tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post3465345043650383312..comments2023-09-06T06:48:34.820-07:00Comments on Life: The Ongoing Education: Then and NowLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04389047861929002263noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-36904577711620446912007-06-25T19:09:00.000-07:002007-06-25T19:09:00.000-07:00Lara-First of all congratulations!!!!! What an ama...Lara-<BR/>First of all congratulations!!!!! What an amazing accomplishment and what a journey you have had.<BR/>I think that you are exactly where you need to be in your thought process as far as questioning everything and feeling like there are so many options. Enjoy that the world is your oyster and breathe!<BR/>Your are an amazing writer and person!Torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825584109550611401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-90448819681313981452007-06-24T15:21:00.000-07:002007-06-24T15:21:00.000-07:00lady m - thanks, lady. :)seth - i think they can w...<B>lady m</B> - thanks, lady. :)<BR/><BR/><B>seth</B> - i think they can write through the confusion, but i think the writing usually just leads to more confusion. i might be able to write through my befuddlement about one question, but in the end, how many more questions will i have asked? i need to learn to be okay with not always knowing every answer - with knowing that sometimes there is noLarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04389047861929002263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-53671754238917948302007-06-24T11:50:00.000-07:002007-06-24T11:50:00.000-07:00Congratulations! You put down your feelings in a b...Congratulations! You put down your feelings in a beautiful way. I had the same feeling at my MA graduation. I sent out like 40 letters to get a job, but didn't find a thing. Finally I decided to get another MA in education and now I am a teacher. I ended up in a totally different field than I ever expected myself to be, but somehow that makes life exciting too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-75470409418585623602007-06-24T09:51:00.000-07:002007-06-24T09:51:00.000-07:00congrats, from a stanford alum. sounds like you'r...congrats, from a stanford alum. sounds like you're doing just fine...polkadothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16240347480458703647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-26859463798358522102007-06-24T07:48:00.000-07:002007-06-24T07:48:00.000-07:00I find that when I try to plan out where I'll be a...I find that when I try to plan out where I'll be and when I'll go there, I run into wall after wall. But when I take small steps (meeting new people, calling to ask for references) and don't make any concrete plans, doors open all over the place. Prayer helps too.<BR/><BR/>It sounds as though you're wide open to any possibility. It won't be long before one finds you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-7802376680164740452007-06-23T18:00:00.000-07:002007-06-23T18:00:00.000-07:00I think that's something to do with life, or maybe...I think that's something to do with life, or maybe life as a 20-something, or life in the 21st century, or... Just my point (and yours - so good connecting post, then). <BR/>Everything seems to be more uncertain with every year. Occasionally I envy those people who just KNOW all they want and plan to do. But more often I'm relieved to not be "in" a box. And then I fear that's the point - I am so Big Sishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15131228968579714876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1354492562854309982007-06-23T10:20:00.000-07:002007-06-23T10:20:00.000-07:00Very insightful. I understand where you're coming ...Very insightful. I understand where you're coming from - i feel the same way about entering freshman year of college vs. entering coterm this fall. I think this uncertaintly that you're feeling might help you learn the most about yourself.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10283813487610530418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-49550028663179122852007-06-23T10:08:00.000-07:002007-06-23T10:08:00.000-07:00Here is the transcript of the commencement address...Here is the transcript of the commencement address given by the poet Dana Gioia:<BR/>http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/june20/gradtrans-062007.html<BR/><BR/>I think parts of it have some relevance to your future as an English teacher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-14149049827166960292007-06-23T08:30:00.000-07:002007-06-23T08:30:00.000-07:00I don't know about you, but the reason I teach Eng...I don't know about you, but the reason I teach English is to help them get rid of that "confusion" that they experience by expressing themselves through writing. <BR/><BR/>And it's definitely worth having 180 students a day when you get to see the way they open up to you when they write, when they speak, and when they interact with one another.<BR/><BR/>Our job is to prepare them for success, Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509714224248852734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-47827131721050087382007-06-23T01:15:00.000-07:002007-06-23T01:15:00.000-07:00Lovely reflection dear, both in concept and in the...Lovely reflection dear, both in concept and in the mirror.Lady Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13360693450146358247noreply@blogger.com