It is finished...

It has been a while since I posted a blog. I had planned to do a couple a week, but my coursework for school really took a lot of my time the past few weeks. In this post, I am going to update my progress with class and will try to post another update about what has been going on with the rest of my life.

You might recall a certain individual who was hoping for a "B" in his class, but would be striving for an "A". I actually began with the thought that I might not even try to get the "A", but it turns out that I'm not that kind of student. I actually put a lot into this class, and I am so glad that I did. I received my final grade today. It isn't official yet, but all of my assignments are graded and the online grade book for the class shows me what I got. Before I get to that, I want to talk a little about something that bothers me about college.

Here we are working in a doctorate program. My thought is, "I want to put everything into the program and walk away with a degree I could be proud of." Apparently, that isn't the same opinion everyone else holds. We had one student who in the last week has submitted every assignment for the entire class. His view was that he just wanted to get at least a "B" so he wouldn't have to retake the class. I don't know what he ended up with, but a part of my hopes he has to retake the class. I'm not saying he has to get an "F", although I read his assignments and think that is what he deserves, I just think he needs at least a "C" so he will think about how important it is to do your work on time.

My second gripe for this blog, is somewhat closely related to my first. It is slightly different though. Here we are working in a doctorate program and some of these people can't write for anything. One of the assignments we had was to review another students final business plan and provide feedback. The plan that I read had so many errors on each page. From simple spelling errors that anyone could make, to missing citations, to fragmented sentences and numerous APA style errors. I am just amazed at how bad his paper was. Then I found out that he was an undergraduate professor for an online program and I cringed at the thought. I am not the best writer in the world, but I still try to make my papers seem very polished. I had three suggestions from the peer review on my paper and I corrected them. One of them was the difference in how it was accepted under APA 5th edition compared to APA 6th edition. I reviewed the other students final submission and he corrected two of my suggestions from the first page and didn't correct anything else. I had even done track changes in Word, so he could have just accepted my changes and then addressed anything I had mentioned in a comment to the side. Nope, that was too much for him to do.

Needless to say, I think some of the students in my program need to go back through undergraduate and graduate school again. I don't want them tarnishing the name of my school with their inability to write or even follow the assignments. That is a whole other gripe that I am not going to subject you to in this posting.

So, now that I have griped, I can get back to the point of this blog: my final grade. The results are in. America has voted and Adam you are safe. You received an "A" in the course. A 97 if we want to be more accurate. A spring board into the final four classes of my coursework, all in my concentration. As for this class, it is finished.