My First College paper

Well, this has definitely been a small struggle but has been well worth it.  I just finished my very first college paper and honestly I am looking forward to writing my next, but next time I will put alot more thought into it and I will use the writing center at school.  I found that writing papers can be fun if you actually know what you are doing.  Since I haven't taken college English yet (next semester) and it has been 10 years since I wrote a paper in high school, I found myself going through over 20 different college websites looking through their college writing material and handouts trying to re-learn how to write papers and how to write in APA format.  I haven't received a grade for it or even turned it in yet but, I will call this paper a success, considering I had to learn everything by myself and I think I did a fairly decent job on it.  I have 1 more paper, 2 group projects and 2 individual presentations left for the semester.  I just have to manage my time a bit better and thing will be all good.

30 Days of School down, alot more left!

So as most people know I joined the Army right after high School in 1999; and here it is, the year 2010 and I have started school again. Now the purpose of this blog is just to convey how going back to school has been for me.

I'll start off by saying the Army education system is nothing like the College education system. In the Army you learn by doing or kinesthetically, there really is not much lecture aside from the yearly briefing which everyone sleeps through anyway. In College most professors teach by lecture, which in my opinion is the worst way to teach anything. If you want someone to learn something you have to get them actively engaged in conversation and actively doing whatever it is you would like them to learn. So in this aspect I have to some how train my self to learn by listening or aurally. The one thing that knew before college, but College has reinforced is that I am a kinesthetic learner.

So I have 17 credits already from Military education and classes I took while in the Army, and since I am looking to get a Masters degree in Nursing, I need about 180 credits to be officially done. Now as soon as I get my RN done I plan on getting a job, but I still have a long way to go after that.

So back to my current college situation, all in all College has been fun, aside from the having to hobble all around campus in pain, The Professors are pretty cool, knowledgeable and experienced. I am only taking 9 credit hours this semester because I just want to ease back into school life and not fully submerse myself and drown. I am taking Medical Terminology Interpersonal Communication and College Success and I these classes are going to really be helpful in my pursuit of a Nursing degree.

I really enjoy learning and doing the work and studying, the only thing that will give me problems is writing all the papers that are due. I never have been a big writer, and honestly it never seemed like something I would enjoy. I enjoy writing these blogs because they are not forced upon me and they can be as long or as short as I want them to be. But luckilyI have amy who is like a human paper writer, and she can help me along the way.

So for my first 30 days in college I give myself a B-.