How I knew I was ready.
I had cancer! I heard a voice that said it was cancelled. I prayed and talked to God as if he was in front of me. I contacted the school and started July 7, 2009. University has been good for me, except when I was in the middle of last block, I got involved with a job and my grades went down bad.
Where I found help.
I contacted University of Phoenix, and Loren is great and so is Jillian, my academic sponsor. But mt nutrition teacher is bad and I stink at algebra. This block is horrible. Things have slowed down and I have two weeks to understand algebra because in the next block I have algebra again.
My advice for others.
I think they have to know time management first and go to the library and reliable sites to refresh their mind on things such as grammar, what are they looking for, math, algebra and whatever may be hard for them. Knowing the computer and typing lessons are real important as well.
What I Did:
My first few blocks of classes I did A, A+ work. Then I became involved with doing inventory for a business my husband wanted to do. My A+ went to a B- and my A went to a B +. Then these next weeks have been bad. Bad time management, a mean teacher, and algebra has gotten me depressed and anxious. We lost the store and I am taking care of my husband who had surgery. I have two weeks to catch up in both classes. But it will be hard. One, I cannot figure out the algebra and two, the nutrition teacher is unfair, because I had been habitually late, even good papers are marked bad.
How I Did It:
I was going to go to a tutor but my husband cannot be alone for a long time. I have no money for a tutor out of the school. But I am trying to get past the mental block. So this is a hard time right now. I am looking for another building to start a new store here in this town instead of another one.
Lessons Learned
- As I said prepare before you start the school. I would have gone to the vo-tech if I had money. The good thing about this school is, I was taking chemotherapy when I started and it was better to be home. I should have thought a little more. I have no confidence and I get frustrated easy. However, the first few blocks were hard but getting A's gave me confidence and some esteem. Losing the high grades, the store being a wash, and the nutrition teacher being mean has brought me back to where I was before the cancer, real afraid and no esteem.
