Light at the End of the Tunnel
Spring term 2010 has begun, my last term at Portland Community College! It's a bit nerve wracking and exciting to be so close to graduation. Nerve wracking in the way that I'm worried that something, anything could go wrong. At this point logically it would be hard for something to prevent me from graduating, at the end of this term. I have my graduation paper work turned in, and I'm finished with all the specific course requirements. At this point I'm making sure I have twelve credits this term so I can have the set of 90 I need for my associates in science. The twelve credits I have this term are: Geography of the Developing world, Painting I, French 101 and Yoga and Movement PE class. I decided to take Geography because I really enjoyed the first course I took and I realized that there is much more to Geography that memorizing country whereabouts and capitals. Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just it gets even more interesting! Dealing with culture, landscape, movement of peoples, history, subsisting strategies, climate and others. It actually has a lot in common with history and anthropology *love*. I'm considering minoring in it when I get to PSU! I chose the to take French, as for a Bachelors of Anthropology at PSU two years (six terms) of college level foreign language is required. I figured I'd get a cheaper head start in a language I'm already familiar with ^_^. As for the PE class and the painting course. I hadn't painted in a long time and while I'm not very good at it I had lots of fun doing it in High School and a little bit since then in my free time. The PE class is because I want to become more fit and be healthy. On a side note I would really like to loose some weight, for the first time since after puberty! I might have a chance to since I'm taking my metformin now! Also as the painting class was three credits and the PE is one, it matched up really well for the last set of four I need to ensure twelve credits. Hooray!
So far (as of week two) the course is looking pretty good. The homework level has been comfortable and the material we've been covering in both French and Geography has been things I'm familiar with and very interesting. It is twelve credits so I will have to keep my eye on the ball, but it's a nice mixture of things I need with things I enjoy. It also very comforting to know that I'm moving on as far as college goes and I am hopefully soon approaching a time that I won't have to go to college anymore and I can be more independent and do something other than be a student.
So far (as of week two) the course is looking pretty good. The homework level has been comfortable and the material we've been covering in both French and Geography has been things I'm familiar with and very interesting. It is twelve credits so I will have to keep my eye on the ball, but it's a nice mixture of things I need with things I enjoy. It also very comforting to know that I'm moving on as far as college goes and I am hopefully soon approaching a time that I won't have to go to college anymore and I can be more independent and do something other than be a student.