Past Present and Future

Part One: When I first thought about looking into going to school, going back to school was definitely not my first option. School never came easy to me, and in fact, when I was in school I was not the first to be in class, and I definitely was not the last to leave the classroom. I guess one could say that there was a part of me that didn’t care as much. When I graduated McClintock High School, all I could think about was getting a job so that I could save up money and move out of my parent’s house. I never really took high school serious, and when I graduated I never realized how important education was and is. It wasn’t until I thought about furthering my education and actually doing something with my life that I realized if I was going to amount to anything in the professional world that I needed to buckle down and actually start pursuing my degree or just education in general!
Now that it is the year 2010, I realize how even more important it is to have a degree from an accredited institution. The University of Phoenix just happens to be one of the biggest if not largest private University’s in the world. They offer a wide range of undergraduate degree programs for working adults such as me. The program that had my interest for the most part was the Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and I figured with my busy schedule that online would be one of the few ways I would be able to go to school. However, I didn’t realize how well I would do by going to school online. I always thought that the only way to really be successful in class was to actually be in class. I was very nervous and afraid that I wouldn’t do so well, but with the first class that is offered, it was more of an orientation class to allow ourselves the ability to get back into the swing of things especially if someone has been out of school for a very long time. This was a huge advantage as I did not want to just start class and then fall behind because the first class was hard!
At the time...