Online godess

My goal at the beginning of 2009 was to finish the first part of my Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies - that really is a fancy title for saying that I have taken some leadership classes that will help me later when I want to pursue a job as an Athletic Director. I was nervous because this was my first attempt at online classes. I was nervous for various reasons - At the beginning of 2009 I was traveling with some friends through Argentina. To begin my classes I was going to have to find an Internet cafe and communicate via Skype and rely on spotty Internet access. I was also nervous because I really truly hate school. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't hate LEARNING, I hate school. I hate the act of sitting down at a computer and reading through my classmates comments and then trying to find something that I can contribute - something witty, something worthwhile, something that does not convince them that I have no interest at all in what they are saying.

My online classes would last about 8 weeks a session. I would need to communicate with my classmates and professor every week and then complete 2 - 3 assignments every week. All of this was happening at the same time that I was teaching full time, coaching volleyball, attending my kickboxing and Pilate's class, grading papers and volunteering at my favorite orphanage! No problem, right?!?!

Well, I had started my classes in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I continued to take my classes online while living in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. I went home for the summer and so completed one of my leadership classes in Lafayette, Indiana and then my final class had an assignment due just as I was landing in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. I went to another Internet cafe with spotty internet access and chuckled to myself as I submitted my final paper. Nothing like online classes while traveling to 4 different countries and 2 continents! Cheers to online learning!