After a long Christmas break, the first day back at school is always the touhgest, plus it was made annoying by a unrelated things. My last exam was on December 14, 2009, and today (January 18, 2010), after a five week break, I'm back at school.
John Abbott College, like other C.E.G.E.P.'s, have a ridiculously long Christmas break; five weeks long. Just long enough that when classes start up again, waking up at noon has already become the norm.
To make a my return to a normal school routine a little more annoying, I found out that, because I only taking three classes, I had go meet with an academic counsellor. The issue was that I was not taking enough courses to qualify as a full time student. John Abbott's policy is that a minimum of 12 hours a week marks full time status, yet they also insist on four classes. I had to meet with the counsellor to explain my case. Since I also have bills to pay, I also need to work at least 30 hours a week, especially now after Christmas. The annoying part is that there is no consistency for qualifying as full time; 12 hours or four classes, it depends who you talk to. This lead to me signing a special contract to make the exception for me to take three classes, which add up to more than 12 hours a week, which full time anyway.
My first, only class, today, was Databases 2. We have moved on from MS Access, and beginning with Oracle Databases. Our main development software will be Oracle's SQL Developer, which luckily, also comes with a Mac version.
Now that school is back in, there will be less time doing this:
(p.s. That's not me, it's just a great shot of my home hill: Jay Peak, Jay Peak's Flickr Page)
John Abbott College, like other C.E.G.E.P.'s, have a ridiculously long Christmas break; five weeks long. Just long enough that when classes start up again, waking up at noon has already become the norm.
To make a my return to a normal school routine a little more annoying, I found out that, because I only taking three classes, I had go meet with an academic counsellor. The issue was that I was not taking enough courses to qualify as a full time student. John Abbott's policy is that a minimum of 12 hours a week marks full time status, yet they also insist on four classes. I had to meet with the counsellor to explain my case. Since I also have bills to pay, I also need to work at least 30 hours a week, especially now after Christmas. The annoying part is that there is no consistency for qualifying as full time; 12 hours or four classes, it depends who you talk to. This lead to me signing a special contract to make the exception for me to take three classes, which add up to more than 12 hours a week, which full time anyway.
My first, only class, today, was Databases 2. We have moved on from MS Access, and beginning with Oracle Databases. Our main development software will be Oracle's SQL Developer, which luckily, also comes with a Mac version.
Now that school is back in, there will be less time doing this:
(p.s. That's not me, it's just a great shot of my home hill: Jay Peak, Jay Peak's Flickr Page)
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