Archive for the ‘School’ Category

A minor setback with(out) income

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

My wife received a call Friday morning from the family she nannies for. One of their parents passed away. They are from India so they had to fly out that day to go there. They'll be gone for at least two weeks. This means my wife will be ...

A small refund

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

My 3 textbooks cost $260. But I have some good news. I actually only need one instead of two books for Calculus. Why the bookstore would say you require both of them is beyond me. But with that news, I am taking back the book I do not need and will ...

Starting back to school

Monday, January 14th, 2008

I start back to school tomorrow at 8am. Can't wait. It's one more semester closer to graduation. I'm only taking 2 classes this semester as it's about all I can take since they are pre-requisites to the classes I need. Thus I'm only driving on Tues/Thur to school so that will ...

Fall 07 Grades Released

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

I took a gander last night for the 100th time of the day to see if my grades had posted and they finally were after 6pm. I was quite surprised. I received three Bs and one A. I had planned on at least two of the Bs but was really expected ...

Almost complete….

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Tomorrow at 8am I will start my last final for the Fall semester. I am ready for it to be over with. I then have a few days off as I don't go back to work until next Thursday. I'm then off Saturday-Monday and then work Christmas Day for some more ...

Free Classes

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Starting with the Fall 2008 semester, my school is offering two FREE one-credit courses in Secondary Teacher Education Prep. This is awesome. They are for the programs facing a shortage of teachers in the US--math and science. So this is right up my alley. I think I'm going to be signing ...

A scholarship because you have debt

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

I signed up for Fastweb's scholarship service way back when it first started. I still get emails about new scholarships that match my settings. I received notification yesterday about a new scholarship and one of the qualifications for applying for the scholarship is

Back to School

Friday, August 31st, 2007

I started back to school this past Monday. I'm taking 3 classes which results in 12 hours so I'm now a full-time student and worker. I tried my hardest to get classes on just 2 days or 3 days of the week but I have to go everyday. Well ...