So I am currently taking two classes this term at Ashford University: BUS311 Business Law I and ENG 125 Introduction to Literature. I am getting ready to end my 2ndweek, and so far, things have been really good. Business Law I is definitely a work load. This week I had 7 chapters to read. Luckily, the chapters are not that long and overwhelming. I take lots of notes and there are a lot of definitions,so there is a lot of writing involved. I also have a three page paper that is due today about Contracts and the legality of them. I have decided to use the example of when I first joined the Navy and I bought my first car from a private owner. We had an oral contract stating I would buy the car from this individual, and he was supposed to give me the title to the car so I could transfer anything. Well, after not getting the documents that I needed from him, I threatened legal action and finally got it. I now know that it is always better to have a written contract as it serves as better evidence to a case.
Introduction to Literature is proving to be a very easy class. I like it because this is the first class where I do not have to study what I am reading. I am reading different types of literature, some I like and others I don't, and I get to discuss how I interpret the readings and why. I like to see in the Discussion Boards how others felt about a story compared to how I felt. It makes you look at that piece of literature in a different light. So far, I have had the pleasure to read works from Emily Dickinson, Stephen Crane, William Shakespeare, and Robert Frost. I mean, does a class get any better than that?!
I can say that this term of doubling up has been pretty easy. This is my fourth time doubling my classes, and what a whirlwind that has been! Week 5 is always the hardest week for me because I have two finals to concentrate on instead of one. Usually my stress level is through the roof, and I am usually up past midnight every day that week. My hardest term was my last one. I was taking BUS 308 Statistics for Managers and PHI 445 Personal and Organizational Ethics. Just the workload alone for Statistics was extremely hard, then add the research and all the writing of Ethics made it almost unbearable. If anybody was thinking about doubling up on classes, I would advise against it with Statistics. Definitely put all of your energy to just that class alone. I worked very hard that term and very happy to report that I got an A- in Statistics and B+ in Ethics.