I am slowly making my way through the second lesson in my
Financial Accounting course at Penn Foster
College…emphasis on the word “slowly”. I’m the kind of person that isn’t motivated
by material in which I have no genuine interest, and Financial Accounting
certainly fits that bill.
I have been trying to immerse myself in this course and pick
up on what the textbook and study guide are trying to teach me, but I just don’t…well,
get it. I have also looked up some
additional resource online to try to get a grasp on this course. That has helped…a little. My concern isn’t so much being able to pass
the online unit exams. I proved with
Lesson One that I can pass those exams even though I don’t have a clue what I’m
doing in this course.
No, my main concern is that eventually I will have to take
the proctored exam in this course, and I will most certainly have to know what
I am doing when I sit for that exam.
Hitting the books harder isn’t an issue.
I’m hitting them now, but not much is sticking in the “skull full of
mush.”
Meanwhile, I am trying to rack up some more general
education credits by studying for the Natural Sciences CLEP exam. A passing score on this exam will net six
credits for me. That isn’t a requirement
for the Marketing program at Penn Foster.
I’m looking ahead to my bachelors degree, and I will need the science
credits. I hope to take this exam at the
end of April.
I’ve been studying the “Cracking the CLEP” study guide, as
well as a great web site I found at Biology4Kids.com. Yes, the web site is for kids, and there are
links to similar sites about astronomy, chemistry, Earth Science and
physics. The reason I like these sites
is because it covers all the info that will show up in the Natural Sciences
CLEP exam, but it is explained in the simplest way possible. If you have problems grasping the concepts of
cell function or cell structure, you won’t find a better resource which
literally explains it so a 10-year-old would understand it.
Besides, it’s more fun than Financial Accounting.