I'm behind in my statistics class. If you've been reading my blog at all, you know that this is a self-paced independent study class from the University of Florida, and you also probably know that my history says I'm not all that great at keeping myself on track in "open ended" course schedules. This became all too evident thanks to my experience with independent study classes at Louisiana State University. I thought that this time would be different, and I would be able to stay on track from beginning to end (particularly when you consider that this is the last class I'll need to complete my associate degree from St. Petersburg College).

No such luck.

I've successfully put this class off until just a couple of weeks until the class deadline. Fortunately for me, all I had to do was contact the university and pay a fee ($75.00) to extend my course deadline until April. Ok, so I'm temporarily off the hook, but I'm disturbed with my own continued inability to complete these self-paced classes in a timely manner.

So now I've got to put my nose to the grindstone and pick up this class where I left off. Yes, of course there have been some extenuating circumstances, but that's just another excuse. It's all on me, strictly on my own shoulders to make sure I get done what needs to get done. There's no doubt I can do it, but I have to hold myself accountable.

So I e-mailed my instructor and told him that I'd extended the class deadline and he was glad to know that I'm going to pick up my work again and get back on track. He was very nice and even asked if there's anything he can do to help me catch up. That was great. I don't think I'll be taking him up on that offer because it's nothing more than procrastination that's gotten me into trouble.

I think I'll go study some statistics...