Self:
On The Status Of Me
December 8, 2008 by Kyle BradyTags: Air Force, School, SJSU
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The decision mutated from "get my A.S. first, then enlist" to "get my B.S. and do AFROTC so I can be an officer" and then back to "get my B.S. and maybe enlist afterwards". Why? The answer is two-fold:
- AFROTC would have forced me to stay in school at least semester longer than I will be now, if not a full year. This is not good for someone who doesn't like school.
- As an Officer, in terms of software development, I'd most likely be managing and not working on the code. I want to get my hands dirty!
So what does this mean for me?
That despite my previous protests, I'll be back in school full-time starting January 21st at San Jose State University. This time, it's as a Computer Science Major, so I don't have to deal with hardware (yuck!), and it also allows me to graduate "faster" - December 2010.
I'm a year behind where I should be, and when you factor in the things I lost in transfer, I have alot of work to do. I'll be taking a full load every semester, in addition to at least one Summer Session over the next two summers.
But the good news is that this is the point where I'm interested in school. I'm dedicated and devoted to graduating, which hasn't been true since the tail end of my SCU years (Spring 2007)... not to mention that I'm finally at the point where my classes are interesting/relevant to me. I tried to do things my way, and I failed... but the economy imploding didn't help me very much either.
Finally, in Spring '09 I'll be taking the following classes:
- CS47 Intro to Computer Algorithms (Java)
- CS146 Advanced Data Structures (Java)
- MATH42 Discrete Mathematics ... won't accept my transfer credit
- MATH129A Linear Algebra ... didn't do well enough at SCU
- KIN69 Stress Management ... it fulfills a gen-ed requirement
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