NON-TRADITIONAL

NON-TRADITIONAL

With the completion of this final piece, I will satisfy all the requirements of an English composition class I have been taking this term. It’s been an interesting class, and I’ve learned quite a bit about the writing process. Some of the assignments have challenged me, and caused me to look outside the box.

The instructor made the classes interesting and worth showing up for. Although, the class was worthwhile, and will go a long way towards helping me in future writing endeavors, the most enjoyable part of the class was the make up of the class itself. Being an entry-level composition class, all of the students, except for one, were eighteen or nineteen year old freshman. If you have not figured it by now, I am the one. I am what is called a non-traditional student. What I am is a fifty-year-old LPN, who is taking classes toward a registered nursing degree. I usually take night classes, where the age of the students is more diverse, but because of some conflicts, I was forced to take some day classes.

It felt a little strange at first, but after a couple of days, I was just one of the class. As the term went on, I got to know a couple of the students, and enjoyed talking to them
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Next term will be more of the same. Another English composition course is on the horizon, and I predict that I will again be the elder statesman on the group.