Not a Student
Posted in The Life of the Historian and tagged with Reading, School on May 21, 2009
If I was a student, the semester would now be over. Amazingly, the semester goes by just as quickly for a non-student as a student. It was, however, a whole lot less stressful, especially these last few weeks. I had to withhold from grinning when a friend would talk about all the papers and projects that they had to do. I don’t wish these things on them either, but I know when to count my blessings.
When I graduated, I really thought that this whole not-a-student thing would be really hard for me. I’ve always defined myself as a student, and a good one at that. Turns out, I can learn just as much out of the classroom as in. I don’t need classroom deadlines to make me do the learning and writing that I want to do, like I feared.
I guess the biggest surprise for me as a non-student is that I don’t really miss it. Sure, I’m mildly contemplating going back to school, but that’s only because I would need to in order to be certified to teach, if that’s what I want to do. That hunger I once had for classes, I now have (doubly) for books, which I want to devour.
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May 21st, 2009 at 9:46 am
Books! Definitely a tasty treat!
May 21st, 2009 at 10:20 am
I’m about to become a student again, and once again break up my years into “semesters”. Looking forward to it!
May 21st, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I feel exactly the same way!
May 21st, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I still somewhat miss being a student. But if I could be a student again I would only take classes that fascinate me instead of “requirements”.
May 21st, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I don’t miss it either.
When I was working pre-child, I used to love the fact that when I came home I was done. No studying on the weekends, no homework, it was great.
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:50 am
I totally miss school and everything that went with it. I loved being full of potential, instead of being the person who’s trying to make that potential actually LOOK like something! But when I think about the reality of it, I guess even when I was in school I still felt like I wasn’t doing quite enough. Story of my life!
May 24th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
oh girl. i know exactly what you mean. even to this day when i walk through the school supplies aisle, i get sad. haha! isn’t that pathetic?