I recently completed Psychology of the Internet, the class I'm currently enrolled in for my master's degree in Human Relations from Oklahoma University. I actually had enrolled in the class last summer before I knew I was deploying to Iraq. I was able to complete about a third of the course before I deployed.

I had been hoping to have enough internet access in Iraq to be able to keep up with the class work, since it was an online course. However, the deployment process was too unsettled and I just couldn't get to a computer consistently for about a month. By the time I had arrived in Numaniyah and had solid internet access, I was too far behind in the course to finish up that term.

The teacher graciously allowed me to pick the class up where I had left off for the spring term. I can't express how grateful I am to Prof. Dawson for her flexibility and understanding while I've been deployed. There's no way I could have finished this course up without her making it possible.

I recently finished my final paper for the term - "An Examination of Home Network Security" - and received an A on the paper and an A overall for the course. My goal is to take my last course and my comprehensive exams next spring and finally graduate. It's been a great program and I've learned so much from it, but I'll be glad to be done all the same