I didn't realize it going into this second foray into schooling, but apparently there is a little controversy behind extra credit. I've read quite a few articles from the perspectives of professors and students alike that voice a negative opinion of the practice of extra credit: from the student's perspectives, we are already busy with life and work, and having to take time...

The light at the end of tunnel can be seen! I am nearing what is to be the last semester I will spend here at the Junior College level, meaning that I can apply for graduation in March 2018 and participate in commencement with my degree in tow as long as I pass all the remaining classes in Spring 2018. I am very...

I came back to Chaffey with a lot of credits, and for some reason they decided to transfer in all of them even though I was only going to use the general education credits. This meant I was over a 100 credit limit, a limit imposed by a Student Success Initiative that was part of the California Student Success Act of 2012. I...

I am a true child of the internet. I remember when the internet was still not a thing and was more like a novelty that some people accessed sometimes, and I will forever have my first foray onto the internet etched into my memory. It was when Prodigy was still around (look it up) and we waited about 15 minutes for a Babysitter's...

October 21st - the date of the WriteGirl October weekend session - was a date that came up in a blink of an eye from when I first heard about it at the WriteGirl Mentor Orientation, and yet, so much had happened in the interim. I had moved, which sounds so simple but wasn't. I was now 40 minutes away from where I...

After saying sayonara to the disaster that was Friday night Biology-1, I decided that I wasn't going to waste my newfound freedom. An invite to train with WriteGirl had been sitting, starred, in my inbox for a few weeks, so I opened it and RSVP'd immediately. I had first heard of WriteGirl while marching along somewhere in Downtown LA during Women's March way-back-when. I...

As someone who works full time and also attends school full time (or tries to), I take every opportunity I can find to get the classes I need. My schedule allows for evenings and weekends, so I usually register for weekend classes if I can. Most of the classes available during these times are the basics: Psych 1, Sociology 1, English 1A, etc....

This week I had the amazing opportunity to return to CDE-3, Observation & Assessment for Child Development, as a guest speaker to students taking the class this semester. My professor was impressed by the Child Study Paper, as well as the observation records that I completed during my time in the class enough to invite me back, and it was an opportunity I...

The lives of non-traditional students are usually not what most people consider when they think of the Average College Student, but the truth is, the non-traditional student - a student who is above the age of 25, has delayed going to college or is returning, works full time, has children, or may be transitioning careers - is now the majority of most college...