A Lost Sense of Pride and Care

Once upon a time, there was a girl who always had to have her hair and make-up done whenever she left the house. Even going to the store to get milk for her mother required this task. Anything less was unthinkable.

Then that girl grew up and became pregnant. As her stomach grew, this requirement became less and less noticable. In fact, it was a miracle if she even got out of her pajamas during the day.

So today as she moved the water in her front yard, there she was: hair not done, no makeup and still in her pjs with her croc knock offs and even waved to the neighbors as they did a double-take and drove by.

Her thoughts, "I'm pregnant. Deal with it. I don't care. I am just happy to be out of bed before 9 am."

The End

Sticker Shock!

$1,625 for only 2 classes in graduate school, and no that does not include books. Holy Cow!!! I paid less than that for a full credit load and a higher ranked school. Oh well. Hopefully, for future semesters he can get a GA job and tuition will be reduced.

I Tried . . . .Honest!

Well, I went downstairs with full intentions of working on the craft room. I put together the shelves and then when I looked to where I was going to put them quickly realized. . . OOPS! There is a bunch of furniture and a large, heavy tv that all needs to be moved out of the way. So, I shut the door with a heavy sigh and called my husband to apologize ahead of time for making him the moving boy this weekend since I can't lift or move any of this stuff. Oh well.

Hmmmmm . ... . What to Do?

Well, I just finished a 2 hour grant scoring meeting for Juvenile Justice Council. (Thank goodness there was only 1 grant to score.) So I called my hubby to check in, to see how his day was going, and to see what has happened with the rest of the paycheck that he is owed. (His last one was missing half of what he is owed.) Plus give him an update of our neighbors across the street who had the cops at their house yesterday and as I pulled in our driveway, they were there . . . AGAIN! (Looooooooooong story!) During the conversation I got the standard, so what are you going to do today? To which I replied that I really didn't know. It's always so weird after I finish a class. It's that same feeling after finishing a semester in school or even better graduating and think, "Now what?"

There are definitely things to do (i.e. finish the craft room so we can move the spare bed in there), but I just don't wanna. I for sure don't want to lie in bed, either. This is one of those times that I wish my friends lived closer so that we could find some type of mischief to get ourselves into. Oh well. My days will be filled soon enough, so I try to relish the freedom I have while I can.

"But It's Everyone Else's Fault"

The following article is an example of what I see more and more in the classroom and with today's youth: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/03/new.york.jobless.graduate/index.html

It's the whole attitude of, "It's everyone else's fault. Don't ask me to take responsibility." Good grief! This is almost as good as the students who state, "I paid for this class. Therefore, I should get an A no matter what."

SCARY! SCARY! SCARY!

I'm Done!!

Well, final grades are posted and I am done once again. Unless I get assigned a course in the next month, I will not be teaching again until after Tre is born. Don't worry there are PLENTY of things to do until then!

And We Have A Winner!

Well, my class is ending in less than an hour and out of 11 students that started the course, I have a whopping 4 that turned in their final!

4 - quit the course for various reasons - At least 1 was to get the financial aid and then bail on the class. It will suck when their tax refunds and/or paychecks are garnished for failure to pay back their loans and won't be eligible for future financial aid due to failure to progress in school.
1 - only "checked in" and did not submit any assignments - stated she wanted to purposely flunk to prove to everyone that she did not belong in college
1 -sent a message that her internet had been shut off so she was not going to finish the class (This was sent on the day the final was due. Plus how can you log in to the class and submit a message if your internet has already been turned off and it is your only internet you have access to?)
1 - sent a message today stating she would not finish the course due to her grade being so low (Now she has guaranteed a F!) Forget the fact that almost all of her assignments were late and several were missing.

Oh well. I still get paid the same and have less papers to grade. It's going to stink when they realize that the format for classes are changing next month and every facilitator will be setting up their own classroom with their own assignments. Consequently, re-using old papers and/or buying them from a paper bank will not be helpful for classes they have taken up to this point. Oh well. I have my piece of paper and did my time.

For those who did turn in their final, it was really fun to see them progress and "get it". I wish more people could value an education.