As I reflect on the past year and a half of my life, which primarily consisted of school work, I see numerous personal challenges that I had to hurtle. Many of them were created through my own self doubt and relunctance to try something for fear of failing. Nonetheless, I made the choice to give it my best, get over my fears, and jump the hurtles. One of the biggest challenges for me in this pursuit of an education was the required year of foreign language! Because I chose to pursue an "Arts" degree, I was required to take a foreign language. Well, I lived in Korea at the time and was forced to take the courses via the internet through the University of Maryland. Let me tell you how much I hated doing that....it was awful. I know that my Spanish accent is not good, and I had to talk with my instructor via "Skype" for the oral portions of my tests. UGH! It required a glass of wine to get through those! I did complete the courses, and managed to get A's, but they were bar none the biggest challenge of this degree program; for me! For this week I would like to open up a discussion on what challenges you have faced during your educational journey. What has been the greatest challenge for you? and most importantly how did you clear the hurtle?
Cheers,
Shelley
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Shelley,
ReplyDeleteI am amazed that you were able to take and do so well in a long distance web course for foreign language. It was tough enough taking the 3 yrs. of high school Spanish! The Cornerstone course is my first webcourse and it certainly has been a challenge but I am also amazed how intimidated I was at first but now feel almost "at home" with the ins and outs of managing a webcourse and look forward to starting another one or two in the Fall.
Kay
Good evening Kay,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your response. The Cornerstone course was a tough one for me to handle. It seemed like it never really slacked off any, with something constantly due. But, I took it one bite at a time and slowly made my way through it. In the end, I must say I was pleased to have completed the course and felt it was quite worth the effort. I can totally relate with feeling intimidated with the on-line environment. I was sooo nervous everytime I would write ANYTHING that I would proof-read it over and over again. But once I got the hang of how it all works, I fell in love with going to school in my PJ's with a cup of coffee. You gotta love the hours! :)
I can definitely relate to your dislike of internet courses Shelley! I have always struggled in online courses because i am more of a visual learner. I like listening to lectures and taking notes on the information, that is were I strive in the classroom and were I learn the most.
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