Unit 3 Blog CM 229-03

Hello everyone!

I hope that you all enjoyed your thanksgiving, I was in West Virginia with my family visiting my in-laws. It was a good time, we got a new truck and let me tell you a DVD player on an 8 hour trip is fantastic when you have a small child. Well onto my blog:

I feel that being an online students has its benefits and setbacks. It is hard to communicate with financial adviser's and at times other students. I never want to have my point come across in the wrong way, I am a very assertive person and at times I can come on too strongly to those who don't understand what I am saying. Personally I love being an online student. It gives me time to spend with my husband and son while I am doing courses. I can sit in the living room and work on a paper while my husband is watching football and our son is playing with his trucks on the floor. Also, I am more of a self learner. I believe that I get it from being home schooled for my last part of high school. I seem to learn more when I can get in there and do it myself, instead of waiting for the other students to understand before I get to move on.

Creating a close class community is up to the students. I know for myself that I have made some good friends in this university just from chatting online or on facebook. Most people want to be in an online course because they do not want to deal with the other students or the pressure of making friends. I am open to everyone, I love chatting and having fun. It lets me know more about the students and how they like the online courses as well. So far I have a friends in Texas, Florida, California, and where ever Kathy is from LOL, I keep forgetting.

I wish everyone the best of luck and wish you all Happy Holidays. I am making a trip to California in a few weeks to visit my family and spend Christmas with my dad. Last Christmas we spent together was when I was 11, so it's going to be great! Then after 2 weeks in Cali were going back to WV again to go skiing!!!! I am so excited! Thank goodness for that winter break. Well I am going to go now, my husband will be home from work soon and is probably hungry so it's time to make some lunch. See y'all in class. :)