Independence is my ideal approach to learning. While I’m working towards my bachelor’s in Engineering Technology, I’m doing it through distance learning and trying to pursue each chapter topic through as many online resources as I can. I’m in an aviation electrician apprenticeship that’s provided by the military in cooperation with the Department of Labor. I’m studying other languages and doing projects on my own to teach myself.

When I deployed to Iraq, I brought along a laptop full of downloaded books and some projects to keep me busy. Lots of stuff is available legally for free.

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Why did I really get a blog?

I’m about to step off on The Boat for a few months and they’ve banned LiveJournal. I figure nobody’s banned blogging so I’ll have a while before they catch on. I can’t be the only one on the ship writing all night and I’ll be doing a lot of it, especially since I’m on night crew.

The big Project to be done before I leave is to find a place to store my photos (hopefully on this webspace) and get a plug-in for the blog so I can put up all my pretty pictures. I’ve been in Yuma for two years; I have a lot of them.

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