How do I spell success?
The semester is 2/3 over and I still have not found my motivation, my focus. I am still getting assignments done just under the wire instead of ahead of time. I can predict with some accuracy that I will not make the Dean’s List this semester.
BUT I share in the joy of the ASU basketball team as they head to MA as part of the last 8 teams standing. When I started at ASU in the summer of 2005, I could not see past remedial math; now I am waving at the finish line. I have a projected graduation of Summer 2009 with a double major. I have spent time enjoying my Labrador Retriever’s company this semester; this is a real treasure. I am being inducted into an International Business Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma by invitation. I have been able to navigate the waters of Business Statistics without seeking a tutor. Last but not least, I am taking the summer off for the first time since I started at ASU: It has been 9 non stop semesters.
I had previously stripped down a 4′ long toy sailboat handcrafted by my grandfather, a carpenter, circa 1935; this summer I hope to refinish it, apply new hardware and make new sails. I have a book on sail making and plenty of optimism. I have a name decal ready ‘Seize the Breeze’ and an engraved plate for inside the boat telling who made it and when. Then it passes to the next generation. This project is something I keep trying to get ROUND-TO-IT. Most of us have a ROUND-TO-IT list.
So in some regards this has been the semester from hell but it other regards it has been full of success.
Recent posts by Nancy
- Why it can be difficult for a non-trad to do any study abroad!
- Like a runaway frieght train, this semester races towards the finish.
- Jaguars and Tigers
- Seventy Five Percent Done
- Both Sides of the Fence
- Connections
- How do I spell success?
- Pardon Me, could you please get a life?
- Everyone comes from somewhere
- My keys were not in hand
- Time Management (TM)
- The ABCs of Parking at ASU
- Life, Loss, and Love
- A scholarship can be so meaningful.
- Who knew a Newton was not a fig bar?
- Why does a person return to college?
- Voting as a 'Rite of Passage'
- Oh where oh where has my 'Motivation' gone?
- Textbooks can be intimidating!
