Ok, so I am working my way through my Bio class. The prof has added a section at the end of each chapter that requires me to translate words from Latin into English. So, dinosaur, for example, would be "thunder lizard". He doesn't want the definition, he wants the roots of the word. Prof says that "some outside research will be required for some words".
Um, actually, it requires me to buy a whole medical terminology dictionary. I was having a hell of a time finding the words he was asking for and finally emailed him asking where I should look. His answer was "You really should invest in a medical terminology text..." Like I don't have enough expenses as it is! Oy! He said that the text required for the terminology course I have to take would suffice, but I just borrowed it from another student/friend and I can't find any of the goddamn words.
ARGH!! So now, I have to order a text and wait some more before I can submit some of these assignments. I have 13 chapters that are pending submission, just waiting for me to find these fucking words so I can hit that "submit assignment" button.
Oy.
I feel very determined to just start cracking off these assignments and courses and get this thing done. My midwife Nadine told me the other day that she managed (somehow!) to finish the entire training in 2.5 years! She was in a similar situation to me...unschooling her kids, she had a newborn and three older children. Part of me feels compelled to just start doing it like gangbusters and see how much I can do...
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I think that you're amazing!! I have one eight month old and one ten year old and I'm overwhelmed! I long to become a more profitable doula and possibly someday a midwife. I run into SO many walls every day!! Like, paying the rent!!!! But, through all of your "oy's" .....I want you to know that someone thinks your kicking ass and taking names....and is even a little bit jealous of your struggles. PS I don't even have the courage to unschool my ten year old and have ALWAYS wanted to!!!!!!!
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