Do I Fail or Strive to Pass?
Posted by Nicole Acosta on December 1st, 2008
I decided to return to college this last august. Upon my decision I spoke to several friends/family who would know about what I was doing. One in particular friend decided to take a shot at going back to college as well when she had heard I was taking courses online rather then in class. She has a wonderful job she has been employed there for several years and a great career. The reasoning for her to go was to have a goal, compelete it and have an accomplishment she would be proud of, a degree.
Recently several things have begun to surface in her life that has cause her much grief and frustration. She has always been a strong individual in my eyes, but seeing her this way has made it difficult for me to understand how a person can let so many things destroy her as a independent person. She’s tried to stay caught up with her online courses, which has actually kept her life pretty simple. Communication between her and her professors is constant. She’s able to deal with her difficulties and continue on with class, because she’s not having to travel anywhere for them. I can relate to her as well as others who have struggles in life which doesn’t allow us to enter a classroom to learn.
She was so close in giving up and taking a failing grade that I about screamed on the phone to her. I told her that the drop date has passed and that if she took one assignment at a time, before she knew it she would be caught up and able to pass. Spring semester she is only taking one course online until the dust settles. I told her before letting her go on the phone after this conversation, to not give up and to just breath. I told her, ‘at least your not having to go into class and miss lecture notes on tests.’
Tags: Grades, Life, Online Course, Strive
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