Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls...
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to.
If you never try new things, you'll never grow as a person. This is how I feel about everything. I have a routine. Its wake up, get dressed, let Bear out, go to work, go home on lunch, let Bear out, go back to work, go home, feed Bear and myself, maybe go for a walk, go to bed. Anything out of my routine throws me for a loop. Seasons changing always throws me off. It gets worse in the spring.
I go a little crazy each spring. Not your i'm gonna kill your first born child crazy, but more of a I just want to stay in bed all day because I have crippling anxiety attacks kind of crazy. I think it has to with the fact that its lighter longer. Also a lot of traumatic (for me at least) events happened in the past to me in the spring. Bear helps though, because, you know, bodily functions and all.
So why do you ask that I decided to sign up for summer classes? I'm asking myself the same question. I think I'm trying to push myself out of my comfort zone. Or maybe I'm just asking for the biggest anxiety attack of my life....Why not live on the wild side, right?
Ok so my point... Did you know that your ACT, SAT, CLEP, and AP scores are only good for about 5 years tops out of high school? Neither did I. In order to take college courses after this timeframe you have to take placement tests. So before Christmas I got myself a study book to help me refresh my brain.
This study book made me feel so dumb. I took tests first (before reading through it) so I could get an idea of where I was at mentally. Peeps, it wasn't good. I have always been a low A, high B student. I took these tests and FAILED! This was quite discouraging, but I kept trying to learn. When I felt I was ready I called and scheduled.
Needless to say I was SUPER nervous. I couldn't fall asleep the night before. Before tests you're supposed to get a full nights sleep, I probably got like 4 hours. You're also supposed to eat a hearty breakfast. I drank coffee (because coffee=life). When I left that morning, despite my nervousness, I strangely at ease. I mean really all these tests are to find out which classes you will excel in so you don't get a too easy or a too hard class. And if by chance I placed into a lower class, then whatever I'll just take it. It's not like I'm failing.
The test takes approximately 2 hours. I took it in 1 hour and 10 mins. At least you get your scores instantaneously. And guess what! I'm not as dumb as I think I am sometimes. Yes thats right I placed into Freshman English and a class below Freshman Algebra. Go me!!
Now my next decisions are how many/what classes to take to get started. Do I take on a huge load of 17 credits, or do I do 12 or even 5? Currently I think I have decided on 12. Partly because I want to take Freshman English and Psychology, however in order to take both I need Computers, and I can't just take Psychology without English.... Decisions, decisions.
On that note, I will be cutting these blog posts down to 1-2 times a week. Probably on Sundays and either Tuesdays or Wednesdays.
Stay Tuned!
If you never try new things, you'll never grow as a person. This is how I feel about everything. I have a routine. Its wake up, get dressed, let Bear out, go to work, go home on lunch, let Bear out, go back to work, go home, feed Bear and myself, maybe go for a walk, go to bed. Anything out of my routine throws me for a loop. Seasons changing always throws me off. It gets worse in the spring.
I go a little crazy each spring. Not your i'm gonna kill your first born child crazy, but more of a I just want to stay in bed all day because I have crippling anxiety attacks kind of crazy. I think it has to with the fact that its lighter longer. Also a lot of traumatic (for me at least) events happened in the past to me in the spring. Bear helps though, because, you know, bodily functions and all.
So why do you ask that I decided to sign up for summer classes? I'm asking myself the same question. I think I'm trying to push myself out of my comfort zone. Or maybe I'm just asking for the biggest anxiety attack of my life....Why not live on the wild side, right?
Ok so my point... Did you know that your ACT, SAT, CLEP, and AP scores are only good for about 5 years tops out of high school? Neither did I. In order to take college courses after this timeframe you have to take placement tests. So before Christmas I got myself a study book to help me refresh my brain.
This study book made me feel so dumb. I took tests first (before reading through it) so I could get an idea of where I was at mentally. Peeps, it wasn't good. I have always been a low A, high B student. I took these tests and FAILED! This was quite discouraging, but I kept trying to learn. When I felt I was ready I called and scheduled.
Needless to say I was SUPER nervous. I couldn't fall asleep the night before. Before tests you're supposed to get a full nights sleep, I probably got like 4 hours. You're also supposed to eat a hearty breakfast. I drank coffee (because coffee=life). When I left that morning, despite my nervousness, I strangely at ease. I mean really all these tests are to find out which classes you will excel in so you don't get a too easy or a too hard class. And if by chance I placed into a lower class, then whatever I'll just take it. It's not like I'm failing.
The test takes approximately 2 hours. I took it in 1 hour and 10 mins. At least you get your scores instantaneously. And guess what! I'm not as dumb as I think I am sometimes. Yes thats right I placed into Freshman English and a class below Freshman Algebra. Go me!!
Now my next decisions are how many/what classes to take to get started. Do I take on a huge load of 17 credits, or do I do 12 or even 5? Currently I think I have decided on 12. Partly because I want to take Freshman English and Psychology, however in order to take both I need Computers, and I can't just take Psychology without English.... Decisions, decisions.
On that note, I will be cutting these blog posts down to 1-2 times a week. Probably on Sundays and either Tuesdays or Wednesdays.
Stay Tuned!
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