I am in seminar and my kids are on the floor in front of me with coloring books and crayons listening in and making comments. 
I like that other students in the on line classes seem to have the same line of thinking as myself.  It seems on line students take on a higher level of responsibility and commit to a higher level of learning than in a traditional classroom setting.  I feel like I learn so much not only from my instructors but from my peers as well.
I think on line students have a greater sense of community with eachother and go out of their way to help eachother out, kind of like "I got your back" stuff.
I think time and technology are leading us all to on line learning.  I won't be surprised if even junior high kids are taking some of all of their courses for school on line in the next decade. 

Black Friday!! AGGGHHHH!!

People are crazy!  I took my kids 6 and 5 yr old girls with me at 6:30 a.m. to the stores to get a few things I needed for Christmas.... I know! Iknow! But I had no choice their daddy had to work and I don't leave them with anyone but family.  Anyway, what a hot mess!  We only went to three stores and I wanted to at least mame a few people.

Why do adults turn into  little kids when they can't get what they want?  My girls were looking at some of the people like they needed their mommy or daddy to give them a time out!

I think next year I will suck it up and pay full or just sale price for stuff.  It is not worth the beers I have to crack when I get home just to calm my nerves!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!  Looking forward to the Christmas holiday so I can see all my hard work paid off when I see the smiling faces for the gifts I got for people!

GET READY FOR CYBER MONDAY!! :)

REGISTER

Being a Blogger so far....

O.k. this isn't so bad.  I looked up some other blogs and these things are pretty cool.  There are blogs for every interest.  I think the downside is now I want to play on blogs instead of doing homework!  Good job Professor!  :)

Holy Blogging!

O.K.  Here goes!  I have no idea how this works or where it goes or who sees it.

I am in my 4th term at Kaplan.  I am interested in Health and Wellness.  I really want to help kids who are on the path to obesity not ever get there, or help kids who are obese get healthy habits going and change their lifestyles.

I am a 41 yr old wife and mother.  I am a stay at home mom ( which I don't get cause I have so much to do with the girls at their school plus my own chores that I am never really AT home).  I volunteer at an animal shelter close to home and just started being a Daisy scout leader for my kindergartner.  I also help with the Brownies that my first grader is in.  I take two classes at Kaplan at a time, I can't possibly handle anymore than that.  I am trying to make it to the YMCA a few days a week so I can "walk the talk" in my profession  (when I find it!) 

I love reading, music, and "old lady" crafts.  That's what all my friends call it.  They find it amusing to see me knitting while I am listening to heavy metal or watching a scary movie. 

I look forward to reading your posts and getting to know how this works in the future!

~Becki~