College Workshop 100

[tinhuviel]

It went well today. No testing for this portion of the workshop, and there won't be any testing for me tomorrow either. The reason for this is I'm not planning on being part of Smart Jobs, which is a quick run through school and a major push into the workforce within 2 months. I am instead going with a curriculum, which requires transcripts and the taking of either the ASSET or COMPASS test. So I won't have to be at the college until 10:30 tomorrow, but I'm still going to Sparkle City early. My aim is to be at the One Stop Center at 9 AM to get enrolled in the WIA program, which will help pay for my schooling for two years. Then I'll go finish up at the college and get home before 1 PM.

There are two hitches in my Master Plan.

• Hitch #1: In order to have my schooling paid for, I'm pretty certain I have to attend Spartanburg Tech. This means no vet tech education until I'm in a better position to transfer schools and carry the burden of tuition myself. However, there is hope! STC has a medical technology program that sounds perfect. I get to play mad scientist and observe hideous human emissions through a microscope, but I don't have to deal with people that much. Also, the classes for medical technology sound an awful lot like the classes I'd need for veterinary technology, so I could probably transfer credits when I'm ready.


• Hitch #2: STC's Spring Semester begins in January and ends in May. I checked the Spring Break schedule and it's from 3 through 7 of April. This will be when I can go to England. February is out because I'll be in school if everything now goes as planned. It's a bitch to have to postpone this again, but I don't see any way around it.

I'll find out more tomorrow regarding my options when it comes to going somewhere other than STC. ::firm nods::

In social news, I made a friend at the workshop today. Her name is Sherleen and she's refugee from New Orleans. She was one of the many folks who were placed in the Upstate. Sherleen was a school bus driver back in NO and she's thinking about going into early childhood development as she starts her new life in South Carolina. The poor woman was frozen stiff this morning and it was only in the low fifties. This dude Steve bought her a cup of hot chocolate. I would have, but the ATM I went by on the way to town was broken and I had no money. Anyway, I told Sherleen if there was anything I could do, just let me know. She said she would like to just hang with me during all this due process because she's just really unsure of everything, being displaced and losing so much. I feel for her. So, I think we're gonna be buds.

On my way home, I was behind a car with a rear tire swiftly losing air. I honked my horn at the driver and waved them over, rolling my window down to tell them of their misfortune. It's always best to catch a flat early, so your rim won't cut your rubber. Here's hoping she could get it patched and move along without having to buy a tire.

So that was my good deed for the day. Back to your regularly scheduled program of misanthropy and Sithliness.

Comments

[voldsom]

Mrrr. We're sorry that you have to delay your trip again, but we're glad that your plans are all coming together and that things are moving forward.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

How is England in April? Lovelier than ever, I expect.

[voldsom]

It rains. *smiles whimsically*

April is nice. We really need to write a post about the autumnal weather one of these days, but yes. April is somewhat less cold than February.

[bayberrybush.livejournal.com]

You are so cool :) Your new adventures sound great actually. Yay for new friends and good deeds! It's uplifting just to know you!

Go get em, She Who Peers Into Microscopes!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

::blushes furiously::

I'm not cool, I'm a dweeb with issues. :)

[bayberrybush.livejournal.com]

LOL. Then we're both dweebs with issues, but has that stopped us? I say, No way! :)

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Nevah!

I am such a Nosy Parker

[durgablue.livejournal.com]

Do you think they might pay for the Vet. Tech. program at the Tricounty Tech. College in Pendleton?

http://www.tctc.edu/prospective_students/courses_schedules/majors_degrees/health_ed/vet_tech.html

Sorry to poke my Welsh nose into your bidness, I'm just so excited for you!

Re: I am such a Nosy Parker

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

That's where I'm looking to go and hoping to find out tomorrow! Rock on! You're so groovicus.

Re: I am such a Nosy Parker

[durgablue.livejournal.com]

Groovicus, not to be confused with the Roman citizen, Dia-betuss. heh!

I'm hopin' you'll have some other options open to you, mayhap non-trad student scholarships and Pell Grants.

Pell Grants saved my ass and enabled me to get my A.S. and B.A. Admitedly not everyone is eligible, but it's worth jumping through the hoops to find out.

Re: I am such a Nosy Parker

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I'll be jumping through every hoop made available to me.

I'm impressed

[janalyson.livejournal.com]

Those are two great careers! But I thought you might be the graphic artist type person, seeing all these creative pictures to which I look forward everyday. You multi-talented soul.

Re: I'm impressed

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Why thank you! :)
If I thought I could make a living, I'd definitely go for something in creative/graphic arts; however, there's just no market in this area. Besides, I need to learn more about taking care of animals since I have a herd of them.

[falkenna.livejournal.com]

Hmm, the trip is starting to sound suspiciously like one of those plans that goes horribly wrong.

Still, if we manage it, April is a *much* better month to come than November or February. Although it will probably be just as cold.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I love cold and rain, so I don't think weather will be a problem. :)