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Thursday, February 11, 2010
School Days
I’ve been talking about going back to school for the last two years – almost since I moved, really. It just hasn’t happened for one reason or another. This term, it finally has.
I’ve started classes at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) for fifteen credit hours this term. I’m taking Survey of World Music, Survey of European Classical Music, US History since 1877, History of Theater and Drama I and a half-semester of College Composition II which starts early next month. All of them are only online, which leaves me a lot of freedom in completing the assignments. I do the majority of my homework while I’m at work. It’s been working pretty well when I’m able to focus. (Sometimes these music books just cannot hold my attention no matter how hard I try!)
So far I feel really good about my classes. I’m maintaining good marks on pretty much everything, and I know that I can’t be doing too poorly if I’m agonizing about a couple of points here or there. We even had a good discussion in my theater class this last week about Medea. The previous ones were forced at best, but it seems like people are reading a little more deeply into the plays and I enjoyed the discussion that resulted. This week we’re reading Lysistrata and next week, The Twin Menaechmi. Coming off of several Greek tragedies in a row, I’m looking forward to a little comedy! My music classes involve listening to a lot of music and analyzing it, which apparently I’m pretty good at. My history class discussions have left much to be desired so far, but I feel like I’m still doing fairly well in the class. We have our first exam in that class this week, and I’m done with my first of two essays. The question-and-answer part gets posted tomorrow, so hopefully I’ll be all done with that class for the week soon.
Sometimes I feel like I must be out of my mind to even consider taking classes full time as well as working full time, but it seems to be alright so far. It’s overwhelmed me a few times, but I just try to take it one day and one assignment at a time. If I can manage that through the end of the semester, then maybe I can repeat it in the summer semester and in the fall. If I can manage that, then I’ll be almost all the way, if not all the way, to an associate of arts by the end of the year! Once I have that, I’m not sure what I’ll do afterward. Ultimately, I’d like to get a bachelor’s degree in something related to music, something that will allow me to sing. I know it isn’t the most logical major, but it’s what I want, and I think it’s worth the risk.
I’m finally back in school. I’m really glad!
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