Grrrrrrr!
This is the sound of a normally rational human being (ie me) being reduced to a state of extreme frustration by bureacracy!
I've been filling in my online enrollment for a Massey University paper, which forms a compulsory part of the Mathematics Support Teacher course I'm undertaking for my school. Over the next 2 years I will do a paper each year which will give me 60 credits towards a PGDipEd (roughly 1/4 of a Masters' degree).
However, the fact that I trained at Cambridge University has caused them some problems as they are not sure whether my training is of a high enough standard to qualify me for their paper.
In fact I have spent 35 minutes on the phone to their helpline, and then a further 45 minutes completing their online enrollment. Not to mention a visit to school to photocopy the required documents and have them verified by my school principal.
Boy, you have to really want to study with them, don't you??!?
However, I've drawn on my Habits of Mind training. I've managed my impulsivity ("What do you mean, you're not sure if the standards at Cambridge are high enough for your course?" did not pass my lips although I was screaming it loudly in my head), I've persisted with their ridiculously complicated online enrollment form, I've paid attention to the details, I've even found humour in the situation (am I the Joanna Lewis who was born in 1921 who previously applied to them? No, I'm not!).
And now all I can do is sit back and wait for the wheels of bureaucracy to turn. And send them the documents they are asking for: birth certificate, passport, residency certificate, change of name documents ie divorce certificate, degree certificate, academic transcript, NZQA assessment of qualifications and a current CV. Oh and the application form and photo for a student ID card. Oh and the payment of $1500 which will be partly be reimbursed by the Government and partly by my school.
I can't wait to see what the paper actually entails- it can't be harder than the enrollment process, can it??!?
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