Schoolin’

Book Buying Today

by Christine on July 22, 2010

I began reading (for the 4th time) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows but I just needed SOMETHING NEW. So, today I hit up Barnes & Noble for some new reads. I was told by a waitress at Yanni’s (my fave local Greek restaurant) that if I liked the Twilight saga and Vampire Diaries to

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Not Completely Over, But Close

by Christine on March 30, 2010

Today my group and I presented our BIG project in Systems Analysis and Design. It was a MONSTER … Final page count was over 150 and there were 35 PowerPoint sides in our presentation. Another group totally owned though – I’m crossing fingers we get a ‘B’ on it. Tomorrow I have two (not yet

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Associates of … oh not just yet!

by Christine on January 20, 2010

Today tomorrow marks the end of my last term at ECPI as an Associates of Arts degree student! I passed my Code Design and Debugging class and since that was my last class that means that I’ve qualified to receive my Associate in Arts in Computer Information Systems! This is a BIG deal to me

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Being Smart Doesn’t Equal A Good Teacher

by Christine on January 5, 2010

So, I have this instructor at my school. He’s a programmer by trade – not a teacher. He has a thick (Russian?) accent and likes to speak to students like they are dumb. He’s smart … incredibly smart … but when it comes to teaching he’s awful. Students at my particular college pay thousands of

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Get Your Kids Ready for College!

by Christine on July 22, 2009

I happen to know that as an “adult” college student – money is extremely tight! I couldn’t even imagine being a teenager straight out of high school going to college and also keeping track of my budget, feeding myself and maintaining a good grade point average. Any help that the young college student can get

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Flash! Ah-ah!

by Christine on July 22, 2009

Okay … had to take that opportunity to quote a Queen song. Sorry ’bout that! I just wanted to post an update on school and my classes this term. I am taking “Storyboarding for Animation” which is an introduction to Adobe Flash and basic flash creation. Our assignment today was to create a 468×60 banner

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