Yet another block on the educational road

Probably, the block is only in my mind. Once again, at the 11th hour, I have dropped a course based on the online content. Business and Technical Writing was not a course I'd have chosen to take, but I thought that I could just take it and get it over with.

Wrong. The book, available nowhere except the University book store, costs $100--and it was co-written by the instructor. Red Flag #1.

The introductory material, for which I could earn 5 points on a quiz over said material, consisted of 15 items, the first of which was a slide show with narration that I began watching on Windows Media and promptly went catatonic. Red Flag #2.

The number of assignments for the semester exceeded 40. Red Flag #3.

So, in spite of my well-laid plans, I am going to be attending class one night per week at UHD Northwest. Philosophy of Religion. Perhaps it will help me get out of the spiritual valley of dry bones in which I am stuck.

But on a positive note, my dear daughter Mary leaves Afghanistan in just a few hours! Thank you, God!