So, I'm failing out of school. Seemed better to just outright say it. My defenses: online programs are not as easy as online colleges and school advisers lead you to believe. Here's how I think the conversation went one day:
"....But if they're online, they aren't learning as much!"
"Yes, we have to make sure they learn as much as in a classroom."
"NO. We must make them learn MORE."
"So, the foregoing of classroom activities means.....?"
"MORE WORK! Read 4 books instead of 2!"
"Yes, and write papers on all of those books, then more comparing them to each other!"
"And make them participate in 'discussion boards', where they must write the equivalent of a short paper EVERY WEEK!!"
"Yes! Excellent......"
(*some points make be exaggerated for dramatic purposes)
I admit, though, that it is mostly through my fault alone that I am in this predicament. The heart of the story is this: because I screwed up so early on in my career at NAU, I was placed on academic probation. Basically, that means I MUST earn a 2.0 GPA for each term until my cumulative GPA is 2.0 or higher. Here's the kicker: if I don't earn a 2.0 for the term, I am "academically suspended"--I'm not allowed to return to the university for at least one semester AND before I can return, I must submit a request and be approved for an academic reinstatement. I have to prove to some committee that I am capable of earning and maintaining a 2.0 or higher by providing past or current records of such (basically, my transcript from Pima will work wonders).
At this point, I'm almost looking forward to having a semester off. Though, it will make the following semesters hard as hell to keep up on (full-time online program = crappy). Whatever. I'm so tired of all the bullshit in the world, I just want to disappear to a far off island to live out the rest of my lazy life. *sigh*
But what can I do.......?
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