I have survived two days as an undergrad student. One helpful aspect of distance education is that I am not studying with my student peers, face-to-face, and realizing, “Gosh, I am older than dirt!” One bad thing about distance education is that you do not get that personal interaction. However, the method in which we are interacting is well thought out and it seems to work well, even without that “in person” contact. I have made contact with the members of my classes, just the same. The good news tonight is that I have completed my first three (minor) assignments and started on the fourth, which is due tomorrow.
Today, I drove to the office to drop off the non-working machine parts and related service paperwork that were filling my truck to the back doors. Heather and Gabriel came along to keep me company. One thing that is beneficial to the way our lives are mutually supportive is that Heather reads my assigned texts to me while I drive. We then debate the topics she or I take issue with, or the ideas we agree with. It helps me to retain the content better and it saves time reading the material when we get home. I figure that if we continue to do this, it may even be a bonus to Gabriel, since he hears his Mom reading aloud almost every day. At home, we both read aloud from newspapers, books, or whatever we find on the Internet that is of interest or worth debating.
Heather isn’t just my wife. She is my closest friend, confidant, my equal and my learning partner, coach and cheerleader. While Heather is a stay-at-home mom and I am the employed wage earner in this family, working on my AA/BA degree program is, in reality, a team effort. This is advantageous for every member of our family, Mom and Dad, and baby Gabriel, too. We are all in this together, and we are doing just fine.
Hey, our family is going to watch “The Incredibles” before this old man goes off to bed. 10-4. Over and out.
Today, I drove to the office to drop off the non-working machine parts and related service paperwork that were filling my truck to the back doors. Heather and Gabriel came along to keep me company. One thing that is beneficial to the way our lives are mutually supportive is that Heather reads my assigned texts to me while I drive. We then debate the topics she or I take issue with, or the ideas we agree with. It helps me to retain the content better and it saves time reading the material when we get home. I figure that if we continue to do this, it may even be a bonus to Gabriel, since he hears his Mom reading aloud almost every day. At home, we both read aloud from newspapers, books, or whatever we find on the Internet that is of interest or worth debating.
Heather isn’t just my wife. She is my closest friend, confidant, my equal and my learning partner, coach and cheerleader. While Heather is a stay-at-home mom and I am the employed wage earner in this family, working on my AA/BA degree program is, in reality, a team effort. This is advantageous for every member of our family, Mom and Dad, and baby Gabriel, too. We are all in this together, and we are doing just fine.
Hey, our family is going to watch “The Incredibles” before this old man goes off to bed. 10-4. Over and out.
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