Today I've completed my first class with Jones International University. I must say that I'm definitely in a different place in my life. My final grade in the class is a 93, which is an A. I have to admit that I'm a little disappointed because my overall grade was a 95, and I was hoping that my final project would take me a little higher...not a little lower. Needless to say, I've got an A in the class.
My first course was Teaching and Administering in Colorado & the States. Colorado is where the university is located, by the way. Not only did I have to learn and understand Colorado teaching standands and governances, but I had to learn North Carolina's teaching standards and governances as well. It was absolutely fascinating to learn and compare the differences between the states.
There is also an interesting contrast between my years pursuing my undergraduate degree and my current pursuit of my Masters degree. For the first time, I'm taking care of myself. I struggled to keep everything together while pursuing my Bachelors degree full time, raising two then teenage boys, and work full time. Now, my children are on their own, I'm going through a personal Renaissance period (if you will), and for the first time in my life, the only person I'm responsible for is me. I feel a little selfish, but it's also the right thing to do at this stage in my life.
I'm just as focused and determined as I was while attending Meredith College, and I want my teaching licensure so bad that I can literally taste it. I'm on my way to being a classroom teacher, and I very excited about that.
Copyright Lennis Dionne Sample. Creative Commons License Allowed with permission.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
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