I knew I was feeling better when I went to an appointment today and was eavesdropping on a woman trying to convey the top 4 reasons why she should change from a hospitality degree at Parkland to becoming a registered dietician. It was fascinating, until she repeated her argument a third time and the man she was with still just looked at her like she hadn't said anything at all.
My favorite was where she talked about how a lot of the courses for hospitality crossed over with the dietician ones. (She listed gen ed requirements like a math and an English 101.) Then she said she thought she'd be able to handle the math in the sciences now as an adult so much better than she could in high school.
That statement hit on a fantasy of mine. I hated math in high school. A long time ago, I thought it might actually be fun to start in a basic algebra class (like the one I took in 8th grade and got a B and then retook in 9th grade after 8 weeks of getting a D in College algebra -- got an A in regular Algebra -- and two years later still got a D in College Algebra).
Anyway, I thought it would be fun to start over again and just work my way through Algebra, Geometry, College Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, etc. Just to see that I can do it. Kind of like losing the weight, it would be proof that I could do something that I thought I'd never be able to do.
And if I could do it -- giant confidence boost.
Of course, I'm not sure where she got her info that it would only take 4 more courses from her hospitality degree to become a registered dietician and that she'd make $90k... I'm sure my health educator at Carle would be completely stoked if she could make $90k as a nutritionist in this area -- and she has a master's degree.
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She must be confusing Parkland's dietetic technichian program with being a registered dietitian...and they don't really connect that much anyway, when I was more actively wanting to get my master's in dietetics(still a possibility) I looked into their program and really don't think it would help me get where I wanted to be... Was she talking to just some random guy?
I think everything you do in school is different as an adult, most likely your more responsible in general, so even if its a subject your not good at, your still probably more likely to study your butt off for that good grade. And for myself, I'm no longer ina rush to get to the bar (which always cut my college studying time short!) I say take a math class! But I love math...:)
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