I didn’t do so well in my first few years of undergraduate studies. I went from a very populated section of southern Florida (Broward County) to Presbyterian College, in Clinton, South Carolina (population 10,000ish back then) a sleepy former mill town. Can you imagine the culture shock? Couple my shock of moving to a state where the confederate flag still flew above the state house with the overnight change of being a high school senior to a college freshman, and I was doomed. I made poor choices and had terrible study skills, and it ended poorly. I transferred to the University of South Carolina (the REAL USC 
)in the Fall of 1997 and spent a couple of years trying to figure out what I was going to do. I dropped out, and didn’t go back until 2002. I finally graduated with my BA in 2004. Well here we are a short time later and I am going back for a Master’s.
I’m a glutton for punishment.
At nearly 30 years old, I am certainly more mature than the first time I started college, and I am even a little excited. I am more organized and less interested in fraternity parties.
Here are the two courses I am taking to start off…
EDET652 – Design & Application of Academic Games
EDET709 – Application of Learning Principles to Educational Design
We’ll see! I’ll let you know how it goes. It begins Tuesday…
Hey as the “beholder” of two grad degrees from USC, and a third one underway, I wish you the best of luck. One of mine required a comprehensive exam and many classes with absolutely no connection to my real life day to day teaching experience, while the other was truly hands on learning at the application level. EVERYTHING I gained my second time could be IMMEDIATELY used. So far, this program (EDLP) has proven applicable in day to day school life too, though I’m going at this one significantly slower. I’m still chewing on the idea of whether or not I really want this administration degree. Mulling over the Educational Tech program, and wishing….