Well today I received my first weeks schedule for my next college class.
Going back to school at the beginning of a semester is always exciting and scary, even when you are 58 years old. How did I survive from the age of four until I was sixteen?
This semester, I am taking a step away from my Social Work Certificate. There was just so much depressing concepts in those classes, so I need a break. This semester, I am going into business classes. I am taking Personal Finance.
Wait a minute! I hear you say, didn't you say you had over forty years of investing and running a family business?
Well yes you did, and I have done those things, still do, but I believe I still have a lot to learn.
Most of what I have learned over the years has come from books and putting into practice what I thought I understood. It has worked, but it is not a perfect system. When I was young and sighted I read a book about driving a car, I knew all of the theory but non of the practical things with driving. For that I had to take driving lessons.
There is lots of stuff that you only learn by practice, some of them we can't go through here without adding an adult content rating to the site.
Believe it or not I even had to learn how to live as a blind person. So. Why not go back to school for a semester and learn about personal finance.
I am looking forward to class. There seems to be lots of read. I haven't got the book as yet. At $150 from the college bookstore and only $55 from amazon. I decided to take an option of saving some of that personal cash and go for the cheaper option.
Plus it seems that I need to buy a graphing calculator. Need to buy? Do I need to buy anything that I cannot use? Well I will have a chat to my professor tomorrow.
Then there the nerves about who will be in class. First days are always nerve wracking, but at least I get to take a cute dog along with me. Last week, last Friday, we went to get my student I.D. and took a walk to find the classroom. It is in a building which we haven't used before, so Leif, my guide dog, enjoyed lots of treats as we explored.
Wish me well. I will keep you appraised of the first week news later.
If you are going back to school this week. Good luck, I am with you all the way.
All the best.
Going back to school
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| Fresno City College |
This semester, I am taking a step away from my Social Work Certificate. There was just so much depressing concepts in those classes, so I need a break. This semester, I am going into business classes. I am taking Personal Finance.
Wait a minute! I hear you say, didn't you say you had over forty years of investing and running a family business?
Well yes you did, and I have done those things, still do, but I believe I still have a lot to learn.
- You can always learn something new.
Most of what I have learned over the years has come from books and putting into practice what I thought I understood. It has worked, but it is not a perfect system. When I was young and sighted I read a book about driving a car, I knew all of the theory but non of the practical things with driving. For that I had to take driving lessons.
There is lots of stuff that you only learn by practice, some of them we can't go through here without adding an adult content rating to the site.
Believe it or not I even had to learn how to live as a blind person. So. Why not go back to school for a semester and learn about personal finance.
I am looking forward to class. There seems to be lots of read. I haven't got the book as yet. At $150 from the college bookstore and only $55 from amazon. I decided to take an option of saving some of that personal cash and go for the cheaper option.
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| Leif, My Guide Dog |
Plus it seems that I need to buy a graphing calculator. Need to buy? Do I need to buy anything that I cannot use? Well I will have a chat to my professor tomorrow.
Then there the nerves about who will be in class. First days are always nerve wracking, but at least I get to take a cute dog along with me. Last week, last Friday, we went to get my student I.D. and took a walk to find the classroom. It is in a building which we haven't used before, so Leif, my guide dog, enjoyed lots of treats as we explored.
Wish me well. I will keep you appraised of the first week news later.
If you are going back to school this week. Good luck, I am with you all the way.
All the best.
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