Homeschooling Myself
This morning, walking the kids to school, I had the most gorgeous brainstorm! I’ve got a lot of basic coursework to make up, and the admissions department encouraged me to do the catchup work elsewhere. Basically, it would be a good idea not to prejudice my profs against me by starting off from the very bottom of the rung. If I showed up able to place higher in math and physics, in particular, they’d show me more respect. As it is, I’m to expect a certain amount of bias because of my age and humanities degrees. I’ve been trying to figure out how to get the money and time to do a Princeton Review type course, or go to a community college and take courses to get ready to go to Big Girl School.
Such an obvious solution was staring me in the face. I’d been twisting this idea around, inside and out, and the easy thing to do is right there. I’ll homeschool myself! So, for the next quarter, I’m back to school, but at home. Since my brain is really kind of fried right now, I figure this will be a good way to ease myself into the whole rigorous world of academia once more anyway. I’m really excited, honestly, but I also know I’ve been absentminded and foggy lately.
I figure I’ll start with the basics and work my way forward. If it’s easy, then I’ll just fly through it. Thrift stores around here should have text books that will do me well, on top of what I find online to help me. A friend of mine referred me to a Cliffs Notes homework help page to help me brush up. I’m trying to ignore the spectre of Dr. Vance who is in the back of my head yelling, “These are terrible. They contain factual errors!” Another friend pointed me in the direction that lead to some free online Aeronautics and Astronautics courses and lectures from MIT and St. Petersburg College. I’m trying to remain hopeful that these will be of use to me.
The main thing, though, is the schedule. The structure of my typical day is nonexistant. I just do what I need to do, when I feel like doing it. Right now, I really need a more rigid schedule. It doesn’t have to be ironclad, but I keep trying to drift through life. If it weren’t for that coffee addiction that I’m cultivating, I don’t know what I’d be doing. I considered getting a part time job, because of course more money would be nice, but I know that I would use that as an excuse to keep from doing this. To that end, I have worked in plans to address the money issue in other ways, without going out and getting a boss.
I’m so excited; I have a real plan! It’s a very simple one, and doesn’t address much more than the next few months. I’m aware there will be distractions, or times my decisions will be all wrong, and I’ll have to rethink everything. The important thing right now is that I’m moving.
You go Girl!! What else is there to say..
Oh, HEY!