A Bit About Who I Am:

          Hello everyone! My name is Robin Feuer and I am a forty year old mother of three beautiful children, who make me proud to be a mother! Because of them, I am currently back in school in order to earn a degree in Human Services.  Unfortunately, I had to drop out of college when I was twenty one years old. I need to show them that even when life throws curve balls at you, you can still catch them! Sometimes they will drop, but pick them up! It is never too late to do something you want to do. When you die, that is when it will be too late.  Every year, I was returning until something would deter me. The bottom line was; I became afraid to go back, because so many schools and professors were turning to computers to communicate with their students. I did not feel I would be able to catch on as well as I have. Had I known how easy this really is, I would have returned to college fifteen years ago! I am one of "those people" who prefer  an e-mail or text over talking on the phone any day! I guess I did all my talking as a teenager.

          So, now I am in my last semester at LaGuardia, and I am taking my last two requirement classes and doing my internship. I actually thought I was finished with my requirement classes until my advisor pointed out the curriculum changed when I took two semesters off. Because I love to write and need to learn how to become not only a better writer, but to write Creative Non-Fiction, I counted myself lucky.  So, here I am in the Creative Non-Fiction writing class. The only writing I have ever done was for my classes, letters to people, and I have kept journals over the years. Even my texts are long! I write my words out because I am afraid I would adapt to the shortening of words so well, I would accidently carry it over to my class assignments. I have heard of other students doing this. Ah, modern technology is not always beneficial, is it?

          I am a Human Service/Mental Health major. I will be going on to a four year college next semester. I hope to get into Hunter. If I do not, it is alright because then I would go to Queens College and explore the psychology department. It will help me in the future. LaGuardia was not my first choice, but because I just dropped out of school without signing out, I received all F's that semester and my GPA dropped to a 1.7. Queens borough Community College had rejected me and LaGuardia excepted me. I am actually happy it turned out this way, since I have enjoyed pretty much every class I have taken. Everything turns out the way it is supposed to in the end. I have learned to go with it and take things as they come. Fighting it, or getting upset does not change anything. All that does is take you longer to accomplish your goals.

          Speaking of goals, mine is to get my Masters in Social Work in three years. There are programs that allow you to do this. I am fortunate enough to have a great support network that will allow me to do this. Usually people my age, with a family, have to take longer in order to complete the courses needed to graduate. Anything can change, but for now, I am able to do everything I need to do in order to graduate. I count myself to be extremely blessed.

           Creative Non-Fiction is a truthful story that is written with a slight twist so the reader would be interested in reading your story. I enjoy history stories written in this fashion. I would like to learn how to write so readers would want to read what I have to say. That is why I chose to take this class rather than poetry writing. I am not a poetry writer. When I took Eng. 103 at LaGuardia, we learned how to write a paper for college.

         I hope you enjoyed reading this blog as much as I wrote it! Happy Reading! Robin