This week in English 101 we were informed that part of our
latest assignment is to enter into our blog seven times per week. I know,
without an inkling of a doubt that this is going to be a very rough assignment
for me. I work approximately fifty to seventy hours per week before I even
consider school. This week alone we are having a quarterly inventory and I am looking
at about sixty plus hours. I chose to start my assignment with a general rant
about my life and how “woe is me”. I know I’m not the only person trying to go
to school and still live a day to day life. I’m not that naive. I can only hope
to gather what knowledge I can and press on. I gather some encouragement from
my fellow students and in the knowledge that they are also facing the trials
and tribulations of adult learning. All I can continue to do is do. They taught
us in the U.S. Army to “adapt and overcome”. That has become one of my life mottos,
and I’m actually considering on whether or not to use part of that for my essay
we are working on. I also know how this almost reads like a free-write, but it
is my experiment in learning. I can only do my best and hope that with a little
luck, tenacity, and perseverance I will “overcome” this obstacle also. I’ve
also printed off most of the reading portions of this lesson and am hoping to
peruse them during down-time at work. It amazes me how much I loved reading in
my teenage years and yet can’t seem to find the time for it now. I remember
actually using the phrase “who needs sleep”. Is that a sign of age that you can
rant and rave about trivial things incoherently for ten minutes and then miss
your childhood? Makes one wonder.
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