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Tomorrow is the first day of my last semester of school. As usual, I'm nervous. My classes: soc. research methods (2 cr.); life interviewing (2 cr.); literature of the Holocaust (3 cr.); soc. theory (3cr.) and an internship with community corrections (3 cr.). I was hoping my last semester would've been less than full time, but I'll survive.
I got so brain locked on the papers for gerontology, I decided to just let the incomplete lapse to an F. There was no way I was gonna get all three done and resemble anything coherent and it was an "all or nothing" type of class--successfully complete all assigned work or fail. I so didn't deserve an incomplete in the first place. I ditched class more than I should have, not to mention not getting the papers done in a timely manner. Helen made a major exception when she gave me the incomplete (her normal policy is not to give incompletes). I'm sure she did because I'm normally a great student. The lowest grade I've gotten since returning to school in '99 was a C. I made Dean's List 3 times. I've gotten mostly As. Despite being sick half the time virtually every semester. Despite my dad almost dying (we found out he needed bypass surgery and that his heart was functioning at around 20% capacity on 9/11/01) and going through a different cardiac procedure at least once a month for like 4 months running. Last semester I just didn't have any more in me, especially for school.
I've got a good mindset about the new semester. Dad's health is relatively stable, at least for him. Things are steadily getting better with Doug and I. I've even been pretty healthy (knocks wood and remembers to take that multivitamin) and have even been losing a bit of weight! I just gotta focus myself on doing well and getting the hell out of school in one piece!
I got so brain locked on the papers for gerontology, I decided to just let the incomplete lapse to an F. There was no way I was gonna get all three done and resemble anything coherent and it was an "all or nothing" type of class--successfully complete all assigned work or fail. I so didn't deserve an incomplete in the first place. I ditched class more than I should have, not to mention not getting the papers done in a timely manner. Helen made a major exception when she gave me the incomplete (her normal policy is not to give incompletes). I'm sure she did because I'm normally a great student. The lowest grade I've gotten since returning to school in '99 was a C. I made Dean's List 3 times. I've gotten mostly As. Despite being sick half the time virtually every semester. Despite my dad almost dying (we found out he needed bypass surgery and that his heart was functioning at around 20% capacity on 9/11/01) and going through a different cardiac procedure at least once a month for like 4 months running. Last semester I just didn't have any more in me, especially for school.
I've got a good mindset about the new semester. Dad's health is relatively stable, at least for him. Things are steadily getting better with Doug and I. I've even been pretty healthy (knocks wood and remembers to take that multivitamin) and have even been losing a bit of weight! I just gotta focus myself on doing well and getting the hell out of school in one piece!
