49 Days!

There are 49 days until graduation...GRADUATION!!! How did the last two years fly by so fast??? Oh, I know...taking a full load pretty much every semester, and I haven't taken a semester off since I started back in fall 2007. Yes, that means that my past two summers have been filled with text books, studying and exams. YUCK! Next summer, will be completely different. :)

Time for a Self-Pep-Talk:
You've come so far over the last few years. Remember when you were younger and you never thought that school would be a part of your life again. That that break you took in 2001 actually was permanent. And that you would never be able to finish school like you had always wanted. Well, there is no need to worry about that anymore, because you are here! The end of your bachelor's degree! And you've done it pretty well, if I must say so. Mostly A's and B's with a few random C's throughout the journey. In the end, though, the grades and the GPA won't matter once you get that well-deserved diploma. Congratulations, you're about to be a college graduate!!!

Now for a self induced push towards the goal line:
You know what you need in order to graduate. Of the four classes you are enrolled in, you need at least a C in each of them in order to qualify for graduation. Currently, you are not where you need to be in two of your courses: Auditing and Management: Executive Strategies. I know in your defense that you have only had a couple of assignments in these classes so far, but we can't just let this be okay.

You've had the auditing professor once before and struggled in that class as well, so we're going to lean toward an explanation that the professor's teaching skills aren't that great. How else would you explain why you've done so well the last few years and his classes are the ones where you end up with C's? So, instead of this holding you back, you need to try harder and put more of an effort in order to at least finish the semester with a C or higher.

Now on to Management: Executive Strategies. You know you're not management material, and that's okay with you because you don't want to be a manager. At least at the moment. And executive strategies aren't really your thing either. So, you already came into this semester with an uphill battle. Enter the new, YOUNG professor who wants to make a name for himself, and now you've got an uphill war. However, the silver lining in this course is that there is a group project worth 40% of your total grade, and it looks as if you've got a pretty good group. The only grade you've currently received in this course is only worth 10% of your grade, and the professor didn't seem to be too worried about it, so take some relief in that. Again, you need to try harder and put more of an effort in order to at least finish the semester with a C or higher.

That is all. You know what you need to do, so get it done. This isn't something you can't handle, you've done it before and you will do it again.

See you at graduation in your cap and gown!!!