School Bum

"School Bum" could mean a few things.

• The ever increasing size of my bum because between sittin' at work, sittin' in school, sittin' during the commute to and from either of those, and sittin' doing homework, there's not much time left in the day to move around as much as I'd like.
• A term used to describe someone who hangs out at school a lot (doesn't fit me though)
• A term to describe someone who doesn't know what it's like to NOT be in school (well fine, I had a few breaks here and there...but that doesn't really count!

Well let's see...according to my rough calculations, I've been in the formal educational system for about 23 years!  And like the Energizer bunny, seems like I just keep going and going and going.... Not necessarily because I LOVE school (although don't get me wrong, I thoroughly LOVE to learn).  I wish I had made some goals sooner and stuck to them, but despite those times of aimless wandering through the college abyss, I can honestly say I've had some good, fun experiences along the way, met some great people, and learned a whole lot about myself.

Right now I'm in the process of getting my spring semester figured out.
The other day I met with my academic advisor, I declared my major and minor, and he helped me plan out the rest of my undergrad courses (yes!), projecting my graduation in spring or summer of 2012!  I'm excited to have that goal to work toward.  If I can manage a bigger load (which is tough sometimes having to work a certain amount of hours to keep my benefits like health insurance and tuition reduction), then I might be able to finish a couple semesters sooner.  I'll be plowing through these next two summers and I pray I won't burn out!  I just need to get done because the goal is grad school....another 2 years of that at least.  So I'm going to be like 30 something when I'm finally done!

So I'm looking at the courses and I have to take a class that fulfills an "International Requirement" (IR).  There's a World Music class which sounds like tons of fun (but it really has nothing to do with my major).  Another one I'm looking into is an International Children's Literature course which is totally up my alley since I LOVE children's books!  Again, not related to my major.  At all.  Sigh.  I keep looking and find a class that fulfills both an IR AND Quantitative something-or-other....JACKPOT!!!  It doesn't sound too bad.  It's called Population and Society .  Oh...and I just came across Language and Culture, a linguistics course.  Shoot, that sounds cool too.....There are just too many classes that sound enriching!  It's gonna be tough to make up my mind!