Acronyms

Thanks to all my FMS (Fellow Mature Students) for responding to my blog. Thanks to everyone else who has responded as well. There was a suggestion that there should be a support group for mature part-time students, but I think you're right Christine, who would have the time? However, I would be happy to offer my blog as a virtual support group for anyone who wishes to comment on their experience as a "mature" student.

I was thinking about acronyms after class the other day. I must admit I was feeling rather overwhelmed. HTML, XML, DTD, XSLT, RSS, SQL... This is when I really start to feel that I'm geting too old for this. My brain does not want to absorb this stuff. For my Project Profile assignment I'm doing the Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus. Like every good government document, it is filled with acronyms. There's no way I can keep them all in my head! It takes me forever to read through the stuff, because I have to keep referring back to the definitions. It's like learning a new language every few months, with every new course I take!

Well, G2G (Got to go)!

Welcome to my Blog

This is my first time blogging, so I'm a little nervous, but here we go.
I'll be using this blog for FIS1311 assignments, but I also hope to share some of my insights about being a "mature" student. I graduated with a BSc in Occupational Therapy in 1974. 1974! That's probably before some of you were born. Since then, I got married, had 2 children, and acquired a dog. My career has taken me in some very interesting directions, but this is not one that I anticipated. I'm in my 3rd year at FIS and with any luck I expect to be finished in Spring of 2007. Atleast I'll have a few good years before I have to retire. Am I getting too old for this? Maybe, but in the spring of 2007 it will still be Spring 2007 whether I have my degree or not, so why not?