Seventy Percent
I decided to go back to school because of job dissatisfaction. The company I'm with offers reimbursement for approved courses. Unfortunately, the first university I tried took two months to get the reimbursement from. So, after talking to a co-worker who was looking at programs also, I went with a university my company had an agreement with.
I wanted to study data analytics but it wasn't available in the self-paced format. So, I opted for a general IT degree which would give experience with many subjects. I started in February of last year. I just submitted the last assignment for my current course and I have three more courses to go and then the final project.
It hasn't been a walk in the park though. I had to rebuild a database because my hard drive died & had to get a new one. Then I had to get a new computer because something went wrong with the one that had been fixed two months prior. Then the screen on my laptop went out because something got on it but I was able to use a monitor from work and I had to get a wireless keyboard because some of the keys wouldn't respond (which was fine because I'd wanted a number pad anyway). I failed the mock Comp-tia+ one course had me take because all the acronyms confused me. Found an app that gives you practice tests and questions but I still haven't passed one (too many acronyms to keep straight). And in my current class it took me two weeks to do an assignment because I forgot to add an entry in the system directory for the computer to pull resources from
All this on top of my constant overwhelming workload at work and sporadic stress at home.
But, I got into the honors society at my university and my lowest grade so far has been a "B" so even though my current place of employment doesn't seem to believe I am making an effort and doing things correctly, I am in actuality, doing something right.
I do not know what I will do once I get the degree but at least I will have more options in the future than what I currently have.
@Enthenia
Above all else you are persevering though it! Give yourself many pats on the back!!
Congrats on getting into the honors society! So impressive! Keep up the awesome work. You got this 💞💜