SCHOOL

[babyblue102783]

ok so i'm taking 19 hours right now. It's a heavy load, considering that the maximum number of hours we are allowed to take is 18, and we are required to get permission to take anything over that. To be considered a full time student you only have to enroll for 12 hours. So yeah, i've got my work cut out for me this semester. It's ok though. Because i'm trying to get all of the hard classes out of the way so next semester i can just float along, and graduate in May with no problems. Damn i graduate in May!!! Holy shit. Basically this semester i'm pretty much preparing for the rest of my life. This is the semester i have to apply to graduate school if i want to begin next fall. Damn man. These 4 years have gone by fast as hell. I swear it was just yesterday that i moved into a freshman dorm. Anywho...You gotta apply like 4 months ahead for that grad. school. So this semester's gonna be mad hectic. I'm taking six classes. And six classes in college is NOT like six classes in high school. I could take 6 classes in HS, do my homework when i got there in the morning and still make straight A's. Here...i'll be damned. Shit. So in order to apply to grad. school, I have to take the GRE...sorta like the SAT...but for college kids...so it's a bit harder...a LOT harder. And i have to do well on that to get into a decent school. Damn man shit's gonna be mad hard. It's gonna be so tough to stay focused cuz all i really wanna do is chill. The past three years here have really burned me out. But i've got to do this for myself. I know i can do it. I have to. I refuse to work as some secretary pouring coffee for some other secretary while making $10 per hour when i have a college degree. I gotta be focused, and i gotta want it. And i do. I have a strong desire, a yearning, a hunger for something more. There's something magnificent out there for me, something greater, and i have every single right to attain it. And i will. For starters, I've cut down on the amount of hours i've been working at my job. Working 30 hours a week and taking 19 credits is not necessarily conducive for the achievement of excellent academia. So now i'll just be working on Saturday's and Sunday's, and only working during the day so when i come home i still have time to study. That will also enable me to focus on my academics during the week, instead of worrying about getting out of class early so i can get to work on time. In addition, i'm going to attempt to get a job as a psychology tutor for freshman who are having trouble. I don't have my degree yet, true enough, but i think i know enough about the field of psychology, as broad as it may be, to be able to give some assistance to someone whose taking Intro. That'll only be a few hours a week, $10 per hour...not bad. Doesn't hurt to illuminate the resume either. ;)
My Criminal Investigations class is the shit. I just love the forensics of criminology, and this class is validating those interests for me. As part of the course, we are required to complete 8 hours of commuinity service at any criminal investigations unit with a police department. I'M SO FREAKIN EXCITED!!! I can't wait man. I think i'm gonna learn so much. I wanna go to the crime scene and take pictures of evidence and give ppl lie detector tests. Damn i'm so looking forward to this. It's not even WORK to me, so to speak, but i'm looking at is as something that has the potential to be a fun learning experience. OPTIMISM??? let the (fun?) learning process begin.