Self Generated #3 Thoughts on Condensed Classes

   The topic for our assigned entry was Arizona State University offering a shorter class schedule, seven weeks instead of the traditional semester. I have taken two of the shorter summer courses. English for the first summer session, and Psychology for the second session. The classes went by very quickly and I found the shorter course a very good alternative to the regular semester. However, I would not recommend taking a challenging class in an abbreviated time frame. I will always require the full sixteen weeks of any Algebra class. I shudder to think of taking a more condensed course. The sixteen weeks seem rushed to me. It's like going down a waterfall in a kayak, only more frightening. Even with the help of Khan Academy, I had trouble remembering the formulas and applying the correct one to the problem.
   I continued my education after a hiatus of three decades. (Yikes!) My greatest fear was overwhelming myself. I started out slow, and was comfortable with going back to school. When it came to the shorter condensed summer sessions, I chose to take them one at a time. The only time I felt overwhelmed was the first week of English. It was after I realized that I had done the whole weeks homework in one night when I began to feel less stressed about the time frame of the class. Now the homework of the regular classes seems to be a breeze.

   Algebra will remain my challenge, but I will not give up, I am determined to understand it. On the scales of importance to me, Algebra has a mass all it's own. A shorter course will always be attractive to me, in terms of time and money. Well, as long as it's not Algebra or maybe chemistry.