2.25.2008

just a little FMI (for my information)

Somewhat related to my last post -which was surprisingly popular, despite its length- I took my first final today and got a hundred percent!!! Woot woot! And it was probably the most boring course I'll have: Issues of a Consulting Practice. To tell you the truth, I've been enrolled for an entire year now and I've been procrastinating the entire time. It was taking me forever to get through this text. Don't get me wrong, it was informative and all, but after a while it started sounding the same and it just became a chore. Well finally, a couple of days ago I had decided that I had had enough of my ridiculousness and that it really was time for me to take my degree seriously. So I looked into what was actually required of me in this course, and all I had to do was a final! No projects, no essays, nothing but a 20 question open-book-if-you'd-like final exam! After whacking myself in the head a few times, I sat down and took the test in less than four minutes. Such a "Duh Beth!" moment.

Anyway, so now that that's done and out of the way, I went ahead and ordered my texts for my next course, Cancer: Prevention & Politics. I'm not terribly excited for it, just because I don't like reading up on legal schmegal issues (like with the class before) or politics. It's just daunting, as necessary as it is. Good thing I'm not the one being fitted as a lawyer! Thanks honey.

But I am really looking forward to the rest of my classes:
  • Fundamentals of Nutrition
  • Nutrition and Disease Prevention
  • Nutritional Therapies
  • Anatomy & Physiology
  • Enzymatic Nutritional Therapies
  • Nutrition for Women
  • Holistic Human Development I
  • Holistic Human Development II
  • Antioxidants
  • Weight Management
  • Plus 2-4 electives, depending on whether or not I want to write a thesis (yuck).
Nice thing is I was able to transfer my previous Biology and Chemistry credits. I probably could have had the Anat. & Phys. waved, too, but I'm really interested to (re)learn about the human body from a more holistic approach. Seriously, this stuff thrills me and I'm off to a good start (finally)!

So yeah. Go me! *B
ETA: I just noticed how much I used the word "really" in this post. Hmm, what does that mean?

18 comments:

  1. GOOD JOB WOMAN!!!! I just wanted to say if you ever need a guinea pig I'm your girl. Your are my nutrition guru.

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  2. Congratulations!!! Wow 100%??? That's amazing! :)

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  3. Way to go Beth! You will have to keep sharing the wealth of your knowledge with the rest of us.

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  4. B--That is REALLY good. (hehe)You are so ambitious!! :) WAY TO GO!

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  5. Congrats! and good for you!! I so want to finish my college classes and just need to it!

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  6. Huh, they call that grad school? A test you can take in 4 minutes? For shame.

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  7. Dearest Robin,
    :P
    Love, Beth

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  8. Way to go. Keep up the good work. Slowly but surely right?!

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  9. congrats! 100%?! that's amazing! i can't believe you have time for all of this! where did you find the extra house in each day?

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  10. Woohoo!! Keep it up! So you can then make me healthy and beautiful!

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  11. Anonymous8:23 AM

    Wow! That's great! Way to go girl! :) I think it is grand that you are in to nutrition! I think that I would have a lot of fun with that major! (if it wasn't so science based!)

    Hope you have a wonderful day!

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  12. I missed something (I actually have missed a lot of things :)... where are you doing your grad work at? I'm impressed at the 100%... that means you have a 4.0, way to go! Also, can I just say how much I LOVE your new header- BEAUTIFUL!

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  13. You are cute, I am excited for you. Your program sounds awesome. Glad you guys can make it tonight!

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  14. BETH!!!!!! you sneaky devil!!! THANK you THANK you THANK you THANK you!!!!!! You really know how to make a girl feel special.

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  15. Fun Fun! I would definitely like to go back to school some day but first I guess I need to figure out what I would want to do... hmmm... Well congrats to you for getting it done and good luck with it all, you ambitious girl you. :)

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  16. Anonymous8:20 AM

    Oh I'm so glad that you think Seattle is beautiful! It is a rare gem!

    I once heard someone say that living in Seattle is like being married to the prettiest girl in the world - who is sick 90% of the time! Haha! The rain has stopped for the moment... but the clouds look looming!

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  17. Anonymous8:40 AM

    Update: It's raining. :)

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  18. So you're taking these are correspondance courses? Which school/university offers them?

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You're currently in the process of making my day. So thanks for that! *B