Extra Credit

Starting the class I was more then a little hesitant, for many reasons. The main one is I hate taking night classes. Taking classes at Ryerson only emphasizes to me how much time I wasted as an undergrad at UWO. I had copious amounts of free time and all I did was bitch about was how busy I was. I have learned my lesson. It's been a lesson taught by dragging my ass down to Ryerson after usually a 10 hour day at work to sit and listen to a lecture for 3 hours.

Thankfully I have made an effort to find good teachers and Philip seems to be one of them. So back to the point: I am already tired, stressed and hungry before I even sit down in the classroom. Not always conducive to good learning.

Then I missed the first class. All through 4 years of Uni I skipped 5 classes. (this is not including a math class. that is exempt from all counts of anything there, as it has been dutifully repressed in my memory) These were usually to expand my weekend. Missing classes makes me feel like I have missed out on something important. I spend the rest of the semester feeling left behind. But Bossman said that I better finish off the certificate with only 2 courses left or I can re-think vacation time. Also, missing the first class was my fault as I procrastinate on EVERYTHING.

This is all just a meandering way of showing my mindset when I started this class. It changed with:

a) a great and enthusiastic teacher

b) a great and enthusiastic teacher who gives out treats

c) a great and enthusiastic teacher who contemplated giving extra credit for starting a blog about the class.

I have been pondering choice c) for a while. I graduated with an English Literature degree that has been put on a shelf to collect dust for a career that while asks that I write, has mostly just required nothing longer then an email. Writing is a skill and a tool that gets rusty with use and I need to pick it up and play with it again.

I could wait and ask Philip what he requires from me regarding the blog for HIS course that HE is marking but if E-Marketing has taught me anything so far, the power of the internet sits in the power of the consumer. I'm just going to use this as I wish for the time being.* Mostly it will be a critique about the topics we cover and anything else I find interesting. I expect this to morph into a personal blog but we'll just see how dedicated I am once class is over.

*Unless Philip wants it another way. He is the one giving grades!