on-line education

It has been a few days and I have been meaning to make a post. I have had an idea here and there for a post, but then I got distracted as I had to work on homework. Darn school always gets in the way of doing something fun! School on-line for the most part has been pretty good for me, but there are a few frustrations. This class, accounting is generally a not so much fun subject for people. Doing it in a format where you have to teach yourself makes it that much more less enjoyable. I tried to ask questions during the first week and was discouraged from asking other learners for advice. Usually with the on-line format you are encouraged to work with each other so that was a shocker. The teacher also is not quick to respond so e-mailing the instructor is not ideal. Other than that, on-line education has been great. You just need to be responsible enough to dedicate time frames each week to get things done and to learn the material. Since there are no lectures, you have to teach yourself and challenge yourself. I find this beneficial as undergrad I attended many useless lectures that wasted a lot of time, but you were required to be there. With going to school on-line there is no wasted time because you put in what you want to get out of it, and I really like that idea.

The only other main concern is how fast the classes are. While it is great that classes are 6 weeks long so you practically fly through the program, the classes feel condensed. While you are expected to put in quite a few hours in during the week, the material is presented so fast that it is hard for it to sink in. So by the end of the class and the start of the next one, you have already forgotten a good chunk of the details. If they were to do even 8 week classes and spread out the material just a little bit more so you could really sink your teeth into it that would be great. Yes, this would mean it would take longer to finish a program, but I think individuals would get more out of it. More research should be done in the field of on-line education as it continues to grow to help make it as beneficial as possible. I don't see on-line education declining, but just needs a few tweaks to reach it's full potential.

Welcome!

Well as I just finished homework and should start the cleaning of the apartment (isn't that how everyone wants to spend their day off work?), I am procrastinating by setting up this lovely blog. I have blogged in the past with such sites as xanga, but my friends stopped posting/reading and so that blogged stopped. After all a teacher once said in high school, people write because they want others to read their thoughts. Even if you say you do not, then why write it down and leave a paper trail behind? I have another blog set up on livejournal, but mostly to stalk my friends who are on live journal so I can read their posts and leave comments. Who doesn't like comments? So now I am here in a joint venture with some of my friends who I hope to link up to their blogs so you too can stalk them to discover a new avenue in the world of blogging.

Currently I am employed in the world of retail so look forward to posts about the holiday season, the economy, and people's shopping habits. I am also in grad school and attending Capella University on-line working on my MBA in human resources. So from time to time there may be posts about classes and what I am supposed to be learning about and what I really think about the topic at hand! I have two wonderful cute guinea pigs named Smokey and the Bandit so there maybe stories about them and some pics to go along. They are great pets and so of course expect blogs about why everyone should love guinea pigs as much as I do!

Other than that expect posts about what is going on in the world today, what is not going on, random thoughts, stories, questions, and life in general. Hopefully you guys will like to tune and enjoy!