Hello all! This is my first blogging experience. It is actually something I've wanted to do, but just hadn't attempted. So, I welcome it and look at it as a "bonus" learning experience.

I am enjoying this course thus far. One World: Many People intrigued me as a course topic and I don't think I'm going to be disappointed. I don't think it will be particularly easy, but then what would be the challenge in that? I've been out of school for....well...let's just say "awhile" now. So re-establishing study habits and skills is a challenge, as well as balancing it with work and home. But the rewards will be worth the work and late nights!

A geography class...at my age? I probably need it more than anyone I know. First of all, I'm geographically challenged. I haven't traveled much and stay pretty close to home. I'm aware of what's going on in the world, but I find it's easy to not get too intellectually involved. I'm not saying that's how I like it, or how I really want to be, but over the years of focusing on family and children I suppose I've allowed myself to isolate and let others concern themselves with global matters.

After scanning the coursework and reading materials I find myself getting excited as to what I may discover and learn. I am particularly interested in the chapter on Political Geography. So many things have taken place in the world over the last 30 years and how the geographic location of people define the freedoms they have or don't have is sometimes scary. Why is it necessary for our world to be so different in our governments? Is it right that 2 babies, born on the same day on opposite sides of the world would not be allowed the same rights and freedoms?

The chapter on Religion will also be fascinating. People's beliefs are something many would die for. Won't it be interesting to learn more about those beliefs? Why they have such a hold on people? How they differ and how they may be the same as our own?

As you can see I have a lot of questions. I look forward to discovering a few the answers together!

Thanks for checking in!
~~Teresa~~