I dropped one class 1-week after the semester began. Due to dealing with a family emergency I missed taking two class finals at the end of the semester. Fortunately, I had done well throughout the entire semester in those two classes so I still passed each.
It's really amazing thinking about all of the wonderful "things" GOD does in my life. Some professors wont pass a student if they miss the final exam regardless of how well they scored on assignments during the semester. Only GODs GRACE allowed me to earn an A in one course and a B in the other. I'm so grateful for having professors who had compassion for my family's circumstance and for not penalizing me when they had the power to.
Today, I finally picked up my degree (diploma). I did fulfill the necessary academic requirements to earn my bachelor's, but I owed a debt to my school. It's funny and not, that I just let "it" sit there in a file cabinet inside CSUDHs Office of Records and Admissions for almost a year. I figured it'd be safe there until I got to "it." Shaking my head and laughing out loud simultaneously!
No one can take my knowledge and education away from me. I will need the "official document" for some reason or another in the future, right? Who knows? HE does!!!
My document cost me $694 because I dropped that one class. I fell 1-unit below full-time status and was penalized by my school for doing so. Rules are rules, but come on all ready. I just THANK GOD for making a way financially so that "I can" now have what's rightfully mine in my possession.
Got credentials?
I do. It's not so much the earned document that matters. It's the steps involved and the lessons learned on a chosen path in order to accomplish a goal:
- Deciding "to do" something.
- Discovering how to do "it."
- Being proactive by taking the first step.
- Following up.
- Following through.
- Overcoming challenges.
- Believing in oneself.
- Maintaining motivation.
- Remaining receptive.
- Keeping goals in clear view.
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