So...I started studying with the Open University earlier this year. The late start AA100 course (The Arts Past and Present) runs February to September making this pretty much the mid-way point.
It's certainly proving to be a challenge but I think I'm doing pretty well so far. I've done four out of seven TMAs (Tutor Marked Assignments) with the scores - 67%, 80%, 83% and 82%. In fact I'm well on my way to passing the course. I've enrolled to take A297 (Latin) and A251 (Archaeology) in the next academic year.
The friend who got me studying with the OU has sadly dropped out after being diagnosed as severely dyslexic. It was a blow to her but thanks to the OU she now has a diagnosis. Although it is perfectly possible for someone with Dyslexia to study at University level, she felt she couldn't continue at this time - who knows, maybe once she's learned to manage the condition she can try again? Mind you, she wants to be a children's author and six years of study with little opportunity to write wasn't perhaps what she really wanted after all.
For a while there I felt really guilty. She'd inspired me to study, I'd been a copycat and got my paperwork within 24 hours of her! And, just for a while, I felt as if I'd stolen her dream.
But I didn't take this on to be a copycat, to try to keep up or go one better. I'd never really imagined going to Uni, mostly because I never believed it could happen, but I desperately wanted to improve my life. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful to have a job and it's not that bad - but I have to get something full time in a couple of years or so...right now my options are really limited. I really hope studying will help. If nothing else it's making me feel better about myself and my situation.
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