You're Going the Wrong Way!

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

I'm going about this all wrong.

If there's one thing that Hollywood has taught me, it's that with enough grit, hard work, and the right soundtrack, I can overcome any obstacle.  Lesson internalized?  Check!  However, the lesson I need to learn is how to work better with what I have.

At the Super Bowl party this weekend (at which I won twenty dollars!  whoot!), a friend shared her favorite saying from her sons' daycare:  You get what you get and you don't get upset.  So, The University won't let me do what I want.  Deal.  There is time, now, before the MPH starts, during in the Spring and Summer quarters to pack away some extra Communications courses.  I can pick up the 4 or so remaining classes within 6 mos after the MPH is over. What's the rush?

(Um, Hi.  I'm Juliane.  Apparently we've just met.)

In the face of this bureaucratic challenge from The University, I could zig and simply go to another school.

Gary "Figgsy" Figgis: You don't go down Broadway to get to Broadway! You zig! You zag! 

However, part of the award from the Masters in Public Health program, much like an MBA, is the contacts and relationships that are created.  I'll miss out on that opportunity if I complete an online program.  

I should embrace the challenge I am in and not be so focused on the one which lies ahead.  How can I appease the administration while forging ahead with what I want?  Not everything I'm going to learn through this adventure will be taught in the classroom.  The lesson is in the journey, right?