Hi. First and foremost, I want to apologize to all my fellow classmates, and especially to
Ms. Hurley, for not paying attention more to our class schedule, and for not posting my
discussion by yesterday’s designated due date. This is actually my first semester as a
Distance Education Student, although I have been a college student off and on since 1995.
Like Ms. Hurley mentions in her syllabus, an online class requires commitment, maturity,
and time. So although I may have missed posting this yesterday, I am still committed in
participating in this class. And regardless if this receives credit or not, I would greatly
appreciate any feedback any one has to offer.
As a child, I would say I was like any child out there wanting to do those big jobs any kid
hears about: Engineer, Lawyer, Doctor, Astronaut, you name it. So I remember originally
wanting to be a Mechanical Engineer. That stemmed from the talent of being able to take
apart things, learn about its functions, and then, sometimes, put it back together. You
noticed how I said sometimes? Unfortunately, because I was still young, not everything
went back the way it should have, so let’s just say my parents weren’t too happy when they
saw a broken toy sitting in the living room.
That never stopped me though, because I always had an affinity towards learning about
how things worked, so in high school, I took “blue-collar” classes: drafting, electrical, and
everything and anything in between. I remember buying my first Metrinch set (a TV
