Today's List (Day 7):
Blog Goals
Blog Goals
Hmm... I'm not sure if I have any blog goals. I sometimes say that I'm going to write in it more or make it more interesting (part of the reason I'm doing this list thing), but really I blog just because it's fun for me and I know there are a few people who like to read up on what I'm doing. Other than that, I just do whatever.
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Today is my golden birthday. The day started off as it should, with a thunderstorm at midnight. Philip and I sat on the porch and watched it roll in! I had lots of nice "happy birthday"s at work and the student workers made me cute little Disney-inspired and crayon-colored birthday signs for my office. Philip and I went to dinner at Fiesta and then just hung out at home. It was nice.
I can't believe that I'm 27. I never thought that I would get old, but it's happening... slowly, it's happening. I had a hard time when I turned 25, but I was told that it was a good number and I did have a great year. Turning 26 was fun because I was in England. This 27 nonsense, though... it just sounds old. I really need to not pay so much attention to the number, because it's only going to get worse and it doesn't matter anyway.
A bit off-topic and something that I feel like I'm struggling with all the time: Sometimes I feel that no one that immediately surrounds me understands what I do for a profession and why, or finds any sort of value in it. It's kind of a lonely spot to be in and also a confusing one. I started looking at the NACADA Journal issue that I received in the mail a few weeks ago and the first article is about making the idea of a liberal education relevant to students. I feel like I can proclaim to students (and my family members) that a college education is important for the reasons the article suggests (to develop communication skills, to enhance critical thinking, to enable cross-disciplinary awareness, and to prepare them for citizenship), but unless they all actually go to college, there's no use. It's one of those things that until you've done it, you just don't get it, and even then, you might not. I feel like if you're not inherently interested in learning and just don't care about the perspectives and experiences of others, that college really may not do anything for you besides give you a piece of paper that might possibly make you a better candidate for a job. This is something that I think about a lot, because I would like to assume that every student I help wants to be here. It's difficult to work with those that don't. It's also difficult to have conversation about what you do with people who don't value it (or even worse, think it's pointless), but I feel this is a struggle I will probably have my entire life. :/
I can't believe that I'm 27. I never thought that I would get old, but it's happening... slowly, it's happening. I had a hard time when I turned 25, but I was told that it was a good number and I did have a great year. Turning 26 was fun because I was in England. This 27 nonsense, though... it just sounds old. I really need to not pay so much attention to the number, because it's only going to get worse and it doesn't matter anyway.
A bit off-topic and something that I feel like I'm struggling with all the time: Sometimes I feel that no one that immediately surrounds me understands what I do for a profession and why, or finds any sort of value in it. It's kind of a lonely spot to be in and also a confusing one. I started looking at the NACADA Journal issue that I received in the mail a few weeks ago and the first article is about making the idea of a liberal education relevant to students. I feel like I can proclaim to students (and my family members) that a college education is important for the reasons the article suggests (to develop communication skills, to enhance critical thinking, to enable cross-disciplinary awareness, and to prepare them for citizenship), but unless they all actually go to college, there's no use. It's one of those things that until you've done it, you just don't get it, and even then, you might not. I feel like if you're not inherently interested in learning and just don't care about the perspectives and experiences of others, that college really may not do anything for you besides give you a piece of paper that might possibly make you a better candidate for a job. This is something that I think about a lot, because I would like to assume that every student I help wants to be here. It's difficult to work with those that don't. It's also difficult to have conversation about what you do with people who don't value it (or even worse, think it's pointless), but I feel this is a struggle I will probably have my entire life. :/
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