Online Classes

[xRyokenx]

Has anyone else taken them? Right now I'm taking four as I can't afford to go away to school, lol. They seem to give you more freedom, but with more freedom you also need more discipline.

[Airbozo]

You nailed it. I have taken several online classes and I could tell when I started getting bored. If they had not been self paced I may have dropped a grade...

It does take discipline to walk past friends and family to go to school in your room. I pushed one class back so far that I had to do the final four lessons while a party was going on in the other room.

[xRyokenx]

I'm forcing myself to do stuff, even though I would much more easily do something else, lol. I'm particularly hating this writing course I am taking... I may be good at writing but for some reason I just cannot focus on it. This time, though, I am going to utilize all my resources to learn this crap and get it down. I refuse to cheat too, that's like somehow getting into the Olympics without training. You're where it matters and you cannot function at the level that you need to be at, lol.

[.Maleficus.]

I'm taking one right now. I've exhausted all computer classes at my high school and since we have a program that will pay for any college classes I want, I said why not. I'm currently taking Network+ which will hopefully prepare me enough for certification when I finish but I gotta tell you, it's hella boring. OSI, TCP/IP, LANs MANs WANs... Not exactly a party.

[xRyokenx]

Yeah, I chose not to go into a computer related field for a reason: they're a good hobby but I cannot stand it when stuff goes wrong... I've been getting better at staying calm while fixing things but one can only take so much, lol. For me, it's either a hobby or a job, and when it comes to computers, they're staying a hobby. Forestry for the win! lol

[Bopher]

I'm forcing myself to do stuff, even though I would much more easily do something else, lol. I'm particularly hating this writing course I am taking... I may be good at writing but for some reason I just cannot focus on it. This time, though, I am going to utilize all my resources to learn this crap and get it down. I refuse to cheat too, that's like somehow getting into the Olympics without training. You're where it matters and you cannot function at the level that you need to be at, lol.

Sounds like you have the same problem that I do with writing courses. Let me go off and write for myself and I'm all good I could write all day. But limit me or force me to come up with something and then I get stuck big time. Authors have nothing on my writers block.

[xRyokenx]

I have this topic for my first paper: The Importance of Education in Today's Society.

Sounds easy, eh? Not really, lol. Still trying to come up with some topic sentences for my paragraphs... talk about slow work.

[nevermind1534]

I'm really bad about thinking of stuff to write. After I write the paper, I usually do well on it, but just thinking about what to write takes me forever. I only know one other person like that, and he fails half of his classes. That wasn't very comforting, to say the least.

[xRyokenx]

I'm really bad about thinking of stuff to write. After I write the paper, I usually do well on it, but just thinking about what to write takes me forever. I only know one other person like that, and he fails half of his classes. That wasn't very comforting, to say the least.

No, but at least you're honest and don't sugar coat the bullcrap. :P

I used to be better at this but still... this sucks, lol. *goes back to looking at a paper*

[Drum Thumper]

I'm taking one right now. I've exhausted all computer classes at my high school and since we have a program that will pay for any college classes I want, I said why not. I'm currently taking Network+ which will hopefully prepare me enough for certification when I finish but I gotta tell you, it's hella boring. OSI, TCP/IP, LANs MANs WANs... Not exactly a party.

If I didn't know better I would swear we were taking the same networking course. BORING! Thankfully this is the last week of it for me. One class left (Intro to Java) and I'll have my Associates. I'm also planning on getting my A+ since a potential local employer is insisting on it.

@Bopher: the key is to find something you enjoy and write about it. Even if I get stuck with a dry topic, I think of ways to work in some of my interests as parallels. Also, being a packrat can be a good thing. As of right now with my home library (~75 books, various topics), along with some extensive notes from the past ten or so years, I could probably kick out a near-thesis quality paper on computers, music, zymurgy or culinary arts. And for those of you who are about to google zymurgy, I'll save you the hassle--it's the study of fermentation. In other words, beer and wine.

[.Maleficus.]

I was originally going to take a C# class, but that would have been at the school and conflicted with 4 of my high school classes (it was a 4 hour class). All other programming classes had prerequisites that I hadn't taken or didn't care to take. I got a call about this class about 2 weeks ago and signed up. I'm going to be happy when I get certified but damn it's boring. There isn't a whole lot of hands-on stuff when you're learning about the OSI model and I'm not a very patient person. Hopefully it'll get better since most of what I'm covering now is "theory" stuff.

[TheGreatSatan]

My second degree was nearly all online. I had just one class at the school.

[Zeus]

I actually work at University of Phoenix Online. And I am going there to get my Bachelors degree. I definitely like it a lot better than I liked on campus classes. That being said, it is not for everyone. You have to be very self motivated and willing to take charge when necessary. Good luck in your online educational endeavors!

[Drum Thumper]

I actually work at University of Phoenix Online. And I am going there to get my Bachelors degree. I definitely like it a lot better than I liked on campus classes. That being said, it is not for everyone. You have to be very self motivated and willing to take charge when necessary. Good luck in your online educational endeavors!

I'm attending there as well. I had reservations at first, but once I got a few classes under my belt, my perspective changed. And now, I'm nine weeks away from completing my Associates.

[xRyokenx]

Hahaha, I'm never up at 3:30am... usually I'm not up past midnight. These online classes will be the uhh... thing that turns me into a vampire and makes me become a hermit, lol.

[Drum Thumper]

Hahaha, I'm never up at 3:30am... usually I'm not up past midnight. These online classes will be the uhh... thing that turns me into a vampire and makes me become a hermit, lol.

Trust me, you'll get used to it. :twisted:

[xRyokenx]

Trust me, you\'ll get used to it. http://www.thebestcasescenario.com:80/forum/

I might be able to but my damn grandma keeps acting like I\'m committing a cardinal sin by staying up so late. What\'s up with people like that? lol

[mittelmeier]

Haha, just wait till you hit the "It's 6 am and the sun is coming up????" stage. The in-laws say god wants us up early to enjoy the day. I tell them I was up early to enjoy the day, I just sleep before I enjoy the rest of it. I really like taking the online classes. At first I was kind of skeptical because the first class I took had a bad teacher but it's gotten better since then.

[xRyokenx]

Yeah. My advisor teaches two of my four classes and he's a really, really cool guy. It's nice having a decent teacher for once.