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Another Sharp Turn on this Roller Coaster

   I have been in college working on my bachlors degree since August 2006.  Between then and now, my college career has been nothing but an extreme rollar coaster of challenges.  During my community college chapter, many of the hard bumps, turns, and steep hills of this roller coaster was my fault.  I had to push through my issues to successfully get out of there.  Near the end, I got my act together and finally transfered to CSUSB.  If things went as planned, I would be out in two years.  Of course, this rollar coaster does not become a straight away.  I had three major challenges.  The first is having to go back and take basic classes that my community college should have made me take.  This took two years to accomplish.  Very fustrating.  The seecond challege was myself.  I ended up having to retake a few classes due to the lack of motivation/intereet (two accounting classes).  This took more time.  Anoth...

The Hell of Enrollement

     I am deeply upset.  A week ago, I went through my education plan to see how many classes left I need to take in order to finally graduate.  Things seem real good!  For my major in Public Administration, I only need 4 more classes, and my minor in Environmental Studies only needs 2-3 classes.  I was excited.  Things had changed when enrollment for Spring 2014 quarter opened.  The availability of classes are terrible.  The majority of the classes I need are not being offered.  At first, the plan was good.  I was taking one class for Public Administration and two classes for Environmental Studies.  A few days later, when I go back to double check my classes, it seems that one of the Environmental Studies classes was canceled.  That pissed me off.  This morning, it was time for me to enroll.  I get logged into the online enrollment system, and noticed the second Environmental Studies class I neede...