Inital thoughts of a continued journey

I feel I should preface this entry with an introduction. This is Ian (sorry to let you down, Jenny and Breanna). Let's just say that most of the already few readers of this blog don't come here for me. But I've wanted to have a blog too, so who says the girls get to have all the fun (where did my masculinity run away to on that one?)? Let's cut to the chase:

Same story, different day. I've been to college. A real university at that. And not to toot my own horn, but I also spent 5 years at a community college thanks to Uncle Sam and, for the most part, useless high school councelors who seemed not to care that there was no checks and balance system in place to prevent un-motivated teens from attending neither college classes nor high school classes (hooray for run-on sentences!). And not wanting all those credits to go to waste (I was just starting to study the topics that captivate me) I decided to venture into the mysterious unknown world of online schooling.

I am a couple of weeks into my first class at American Military University. It's a university-wide course called "Intro to Online Learning", so I can't say much for the curriculum as it's obviously not what I came to study. But as far as the ideas and practices, it seems to be going pretty well. My major concern coming in was that I am not much of a self-starter when it comes to academia. I've had no problems so far, though, because I really want this, and I'm excited to start on my major. Almost all of my pre-req's transferred over, as well as some classes toward my BA, so for the most part I will only be taking History classes after this one's knocked out.

The whole idea of online schooling appeals to me because I can maintain my job and my responsibilities at the same time as finishing my degree. In practice it works perfectly, as I go to work early and come home early, oftentime while Kaitlin's still at work. So for now I am happy with my new adventure, but ask me again in a couple of months to see how I'll be enjoying multiple classes that aren't as much of a breeze