As many of you know, two years ago I started the UCSB Extension
program to earn my Paralegal Certificate. And now, I'm all done! Yup, they gave me amazing grades and I am officially certificated. It's very exciting, and the first time since Chris and I got married that neither of us will be in school taking classes.
Yippee!
The program, in general, was actually a lot of fun. I learned quite a bit, though I don't think I can say that every class was "worth it" but all in all it was an excellent educational experience. My favorite class was actually
Business Law because the teacher was so fun; she made everything about making money and was interactive and engaging. It was also fun because business students were in the class, instead of just other paralegal students so there were some new perspectives bought into the mix. I did a project about a business idea proposal, where I floated the concept of doing an "in home" nutrition session for people (specifically parents with teens) and got wild feedback from the class. So if this paralegal thing doesn't work out, I have a business model on the back burner ready to go. :P The only critique I got was that apparently I wasn't planning to charge people enough ... haha!
It's a little weird that college was
sooooooo much harder. You almost had to try not to get an A in most of these courses... however I greatly appreciate the fact that everything was modeled after working folks, so all the classes were at night.
The most surprising class was
Bankruptcy not only because I knew
zippo going in, but I was also convinced it would be horribly boring and in fact it was not. Again, the teacher made quite a bit of difference, but it was pretty amazing to see how ignorant I was about the subject that I think most people believe they at least have a general knowledge about. Among the other goodies were
Real Estate and
Probate.
So what now? For now I'm staying at my current job, though I don't want to limit myself. We'll see if any little fishies come to nibble, and I'm focused (as usual) this summer on paddling and all the other exciting activities... and will go from there.
Just so happy to be DONE! :)
