Organization is a life skill that one may or may not be taught a young age. I believe we all have it in us to be organized. Organization isn't a virtue, it's something rather taught and that can be honed.
Taking online classes is unique. You have to be organized. If you're not you might as well chalk it up as a loss for the class. I say this because taking courses online requires you to be on the computer at a certain time, submit assignments in a timely manner, respond to teacher, lessons, and peers every single day. Some courses are modified & constructed to help aid in organization others weren't. Navigating through these online courses, syllabus, lessons, web format, I realized the importance of organization. I learned how to hone this skill through compartmentalizing sections of the course, sections of lessons, sections of the conversations between peers / teacher into excel files, word docs, etc. This became a tedious task but proved to be fruitful.
Every course I took at Excelsior College had a degree of difficulty to it. Having and honing the skill of organization helped me complete each course with relative ease. Through hard work and determination I graduated Cum Laude in the Criminal Justice Master's Program from Excelsior College.
The silver lining in all of this was that organization gave me time. My responsibilities for given courses required me to be active on my computer daily & it was time consuming. Once I became organized I noticed I had more time. What would I do with this time? I ended up opening an eBay account and starting a few stores. I was able to complete my work and also have gainful employment at the same time. That's what we call a beautiful thing my peers. Organization gives you extra time and in return allows you to utilize that time to succeed in school / life.
-Adam Washousky
