The past month of vacation from school was refreshing.   Did not get much done around the house, but now I’m ready to turn my Non Traditional brain back on!   My Fall Term at Linn Benton Community College starts tomorrow morning at 9:00 with Math 065!    I will be finishing up my math requirements at LBCC before transferring full-time to Oregon State.   Next term, I will be bouncing back and forth between my two schools as I will begin my 2 years of German for my B.A. core requirements.  My schedule this term will be full, I’ll have my “fun” classes; History 201 and English Lit (Shakespeare!!) 201.   I will be diligent in my 4 credit MTH 065 class this term…focus, focus, focus.  As an added challenge, I will be taking a 3 credit Independent Study series in History.    Needing another class in Writing (like a hole in the head…) I am actually on a waiting list for a Research Writing class.   I feel this will be invaluable to me down the road as a History Major.   I have never had to worry about getting a class I want yet in college.   Better get used to it though.   The schedule of classes for LBCC and OSU are full, full, full…   I don’t think this phenomenon is specific only to Oregon Schools,  colleges all over are filling up due to the economic status we are in.   Which begs the question….are the schools being filled with non traditional students??   One of the first research papers I intend to do will be on this subject.   Of course, I will also blog about it here.  As my first week of fall term progresses, I will start to develop my GOALS for this term.   I think that goal setting will be one of my hot topics for a while.   Due to the high number of Non Traditional Students out there today, I feel that goal setting is one of the most important skills we can work on right away.   I am very excited about school starting again, seems like the 2nd grade all over again!!  Be sure and check back with Reaching Lifelong Goals for some great information and tips on how to deal with being an “older student” returning to college – We are Non Trads, hear us roar!   (or at least participate in class discussions….)

Posted: 09|27|09 at 3:43 pm. Filed under: Non Traditional Journey.
Tags: Goals, History Major, Non traditional student, older student, redfokker, Study skills
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