My kind of schooling

I was just thinking about my schooling in the future. Again :)

My husband is getting ready to go to fall semester at UVU and I got really sad last night thinking of how I won't be. Not that I want to go to UVU, but I do want to be in school.

For those of you who don't know, my schooling life has been tumultuous, to say the least. I was always behind in elementary school, I failed a lot of math in middle school and had to take not only summer school, but a class where, instead of taking an elective, I would take yet another general ed to catch up. Then, in high school, I took summer school twice and was unable to take some opportunities because of my low grades (working at the space center and interning at the paleontology museum).

My first semester in college actually went quite well. Most of my grades were As. The next semester was the same way. When I look back on it, I realize that that was because I took music and criminal justice classes, and I took them at night.

Anyway, I transferred to WSU, where I did horrifically. I got good grades in my criminal justice class and my English class, but I failed the other two classes. This was because I totally dropped the ball though, I didn't study or do anything. So, the next semester, I ran out of money. I don't know how, but I had no money. I had to drop out.

Anyway, I took a break from school for a year and worked at SSI with my then boyfriend (now husband) and I had a great time. I was pressured into going to school for the Spring 2013 semester. Even though I didn't want to go, I agreed that it was probably the right choice. It ended up being the wrong choice. Dead wrong. It was the worst I had ever done in school. Even the classes I liked (Intro to Social Work and Intro to Music), I did horribly in. I don't know how, because I did really well on all the tests and there was virtually no homework in either of them. My teachers liked me!

Sorry about the long story. My point is that maybe traditional school just isn't for me. You know, I have never done well in school except for classes like geology and orchestra and I think that's because they're hands-on. You can see what you need to know or learn. I 've always done well in English too, but I think that's because I had really awesome English teachers - every single one of them.

Anyway, I'm thinking that maybe I should just forget traditional school and try vocational school. Of course that means I can't do what I wanted to do since Utah does not have a variety of vocational programs (it's all medical, legal, or business). Obviously, I'd most prefer to be a crime scene investigator, but there was a time where I wanted to be a forensic nurse, and that can be possible with vocational school. Same with paralegal.

That's what I've been thinking of.