I've Been Admitted to St. Edwards University!
Previously, I wrote that I was applying to get admitted to St. Edward's University under their New College Program for a BA in Public Safety Management.
During lunch, I received my confirmation. I'm in!
I'm meeting on Monday with an advisor to begin registering for classes and get some details arranged. I've got a lot of hours to take even considering the AP credit and CLEP tests I took when I went to UT-Austin.
I'm very happy I got in. I've been taking aim at public education since the beginning of this blog and I was uneasy about attending UT once more.
Time to be a student once again. :)
UPDATE 9/17/2004 9:30am
I'm going to post my progress down here.
My first writing assignment for A-NCCI 3330 Introduction to Critical Inquiry (Rene Eakins, instructor) was a belief paper on education privatization and it earned a 100. I didn't post it, but my second paper for the class was an article summary of "Is the Earth Round or Flat?" by Alan Lightman. I summarized with a bit too much detail, but still earned a 95. During my third class visit on Wednesday, I turned in paper number 3, an argument analysis of "Juvenile Justice is Delinquent" by Rita Kramer.
My first writing assignment for P-PADM 2320 Introduction to Public Administration (Rich Parsells, instructor) was due at our second class meeting, held last night. Each time we meet, a 2-3 page paper is due that "synthesizes" an article on public administration from a scholarly journal. This synthesis must consist of summarizing the content, connecting the content to the text we are assigned to read, and addressing any opinions found within. I choose "'Publics' Administration and the Ethics of Particularity" by F. Neil Brady.
UPDATE 9/29/2004 4:40pm
My argument analysis netted me another 95 in my Intro to Critical Inquiry. I turn in my position paper rough draft on the minimum wage tonight.
UPDATE 1/25/2005 8:31am
The fall semester has ended and I earned A's in both classes, so I have a 4.0 GPA at the moment. The spring semester has begun and I registered for P-PADM 3330 Public Finance (anther class taught by Parsells) and A-RELS 3304 History of World Religions taught by William Jaap. My first meeting of the former was yesterday and the first meeting of the latter is tomorrow. I'll make a new post to keep updated after that class.
Comments
From both us over at Somewhere over the Rainbough, let me say congratulations and good luck. So I get out of college and then you get back in. ;-) Just remember to keep agitating for the revolution. :)
Posted by: BilLee Miller | July 9, 2004 05:35 PM
Congrats. Keep those statists on their heels!
Posted by: Jay | July 12, 2004 10:03 AM
You're getting a degree in Public Safety Management?
What a dumb ass hypocrite.
Why don't you just print out your own diploma for Public Destruction Management.
Maybe you could get a job as Secretary of Iraqi Homeland Security. Move there now while property taxes are still low. But don't drop the soap because a Sunni might stick an IED up your ass.
Posted by: Yuri Dumas | December 8, 2004 01:58 AM
I have a feeling Yuri Dumas doesn't like my foreign policy suggestions.
Considering my political orientation, it would be hypocritical of me to get a diploma in PSM if I intended on earning a job on the government's payroll as some sort of "official" or "authority." I won't be doing that after graduation. The degree plan spells out a course that can be modified and adapted to any job calling for an emergency management manager, responder, or liaison...public or private. Or I may just move on to something entirely unrelated. Five years is a long time to plan ahead.
Hopefully Mr. Dumas will return with a more substantial comment now I've quantified a few things.
Posted by: Drizz | December 8, 2004 02:13 PM