Professor Mohamad Thought....

During the years 2012 thru 2013 I went back to college. At the time, I was at or about 50 years old !! I took on a two year business technology degree, which, as it turned out, I completed in one physical year of time. I transferred in twenty credits and completed forty credits to gain the required total to graduate with a 3.4 GPA with an AAS in Business! So, well played !! I learned a lot - not only about the course material, but about college in this day and age. The people in college (kids) and some great Professors !!

One of the courses was about communication and how we communicate as people. It was a summer class and it was three days a week, two hours each session. There were some great kids in this class and a few very striking young ladies!! With all of that being said, this was a homework paper from that class...

Professor Mohamad thought it would be a good idea, for us as students, to exchange phone numbers so that we could form study groups !!

::at the house::

     So, Honey, my study partner is coming over tonight so that we can work on our homework. What time? Oh, about ten. After she gets out of work. What does she do, asks the wife....  oh, she's a bar tender.... college girl, working her way through life. Good for her says the wife.  The wife has to get up early and be to work by 7:30am, so she says she'll be asleep by the time my study partner gets here.  Nodding head, I say ok!

Wife gets up about 11pm to go to the bathroom - hears that we are still up so comes down to "meet" my study partner....  Honey, this is Cady - Cady this is my wife Melissa!!  Melissa quickly sees the twenty something chippy sitting with her husband, the awesome body, great smile and tremendous hair !! (among other things)

Wife says studying is done. Cady leaves. Jim sleeps on the couch, which is too short for Jim, Professor Mohamad wonders why Jim is nodding off in class?  Did you get your homework done? Nope. Did you get your reading done? Nope. So what is the problem?  Well, I exchanged numbers with Cady for a study group as you suggested, and now i need a lawyer....

::Evaluation of the Homework process::

Self Concept - not twenty any more!!

Self Esteem - absolutely tried raising self worth!!

Reflected Appraisal from the wife, not receiving supportive messages here!!

Social Comparison - well, the young guys didn't have Cady at their house - guess I'm doing pretty good compared to them!!!

And it looks like my Cognitive Conservatism is holding out pretty well, cause in college thirty years ago, I WAS all of that!!

Yup, good idea exchanging these phone numbers, wow did I cover a lot of learning tonight!!! he says with a smile on his face :)