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your life as an online student according to cheesy stock photos, part 3

Posted by huntsmanic on Friday, March 5, 2010

Part One is here, and Part Two is here.
One of the issues with being an online student — or a student of any kind, really — is that you don’t have the luxury of being a student and nothing else. You still have all the other parts of your life to lead: you still have [...]

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your life as an online student according to cheesy stock photos, part 2

Posted by huntsmanic on Friday, February 26, 2010

Last week in Part One, we judiciously examined the life of the female online student according to cheesy stock photography. This week, we turn our well-trained eye to the male half of the species.
As a male online student, you might be…

…still taking your laundry over to Mom’s house for her to do, which she [...]

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online learning is for everybody

Posted by bdmccormick on Thursday, February 18, 2010

Let me get this off my chest right now. When I went back to school to become certified as a high school teacher, a majority of the assignments and non-classroom work was completed online. Now: I should not have been a successful online student. But I was. Looking through the glut of virtual student characteristics, [...]

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survey says … !

Posted by huntsmanic on Monday, March 16, 2009

by Judy
For the past few days, every time I log into my class, a window pops up inviting me to take an end of course survey. I have been clicking on “remind me later” for the most part, but finally I just did so it would stop annoying me. It asked me to [...]

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The priveleges of membership.

Posted by huntsmanic on Thursday, March 12, 2009

by Judy
“Twenty Years of Schoolin’/ and they put you on the day shift” – Bob Dylan
Last night I sat down to do one of my favorite things: pay bills. If you can’t tell, that was supposed to be sarcastic. Nevertheless, it’s that time of month; paying can’t be avoided, at least not [...]

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Where have all the highlighters gone?

Posted by huntsmanic on Thursday, March 5, 2009

by Judy
Seriously! I know I have been out of school for a couple of years, but where have all of my highlighters gone? The only one I could find in my house is inching towards the Great Memo Pad in the Sky with every stroke. It is essential for me highlight as [...]

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It’s the little things (that make assignments easier).

Posted by huntsmanic on Monday, March 2, 2009

by Judy
It’s amazing the way that little adjustments can change things. As soon as I printed off this week’s reading assignments, I breathed easier. The tactile experience of reading and hi-lighting on real paper reminded me that schoolwork does not have to be as hard as I am letting it become in my [...]

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Gen Y Misfit: first day of college online.

Posted by huntsmanic on Monday, February 23, 2009

by Judy
Class has started and suddenly I’m freaking out — I don’t want to do it. Me, who loves school, now wants to run away. Because I suck at the Internet. Because I am the least technologically savvy member in all of Generation Y.

Even the idea of a “kitchen computer” (basically a giant recipe book) [...]

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All signed up … or am I?

Posted by huntsmanic on Thursday, February 19, 2009

by Judy
I did it. I signed up for my first class. I think. Actually, I’m not so sure. I definitely signed up as a University of Phoenix student (I paid the $45 enrollment fee), but I think I messed up in signing up for my actual class. I had to list what course I wanted [...]

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Many are called…

Posted by huntsmanic on Thursday, February 12, 2009

by Judy
Wow, that was fast. I only just filled out the form online yesterday and this morning I got a call from the University of Phoenix to help facilitate my enrollment. They walked me through a few questions, some of which I knew the answers to (am I a U.S. citizen?) some I [...]

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