Nanny Adventures

Back in 1999, my one nanny family offered to pay for one class a semester for me to go to school.  I was so excited.  I choose to take a Business class.  Over the next few years I took several classes.  I was able to transfer a large portion of my classes from my BS degree in Social Work.   This had basically left me the core Business Management classes to take in order to get an AA degree.  So I started pursuing this degree along with a certification in Small Business Management.

The last time I took classes was in Spring 2005.  Over time I had taken Business Law I & II with a great teacher, Dr. Smith.  She was so amazing and realistic as a teacher.    She really encouraged me to go to law school!  Yikes, didn’t she realize I hate reading! I rarely ever read my textbooks.  I just listened and skimmed and did really decent on papers and tests.  My friends disliked me in college because I never stressed over writing papers etc. 

This past Monday I took the plunge and enrolled in two ELI classes.  These are distance learning classes online.   I loved going to class and meeting people, but the two classes I need are offered at 4:30pm and 6:00pm so that didn’t work for my nanny job.   I have enrolled in Bus 120: Business Mathmatics and AST 236: Specialized Software Applications  aka Office 2007!   I ordered both of my books on Monday: Used for $145 bucks online.  I got them today in the mail.  I was kinda of excited to get them already. 

With these classes I will be using Blackboard.  I have never used blackboard!  So right now as I am typing this post, I am listening to a tutoring session for new students to Blackboard.  It is oh so thrilling!  :) 

I told Kidlet #1 and Kidlet #3 that we could all three sit down at the big dining room table and do homework!  They laughed at me.

So here is hoping that my first day of class on Monday goes smoothly!

Before that though I need to back up my hard drive and put Office 2007 on my computer