So school has been bustling along. I finished my Intro to Mortuary science class with 103%. I just loved that class. Unfortunately it will be the last mortuary science class I’m going to see for a while. I have continued on with my prerequisites. Over the summer I took Public Speaking. Since it was a summer class there were less than 10 students in the class. It was very intimate and I think we all enjoyed learning more about each other through our speeches. I walked away with an A in that class as well. My fellow students teased me, and insisted that I must study all the time. This statement is entirely untrue since I have work and of course my family. I do take time to fully prepare for tests though. This journey is incredibly important to me, and a long time coming. Giving less than my best feels like cheating somehow.
Currently I’m taking Math 1030, Quantitative Reasoning. I was most apprehensive about taking Math since it has been so long, but I’m grateful that I’ve caught on. I’ve currently got over 100% in the class, but I have two tests still to come including the final, so we’ll have to see what I end up with in the class. I haven’t been studying the last few math modules as much so I’m really going to need to buckle down over the Thanksgiving holiday and the coming weeks. My biggest problem is retention. I have likely forgotten most of what I learned at the beginning of the class. Nothing like our brain to get rid of information that we don’t use on a daily basis. It’s too efficient sometimes.
Luckily and with the help of God I was able to get the Accuplacer Test score I need to register for my class in January, College Biology! I’m a little nervous for my upcoming science courses. They not only have lecture hours, but added lab hours. With my already full schedule, I’m hoping I won’t be overwhelmed.
Since I’m only taking one class at a time sometimes I need to remind myself what I’m going to school for. Sometimes it is hard to imagine actually becoming a funeral director since it feels so far away. I still feel firm in my decision and grateful for the chance to be in school. It all just feels like a dream sometimes. My husband recently learned that more courses have been added to his degree, darn university, so I may be later starting the full time program than originally planned. I can still take support courses in the meantime, one by one. After Biology I’ll be jumping into Human Anatomy. I took the course years ago, but need to retake it because they want it to be fresh on your mind. That darn brain again. From there I’ll get to learn fun things like accounting, business law, more communications.
Sometimes it feels like a long road, but in the end I think it will go by quickly. It is hard to believe I’m almost a year into school now. Patience is the theme and nothing will derail me.
Death and the Student 