During my sickness last week (I am FINALLY feeling better today), I realized that the amount of enjoyment I'm getting from my current online course is not worth the amount of work. I originally was outlining chapters every week, and doing index cards to learn dates, and doing diagrams to learn connections between dates. The outlining finally got to ( Read more... )

So, I had to revisit The Iliad after not thinking about it for 9 years. The occasion for this is my online course, World Civ I. I was asked the following questions to answer online:

What’s so bad about being angry during a war? Feel free to look up more about the story to figure it out. Who was being buried at the end? Which side was he on ( Read more... )

So, I'm taking World Civilizations I (through 1800) online this semester at the local community college. I'm taking it for fun, because I took Western Civilizations in high school and am pretty weak in history. The professor is the same one I had last year for Cultural Geography ( Read more... )

Hmm. I've been considering taking an online course in the fall in World Civilizations I with the same prof I had for Cultural Geography last fall. He was a really interesting prof, and I've changed a LOT since I took World Civ (which was actually Western Civ) in high school. I think it'd be really interesting to be exposed to that history again ( Read more... )

Wow. If I were able to do the commute and the work, I think I'd love to get this degree.

It's been awhile since I've posted a real update. The main reason is that I'm still trying to limit my typing as much as possible because of my left thumb (though I just noticed that I now no longer use my left thumb to hit the spacebar, so maybe I'll be able to type more soon). The other reason is just that I've been doing other things. The ( Read more... )

Found a new limit. Good news is that this is a finger-induced limit and not a new-wrist-induced limit, so it should get better with time (I have some post-surgery swelling still). But apparently I cannot type 2000 words in 2 days. This is unfortunate, because next week I was planning to outline all the Cultural Geography chapters I've read, in ( Read more... )

Okay, this is crazy. Normally in my Cultural Geography class, we read a chapter in the book every other week. This week, we're expected to read 3 chapters. I am trying not feel a bit overwhelmed ( Read more... )

Heading to Charlotte, NC in a few hours. I will be bringing my whole computer (my laptop no longer sees the internet), so I will probably be around... And if any of you happen to live near there, send me an email. Rob will be at training all day, leaving me in the hotel with no car: so I'm definitely open to hanging out with people who can come ( Read more... )

My mid-term for Cultural Geography becomes available next Monday. Thursday, we are leaving for four days to drive to Chicago for xdarkxdjinnix's wedding. So, I have to do this week's homework as quickly as possible, so I have time to study for the mid-term this week instead of next, so I can take the mid-term Monday, so I can do all next week's homework before ( Read more... )