Day Before Classes

Today is Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday. School is out across the state of IL for observance of this historic event. While I have spent the day doing things that are less than reverent, I have been enjoying a day off from work. It is also the last day before diving into my final semester at UW-Madison. Startint tomorrow, I will begin Day 1 of three graduate classes. Foolish? Perhaps. But it is time to finally be done going to school on a regular basis. I want to be able to fully focus on work, and having to split my time between being the teacher and the student does not allow me to stay in a professional frame of mind.
This blog will be my rants, raves, and comments on the last three classes of my graduate career. I started blogging just last semester, for another grad class. While I sincerely doubt anyone will be following this, maybe someone will stumble upon it and we will be able to commiserate together about classes. Any suggestions people have to help me survive this will be appreciated.
School has never been easy for me. K-12 I struggled to get decent grades; community college was much better in general, but I still had to work hard; undergraduate university was a rebound to high school and graduate university has been horrendous. Even though the grades have been acceptable, I am wearing myself down to nothing trying to keep teachers, administrators and family members happy. This has not been an enjoyable experience, needless to say. Lots of people around me tell me that it will be worth it in the end. I certainly hope they are right; at the moment, it is just another round of trying to please people and play the game.
In the meantime, I will be blogging about my experiences in my final semester. Tonight I will go to sleep knowing I have just one more semester to go before I can spend my time building my life, instead of my portfolio.