In an attempt to free up July so I could work more hours when my boss got married, I signed up for a 5.5 week class called intercultural communication. It was 3 hours every Tuesday and Thursday morning. That class was KILLER. It was super hard to keep up with all the reading and homework. I ended up getting an A- though and I was so happy when it was over. As hard as it was, it was nice to be done so fast. By June 24th I had completed one third of my summer school workload. Happy happy happy.
My next class was COMM 5515, usable web design. I had taken the two other web design classes from the same teacher the previous year and thought this class would be a cake walk. It was once a week for 3 hours on Wednesday nights and she's the kind of teacher who usually let us out early. WRONG. It went until 9 EVERY TIME and was always so long and boring (read: I wasn't smart enough to understand what was happening so I was bored out of my mind). It started off pretty rocky trying to adjust working with my group members. After being in 5510 with two girls I absolutely adored it was a hard change working with 3 people 100% different than me. But,we got through it and ended up being the best group in the class. Our final presentation is tomorrow night and I can't wait to never have a job in web design EVER. I was a little hopeful the first two semesters but after this class, no way no way no way.
I had one online class called modern family. It was super interesting and not too hard. Every week I read 2 chapters of stuff I was actually interested in, took a quiz, and participated in a discussion with 5 other ladies. In addition there was a midterm and a final (that I'm procrastinating taking..). It wasn't bad at all and I learned a lot. It was my first ever online class and I was very satisfied with it. I wouldn't want all of my classes to be online, but I liked being able to choose when I did my work and not have to leave my couch. I will definitely be taking more online classes in the future!
So, to sum things up, it was hard. It was hard having to worry about homework and not be able to go on vacation or do fun things. I had to miss Corps Encore for my stupid web design class and that was sucky. But, like everyone said, the time passed and I got 9 credits out of it. I have just TWO MORE semesters until I never have to write another paper or take another test or pay thousands of dollars to cry and be anxious. I can't wait.
Pros:
10 weeks instead of the usual 15 weeks
My 5.5 week class was early but the sun was always up so it didn't feel as early
Don't have to walk through snow
More laid back atmosphere
Less people on campus, less people on trains
Cons:
Can't go anywhere
Less weeks = bigger workload each week
HOT walking to class
Homework in the summer. :(
Less classes offered, limited schedules
No break between semesters. I will have done 6 consecutive semesters by the time I graduate
I mean, I don't know if I would ever do it again but I'm VERY glad I don't even have to make that choice. Also Scott did summer semester as well. I don't know if that made things better or worse, but we suffered together and it was nice.
Okay byeee I promise I'll write about something more interesting another day. I just felt like I needed to write this so I could remember it one day :)
DFTBA
