why take classes online?

September 10, 2007

this semester in the ungodly long journey of my college career towards becoming a teacher, i decided to take my classes online after changing schools and finding out that all of the classes i need to take were offered online.  this semester i have 5 classes - math for elementary teachers II, biology, technology in the classroom, developmental psychology II, and geography.  before i started i was wondering how biology was going to work since it includes a lab, but it has been cool because the labs are just written assignments.  pretty much all of my professors have posted everything online for the entire semester, so in 2 of my classes i have almost completed the semester in just the first two weeks.  excellent!  i think biology is going to be the tough on this semester because it’s something that i really have no interest and i’ve never been good at science and math.  i’ll be attending western illinois university next semester, and i’ve really focused lately on what i want to accomplish there.  i’ve been doing the elementary education stuff, but i have also decided to get endorsements for secondary education as well as minor in home economics so i can teach cooking and sewing etc.  that is really what i love to do so why not?