I started school today - and I started with the new Toshiba laptop Steven surprised me with for Valentine's Day! (THANKS STEVO!) It's SO awesome! I've already organized it to the fullest and it made my introduction to online schooling at Kaplan more than easy to enjoy. I was so nervous - but as I explored my course expectations and the way of the system I became more at ease.
Today my assignment was to post my own little bio and a 'first experience' of an online activity on the discussion board where the other 19 students had already posted theirs. You can comment on others excerpts but all entries must be sincere and thorough in both meaning and grammar to be eligible for a good grade. This is what I posted about myself:
"Hello. My name is Lisa Jenae Steed -- although I have been addressed by my middle name, Jenae, most of my life, which comes in handy here - as there is already another Lisa in the class.
I'm 22 years old, born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada where I currently reside. I'm a certified Massage Therapist, a part-time Black Jack dealer for Station Casinos, and I'm a Hum-V mechanic for the Army Reserve. Currently I'm stationed here in Las Vegas as part of a homeland security unit. With the new president in office it has become somewhat unlikely that I deploy next year as originally expected. The possible deployment was the reason I chose online schooling. I chose Business and Accounting because I am going to open up my own 'Bed and Breakfast Resort' in 2014. I see this school helping me not only achieve that dream – but do it well.
My first experience with online schooling was today. I logged on and read through the syllabus, etc. Everything was going well but in clicking on all of your excerpts I got frustrated with the rugged tendencies of the window management on the discussion board. Eventually I found the 'expand all' button, but I guess I'll have to use it next time. All in all I enjoy the ease of Kaplan’s site, I’ll just have to get used to its occasional edginess.
In my spare time I enjoy my family, soccer, racquetball, photography, massage, cooking, learning new things, and meeting new people . . . in that order.
Happy First Day everyone!
- Jenae Steed
FYI: The spell checker for this window is horrible, I suggest copying and pasting from your word program."
No one commented back except for the teacher - because it's obligatory for him. I guess I just entered a little later than everyone else. Tomorrow I'll be attending my first Seminar where I'll be able to watch my instructor via video and chat live with not only him, but the entire class. Once that's over with I will have 1 assignment to complete and hand in before next Tuesday. All my school weeks will go from Wednesday to Tuesday. Only 1 day in - but I'm enjoying it!
