One Blow After Another
What a day yesterday was!
In the morning I found out I didn’t get that job I didn’t think I would get anyways. Still depressing though.
Later I sent an email to get some clarification on some things about the certificate programme I intend to begin this fall. The person I sent the email to called me to talk through some things. I found out I had received some misinformation. What I thought was going to be 8 week evening classes is true for the OTHER certificates, but not mine. It will be normal 16 week classes, meeting 2-3 times per week during the day. This makes it impossible for me to work full-time, tricky for part-time, and it doubles or triples my commuting expenses. ALSO all of the classes have to be taken sequentially. Meaning what I thought would be a one-year programme, is really going to be 2 years. I really didn’t want to take that long to receive a certificate. This also means that since I would not be able to take more than one class at a time, I would not qualify for FAFSA. I would have to get a private loan, which would mean I would be paying on the loans while I am studying on less income because I would not be able to work full-time. *sigh*
After this I get to my homework. I have lots to do for class that night because I could not get how to do it every other time I tried to tackle it. Our instructor insisted she already taught us this stuff and merely went over it as review. So homework was an incredible struggle for me and I even had difficulty working problems I should know.
After class I asked the instructor if we will be able to squeeze everything in before the end of the course. We are on the syllabus to cover 3 more chapters and take 3 exams in 3 weeks. We are 2 weeks behind. She responds, “Definitely not. There is no way.” I ask if I will be ready for calculus after this class because that was my intent. She screws up her face and says, “I can’t think of a single thing in this class that would have you ready for calculus! This is more for physics!” When I enrolled I told them I needed a class to have me ready for calculus and this is what they said I needed to take. I’m not really sure if she has her facts straight because no one else thought it odd that I was taking Trig to be ready for calculus. But anyways…*sigh*
Just A Wee Blether 