See, three weeks ago I went back to college.
Since I have never wanted to go back to college, after escaping with my life back in...a long time ago...this is an amazing occurrence.
Never mind why I changed my mind. I'm not sure I know myself. I have spouted things like wanting to learn new things, needing a college degree in order to teach...like anywhere. Things like that.
And there was the incentive that I would indeed be "given credit for life experiences". So that this acquiring of my degree would be fairly quick and neat, and the next thing I'd know is I would be deciding where to go for my Masters.
Quel exciting, n'est pas?
It might be THE TIMES. It might be my insistence on experiencing the camaraderie of the classroom as opposed to taking my classes on line.
It may be because I have started on the traditional path to a degree, so that somewhere along the way, in and around the local community college where this "re-entry" is occurring, the whole 'credit for living' thing has disappeared--
Whatever--
I CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE.
I started off with three classes...well one I had to petition because it was full...as in all thirty of the classes offered were full, "but not to worry", it would simply be a matter of showing up, and I'd be let in--
It didn't happen. There were twenty thin little eighteen year olds petitioning too. I didn't make the cut. And this is English 101.
My History of Jazz class was canceled. I didn't know this until I showed up, all prepared down to the pencil box, in the rain, and there was that sign on the door. Canceled entirely. Who knew one is supposed to check the registration place to find the posting saying as much.
I'm down to one class for credit. And one for zilch.
Sociology is my sole class for credit. The professor is kind and funny. One can look up the professors before signing on for a class, to see critiques of them. So, mine got raves. But he's experiencing a huge family issue. So that so far, the first class was an hour. The second ended early. The third started late. And today, the fourth, well, he didn't make it in at all.
My other class is a self-paced pre algebra class...I haven't taken math since sophomore year on high school. This then, this is why I am staggering to get up to snuff enough to be able to take a goddamn math class for CREDIT--
Since they count those things, and I need like eight million before I even get out of the community college.
College is going to take FOREVER. Neo-Post Modern pseudo college, to this baby boomer, belatedly trying to make an old and poor decision right.