I have written my Narrative Essay rough draft for the
English Composition course, but I have to admit: I hate it.
I don’t think it is quite what Penn Foster is looking for and the tone
is all wrong, so I’m going to start from scratch and try writing about
something else. I’ve come too far in the
course to mess it up now.
With that in mind, I came home to something of a surprise earlier
this week: a letter from Penn
Foster College. I haven’t really heard much from them lately,
so I really had no idea what it could be.
I thought it might be an invitation to sign up for another semester in
my degree program. What I actually got
was quite different.
The letter was from Penn Foster’s chief academic officer, who
informed me that “the following conditions prevent me from releasing your
current proctored exam and the subsequent enrollment agreement”. She went on to state that I still owed Penn
Foster College
two more exams…two more essays in the English Composition course.
Well, no kidding! I’m
currently working on them, and the third essay is actually part of the semester
final, which I’m assuming I write when I take my proctored exams. Actually, it’s a good thing that my proctored
exam is not being “released”, because I have not even submitted my paperwork
designating my proctor yet. My local
library offers proctors, so it will be whoever I can get to sign my paperwork
there. No problem.
I have noticed that since so much time has gone by since I
started the semester, and possibly because of this blog (OK, I might be kind of
paranoid with that one), Penn Foster’s communication with me lately has been
kind of…I don’t know…stern. Perhaps they
just realize that my semester is paid in full and they aren’t getting any
additional funds from me. The letter
ends by stating I need to submit my essays “to avoid further interruption in
(my) educational process”. Guess I’d
better wrap up the essays.
It’s too bad these blog entries can’t double as essays.