Grade Day!

 School is done for this semester and I actually survived with my hair intact, lol! I thought that accounting class was going to be the death of me but miraculously I managed to pass it.  Here are my grades:

Essential Mathematics - "B"
Business Communication - "B"
Office Computation - "A"
Word Processing - "A"
Success and Study Skills -"A"
Sales and Advertising - "A"
Business Law I - "A"
Payroll Accounting - "C"

How's that, lol!  I am so happy to be done and now I look forward to next semester....my last semester at community college.  I have to say that I am really excited to be in the homestretch here, lol, it's been an interesting experience.  Oh, I almost forgot to tell you how I did in the contest for "king" at my community college.  I got second place in this, but I did win the "Mr. Academic" award for having the highest G.P.A. among the male contestants.  I got a plaque for that, along with a trophy, a rose, and also a Christmas present (each of us contestants got one).  It's been an exciting school year so far, I hope next semester is just as good.

Now that my brain can rest for the next couple of weeks, I can concentrate on doing some Christmas shopping and just relaxing.  My job at Burger King is still as crazy as usual.  It was especially crazy this past weekend when we were offering "Buy one whopper, get one free" deal.   Ugh, it was totally insane with people mostly ordering whoppers all night long.  I can't say that this weekend will be any better because we are running another offer...."Free fries Friday".  People will be scrabbling to get all the free fries they can get...such insanity! 

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Tearing my hair out....almost!

No, lol, I didn't really tear out my hair, but I might as well have done it during my Payroll Accounting test....I think I might have accomplished more.  This class has been my most frustrating class of all but I am so happy it is my last accounting class.  I'm sure I can safely say that I will NOT be getting a job as an accountant.  Thankfully I am doing well in my other classes and will be getting some last minute projects done in the next few days.  Final exams will be next week so everything is winding down for this semester.  I can't believe this semester is already all but done, I guess time really flies when you're having fun, lol.  Next semester will be my last semester and I will graduate from community college next May!  There is lots to be done soon.....apply to a four-year college for next Fall, send in transcripts, apply for a summer job, send in references for that, apply for financial aid for next Fall, apply for a scholarship, and write an essay for that scholarship.  Sounds like a lot to do but at the same time it is all very exciting.  Speaking of excitement, tomorrow I will be going with my family to a Christmas parade in the next town over from us, then next Saturday we'll be going to the parade here in town.  I am looking forward to some fun.....and candy, lol!

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Voting day...will I win?!

It's voting day at my community college, both today and tomorrow.  I am running for "king" of my community college, and of course, there are two girls running for "queen" of the community college.  My weekend was already crazy with getting a paper done and doing accounting homework.  But I also had a speech to put together along with practicing my piano performance (for the talent portion of the competition).  In my speech, I had to say why I felt they should vote for me .  It all went really well, although I have to say my competitor did a good job with his talent performance too....so the competition is fierce, lol.  One of the girls running for "queen" is a classmate of mine, so I voted for her.  I have to say that it felt kind of weird voting for myself, lol .  Now that is done and I can relax and wait........they will announce the winners next week......this will be a long wait, lol.

In the meantime, I have about two weeks of school left and I will be done with this semester.  Of course there are still a few last minute assignments to do.  I have to present my memo report and Powerpoint presentation in my Business Communication class tomorrow.  I also have a resume and cover letter to do for the same class.  There will be a test in Payroll Accounting this week, hopefully I should do alright on it.....although I did get a 100% on my continuing project for this class .  I also have a test in two other classes, Math and Sales/Advertising.  Then there is another quiz coming up plus I have a portfolio to put together for another class.  Phew!  Will I survive the next two weeks?  Lol!

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Keeping busy

It's been two weeks since I last posted, lol, so I figured it's about time I get an entry made .  Things have been very busy for me around here with schoolwork during the week and my job on the weekends.  It's another week and a half before I go on break from community college, so I will be trudging along until then.

Things at my job have been very busy, but that seems to be the way it goes during hi gh school football season.  Once the game is done, people swarm to Burger King for an after-game meal.  That makes the drive-thru become non-stop with customers .  On top of that I came down with a bad cold, so it was not easy to focus on my job or schoolwork.  There really was no way for me to stay home from work, they don't let you just call in sick.  You have to have a doctor's note to say that you cannot work.....kind of hard to get to a doctor on the weekend when I got sick .  Along with this, because I was sick, I forgot to complete an online quiz for my Payroll Accounting class.....sigh.  And since I didn't do the quiz it gave me a grade of "0".  But unfortunately, the teacher said I could not make up the quiz, that is just the school policy.  Even if you miss coming to a class due to illness, you cannot make-up the quizzes.  I am not sure why it's that way, unless it is a way to keep people from cheating on quizzes (since fellow classmates would know what is on the quiz).  She felt kind of bad because she knew I was sick and it could not be helped.  But thankfully the lowest grade in the class will be dropped, so obviously this will be the grade that gets dropped.  That is good because, so far, I have a "B" in this class .

My math has been going pretty well, at least until this last lesson related to Geometry.  I thought I had it all figured out right, I did the homework correctly.  But when I took the test it seems I didn't do so well.  Time to re-group, lol, especially since my next section is related to pre-algebra.  Along with all of this, I've had the usual tests and quizzes and have managed to do firly well on them.  But I have two on-going projects, one for "Success and Study Skills" and the other one for "Business Communication".  The project for Success and Study Skills involves putting together a portfolio of your academic plan, your short-term goals, your long-term goals, the results of learning evaluation, samples of your school work, etc.  I have the needed three-ring binder, sheet protectors, and tab divider, along with some of the paperwork I have to put in it.  I just need to slow down long enough to get it done, lol.  I also have a paper to write for this class too.  For Business Communication, I need to do a report on Burger King  and also put together a Power Point presentation on it.  This is due by this Thursday so I need to get on this today.  Later, after Thanksgiving break, we all have to present our report and Power Point Presentation.  Soooo, as usual, I have a load of work to do.  But then, that's college work for you, definitely more to it than what you see in high school.

See you later!
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