Have you ever taken a class in college or high school thinking that you will use that information in everyday life? Isn't that why you take the classes you take? At $259.60 a credit, my three credit class costed me about $778.80. I am officially half way done with this class but these next few weeks are going to be a test of my patience.
When looking at classes to take for this semester, I still needed to fill a diversity credit. There were so many options but the one that really stuck out to me was Special Education in the Community. I figured since I had experience in this field that this class wouldn't be too bad. I was wrong.
One week in, I knew I had made a huge mistake. Out of my classroom of 40 students, I was one of two students that wasn't an Education major. I have never had any interest in being a teacher but the reason I wanted to take this class was because I wanted more information on people with disabilities in the community. Now that we are officially half way done with the class, so far I have learned that I made the perfect decision to not be a teacher. The challenge the teachers in my class are going to go through is going to take patience, lots of patience.
My goal at this point is to finish this class with an A, which is totally possible, and to stop getting frustrated that I just wasted $778.80. Is the money that I spent on this class really wasted? I truly hope not but unless we magically start learning about people with disabilities throughout the community, it looks like it might have been a waste. Nobody wants to waste money, and especially they don't want to waste time.
Take a few seconds and examine where you are in life and ask yourself if you are wasting any money anywhere or if you are wasting your time with a pointless chore, or job. If you or others are personally not gaining anything by what you are doing, really ask yourself if that is what you should be doing. Don't waste your time, its limited.
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