10th Grade Done Differently

Although I would definitely prefer soaking up the sun in Zanzibar without the worry of an English essay or Social Studies project due tomorrow, I can’t really complain because, well, I’m still soaking up the sun in Zanzibar!  I owe the luxury of school overseas to University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Cindy, with Tech-Support (not a made up name).  University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) seemed like a good fit for me because my high school, Mercer Island High, had previously accepted credits from UNL and their curriculum was extremely similar to Mercer’s, so that way, I wouldn’t end up behind my classmates when I return next year.  However, the similar set of courses offered at UNL didn’t stop me from signing up for some new stuff that Mercer Island couldn’t offer me.  I took the courses below…

 

1.0 Credits Third Year Spanish (World Language)

0.5 Credits Biology 1 (Lab Sciences)

0.5 Credits Biology 2 (Lab Sciences)

0.5 Advanced Algebra 1 (Mathematics)

0.5 Advanced Algebra 2 (Mathematics)

0.5 10th Grade English 1 (English)

0.5 10th Grade English 2 (English)

0.5 World History 1 (Social Studies)

0.5 World History 2 (Social Studies)

0.5 Entrepreneurship (Career and Tech Ed)

0.5 Everyday Etiquette (Career and Tech Ed)

 

Believe it or not, registering for UNL and talking with Cindy wasn’t even the hardest part about the whole thing.  TEXTBOOKS.  Yeah.  As much as I would like to get huge biceps, somehow lugging around 30 pounds of textbooks didn’t seem too convenient.  So, my mom and I did a little research.  My first stop was Chegg.com.  It seemed promising because they offer a decently wide selection of virtual textbooks, but, of course, the textbooks required for my courses at UNL were not part of that wide selection.  So I moved on.  That’s when I stumbled upon BlueLeaf.com.  They offer a service in which you can ship textbooks to them and they will scan the books for you and send them back in an electronic format.  Convenient!  All I did was rent the books off Chegg and send them to Ballwin, Missouri.  I loved it because I barely had to do anything and it was only slightly more expensive then buying the real deal books off of UNL’s website.  So now instead of filling my suitcase to the brim with 30 monolithic pounds of solid book (half of which I won’t end up reading anyway), I just have to carry a slim iPad mini around with me (0.68lbs).

 

Currently, I’m waiting for BlueLeaf to finish scanning the textbooks, and continue to procrastinate on starting Spanish.