First day of school January 2015 Susan Fullmer ENGL 201 Sktech #4, The College Experience 3/16/2017 My Fundamental Transformation Concerning the Inner Self      Being 56 years old, and having returned to college after 33 years, I have been most interested in the subject of the older, non-traditional student.   When I first started back two years ago, I even started a blog to try and make sense of this most unusual event in my life.   Though I have seen older students on campus from time to time, I have rarely spoken to any of them.   Is my experience unique, or are we all going through a similar experience?   What I found surprising and discouraging, when initially looking for research on this subject, is that I didn’t find very much information.   The search words, “non-traditional student” brings up subjects such as, husband’s thoughts on supporting wives in school, students with disabilities, the needs of w...

Shimon Schocken link -  TED Talk, "The self-organizing computer course" Discussion Board post for English 201 - Non Fiction Writing Be a Mensch! It’s rather odd that I am choosing to write about Shimon Schocken’s, “The self-organizing computer course”.   I am so far from a computer-type-person that it’s not even funny.   I have The Zone (Boise State University's on campus IT tech support) on speed dial, and we are practically on first name basis.   So why would I write about how to build your own computer?  (The thought of which makes me shutter!)    Well, this gentleman, “had me at hello”.   “Self-learner”, “Self-study”, “self-exploration”, “self-empowerment”, “community building”, these are the gems that caught my eye.   Long story short, he surrounds himself with brilliant, open-minded thinkers, who don’t mind failing.   Dr . Scholcken and his team came up with something they called “Nand to Tetris”, which is...