Student Life the 3rd Time Around - 2 classes at one time is not cutting it

 Taking 2 online classes while working full time may not sound like much to some people, but let me tell you, it's a whole lot for me to try and achieve.  And it's too late to change it, so I have to do what I can to get through.  Michael keeps reminding me that it doesn't have to be perfect, I just need to pass.  While, of course, I want to do well in the classes, my standards are slowly lowering because now I just want to pass and move on.  I wish I could say that I care about these classes right now, but I don't.  The stress is too taxing for someone my age...or any age of someone who works full time and has a home life.

That's the point of this little tirade today.  When I looked for a graduate program, I knew that it needed to be online because I need to work.  I can't live off of student loans again.  It's just not feasible.  This program was described as being designed for people like me...an adult who works full time and has other things going on.  At least, I try to have other things going on but work and school often interfere with that LOL  Still, even when I met with my advisor, there was lots of talk about how this is designed for working adults.  Oh, really?

One of my classes, to be honest, is just TOO MUCH.  The instructor is trying to cover way too much material in the 7 weeks we have of this class.  It should be broken down into 2 sections, which is totally possible.  That way, I might actually retain what I'm trying to learn.  As it is, I am simply regurgitating what I am reading.  Nothing more.  I can't tell you what we even looked at yesterday much less last week.  This week, I have 4 writing assignments due by Sunday.  3 of them are "group" work.  My group is only 2 people and that puts extreme pressure on both of us.  Luckily, my partner is pretty amazing but there is so much stress because her grade depends on me.  I am having to put aside the work in this class and my other class that is mine alone because I don't want to ruin her grades.  That's not fair to either of us.

Which is another problem.  This class is not designed for a full time student who is taking other courses at the same time.  It simply is not.  Now, you can spout all day at me about time management, blah blah blah.  But I spend almost all of my free time sitting in the front of the computer.  You can say that I signed up for this.  True, but if I'm not learning anything that defeats the purpose.  It's just frustrating.  So, so frustrating.  Oh, well.  Say a prayer for me that I get through the next 24 hours.  I've got way too much on my plate.

That is all