01-29-2017, 05:34 PM
See,
I've been the opposite. It's all the stuff that I would have known when I graduated high school that's been dragging me down and frustrating me. I write good englishes - I've even made money at it. You wouldn't know it by my grades!
And Aleks - oh dear. I took a month off after that.
So, I kind of feel like eeyore on here. For every three people that say ' oh yeah, easy credit ' I am that guy who has struggled, and when I tell people, hey, not in my experience, I feel like I may be discouraging people.
And I don't want to do that.
I do a ton of online training and butt-in-seat classes every year, so I thought that prepared me, and it didn't.
That's also why I try to be detailed in my reviews. Telling me there's six tests doesn't really help. Can I pass from reading the slides? Or do I have to listen to the narration? OR, is it from the book? Maybe I don't even need the book (it's happened).
I don't know your kid, but I'm proud of them for not quitting when it stopped being fun. I would tell you to assure them it gets better, but it may not (it certainly hasn't for me). The silver lining is that it won't be forever, and I am doing in two years (coming up on the first year anniversary soon!!) what many take five or six.
Hang in there!!
I've been the opposite. It's all the stuff that I would have known when I graduated high school that's been dragging me down and frustrating me. I write good englishes - I've even made money at it. You wouldn't know it by my grades!
And Aleks - oh dear. I took a month off after that.
So, I kind of feel like eeyore on here. For every three people that say ' oh yeah, easy credit ' I am that guy who has struggled, and when I tell people, hey, not in my experience, I feel like I may be discouraging people.
And I don't want to do that.
I do a ton of online training and butt-in-seat classes every year, so I thought that prepared me, and it didn't.
That's also why I try to be detailed in my reviews. Telling me there's six tests doesn't really help. Can I pass from reading the slides? Or do I have to listen to the narration? OR, is it from the book? Maybe I don't even need the book (it's happened).
I don't know your kid, but I'm proud of them for not quitting when it stopped being fun. I would tell you to assure them it gets better, but it may not (it certainly hasn't for me). The silver lining is that it won't be forever, and I am doing in two years (coming up on the first year anniversary soon!!) what many take five or six.
Hang in there!!

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies Thomas Edison State University 2018
Cert in Emergency Management - Three Rivers CC 2017
Cert in Basic Police Ed - Walters State CC 1996
Current Goal: new job
Working on: securing funding I don't have to pay back for a Masters.
Up Next: Toying with Masters Programs
Finished: First Degree
Older Experience with: PLA / Portfolios, RPNow, Proctor U, ACE, NCCRS, DAVAR Academy (formerly Tor), Straighterline, TESU, Ed4Credit, Study.com, The Institutes, Kaplan, ALEKS, FEMA IS, NFA IS, brick & mortar community colleges, LOTS of vocational schools...
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