Limbo

Limbo. It is the art of waiting until the next phase starts to happen. I know that I should be enjoying my summer, but seeing as how I have no life to speak of I am more than ready and willing to start my career at Shepherd. I have exactly eighteen days before I move in the apartment and twenty- two days before class starts. Some say that I am crazy to be out of school for ten years and then have a course load of seventeen credits or the equivalent of seven classes. This is my schedule for the Fall 2009 term:

French I- Mon., Wed., Fri., 9:10am- 10:00am- Ritterbusch

Paranormal U, FYEX Class- Tue., 3:15pm- 4:30pm- Woodbrey

Math 101- Tue., Thurs., 9:35am- 10:50am- Wilson... Read More

English 101- Mon., 6:00pm- 8:40pm- Fejer

American Federal Government- Mon., Wed., Fri., 12:10pm- 1:00PM- Robbins

Biology 101- Tues., Thurs., 6:00pm- 7:15pm with Lab on Tues., 7:20-9:10pm- Corpus

Fitness for Life- Sat., 9:00- 11:40am- Graham


Overall I think that I have a killer schedule, and to make this even better I took the last open slot in French how awesome is that!? The only thing that I worry about is the Fitness for Life. It is part lecture and part exercise. See I am a fat girl and well when you are overweight everything and I mean everything becomes harder. I am just not able to run, play sports, and do high impact activities. About the only thing I can do is yoga, aquatic sports (I don’t know how to swim), and walking. I am going to try and get a note from my doctor stating this, but I don’t know if she will go for it. She tells me all the time to lose weight, and I agree with her, but I am not able to do high impact it is way too hard on my joints. I almost feel as if I am back in high school where everyone points and laughs at the fat girl who thinks that she is actually doing something. It was a horrible that I hoped to never relive.

One thing that disappoints me about Shepherd is that they don’t have any nontraditional programs. They have commuter outreach and I suppose they think that is enough to appease most adults, but for me it isn’t enough. With nontraditional raising school enrollment rates at an all time high I believe it is important to cater to them a little more than traditional aged students. Separate orientations with emphasis on work/home life balance, self confidence, and reentry skills are courses that should be available to all who enter. Perhaps I will write a letter to the dean of the institution, and maybe they will be implemented, but at least I will be doing something that I believe in. Maybe that is the biggest challenge of all.