Burned out on school

Oct 13

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Hey everybody!

Well, it only took about 6 weeks, but I am already burned out on school.  I am not sure of the exact reason why, but I think it is a combination of several things.  Between spending more hours than expected on school work (I basically have next to no free time anymore), the horrible interface we are forced to use, the lack of good English skills by many of the students and bizarre deadlines, I am getting so sick of things that It is everything I can muster just to do my homework anymore.  I still greatly believe in the mission of the school but at this point, I want a break.

Like many people, I have never enjoyed school.  Whether it was middle school, high school or college, I have never enjoyed school like some do.  I love to learn but I don’t like being forced to learn in an educational environment.  I prefer to be free to learn whatever I want in as much depth as I want and find beneficial at my own pace, not that dictated by somebody else.  If I am going to retain anything that I learn, I have to be able to enjoy learning and I have never been able to do that in school.  When I was going to college at Neumont University, I enjoyed it but that was largely because of the other people that I got to interact with rather than the actual learning which I struggled with.  With University of the People, I fell very alone and disconnected despite the fact that it is supposed to be a school based around the idea of social networking.  There is no fun in something like that and it makes it very hard to get motivated.  Hopefully something will change so that I can get motivated but at this point I just want a vacation.

What do you do when you need to get motivated to work on something like school?  I am open to any suggestions I can get at this point.

My return to blogging…and school!

Sep 10

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Hey everybody!

Sorry it has been so many months since I have blogged on here!  After Battlestar Galactica ended, I stopped blogging here for some reason and focused my writing skills on the Global Geek News Blog and the awesome tech news site TechVi.com.  I have decided to focus more on this blog because some exciting things are starting to happen, mainly I am going back to school starting today!

For those who haven’t heard, I am one of the few students out of thousands of applicants to get into the brand new online school University of the People.  I am looking to finish getting my Computer Science degree after having been out of school for just over 2 years.  Just a quick little bit about the school, it is a tuition free institution that is open to anybody around the globe that speaks English and it is focused on the social networking angle of education.  Right now it is only for those seeking a computer science degree or a business degree but they look to expand in the future.  Anyway, since they are a new school who is opening its doors for the first time today and is very different from any school ever created, I am going to blog every bit of my experience on here.  I don’t know if I will have daily updates about it, but I expect to have some updates at least once or twice a week among everything else that I plan on blogging about.

Speaking of things I plan on blogging about, I have decided that I am going to shift the focus of this blog slightly and make it about everything that is on my mind that doesn’t fit anywhere else that I write.  Everything from a cool YouTube video I have seen to my rants about the idiot construction workers that make my commute a nightmare, I am going to be putting it on here.  Some posts will be long, some will be short but I want this to be an uncensored place where I can put everything that is going on with me and my thoughts about the world around me.  I can’t promise I will post everyday because my life is already hectic as it is without school, but I will do my best.  I am hoping to juggle all of my current projects and hobbies while going back to school but I don’t know just how successful I will be with that.

Since I am very tired and need to go to bed, I will save some updates on things like my podcasts until the next post which should come sometime in the next 24 hours.  There is a lot to talk about and catch everybody up on so stay tuned!  One last thing, although I do know that the BSG movie, The Plan will be out on DVD before it airs on TV, I still plan on live blogging the tv airing for those who are still interested since I promised to do it when the show ended earlier this year.

Things to start picking back up this week

Mar 10

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Greetings everybody!

I am sorry for not posting on any of my blogs or podcasts in the past week.  Things have been a tad busier than usual.  After today, things should calm down and get back to normal.

That said, I am really wishing I had gone to SXSW.  From what I have read on Twitter, it seems to be tons of fun.  I really need to try to go to some conferences other than sci-fi conventions.

I have to retake my Cisco practical final today.  I started to take it on Wednesday, but the switches and routers weren’t preconfigured as they were supposed to be, so I  have to take it again tonight.  I still have to do the setup stuff myself, but I have a little more time tonight as I had to leave early on Wednesday for a family event.  I should have had time to complete it on Wednesday had things been setup the way they should have.  I am trying not to dwell on it as it does no good.  I am lacking in time tonight, but now that I know more of what to expect, I should be able to get things done in time.

Expect a blog post on the Global Geek News blog today and I will likely spend the rest of the day before class trying to get my Geek Podcasting Network website finished.

Back tomorrow!

-pcnerd37

Another semester of school

Jan 14

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I start school again tonight.  Time to continue working on my Cisco CCNA cert.  I passed the CCNA voucher exam last night, so that is one less thing to worry about.

Speaking of productive activities, the podcasts will pick back up today or tomorrow.  I took last week off after feeling the itch to spend it programming.  Global Geek News should be recorded late this evening while Geek News Daily is ready to go if I have the chance to record today.  Otherwise it will go up tomorrow morning.

I am also refreshed with several new blog ideas, so expect new blog posts on the Global Geek News blog about topics such as why vista will succeed, how hd-dvd can survive and more.   I have yet to do any bargain browsing for this week, but I will also try to post on my Daily Deals blog as the opportunity arises.

Thats all of the update I have.  Depending on how much I have tomorrow, I will share my pants hole story.