Enjoy It While It Lasts
A few days ago I was at Linn-Benton Community College for the first time. I planned to meet a friend there, and went a couple hours early to study. The change of environment was welcome and I probably focused better than I do at vet school. (Hm, they actually "observe quiet" in the library at LBCC.)
It occurred to me that it was sort of strange for me to be on a community college campus. And eventually I began to become nostalgic and somewhat sad. Community college students are at the beginning of their educational careers. They have (if they so choose) a great expanse of education laid before them - interesting classes from a variety of disciplines, neat teachers, neat field trips, etc. Me? Well, I'm nearing the end - two more years to go, not much in the way of novel concepts after this year, and I'll be out in the real world - maybe plugging away at some job, getting bored with the monotony of vaccines and physical exams and etc.*
I hope my horizons are brighter than that, but whatever I end up doing I have been challenged to make the most of my last two school years.
* (Or maybe I'll think about this enough that I'll decide to stay in academia, pursuing research or something...)
It occurred to me that it was sort of strange for me to be on a community college campus. And eventually I began to become nostalgic and somewhat sad. Community college students are at the beginning of their educational careers. They have (if they so choose) a great expanse of education laid before them - interesting classes from a variety of disciplines, neat teachers, neat field trips, etc. Me? Well, I'm nearing the end - two more years to go, not much in the way of novel concepts after this year, and I'll be out in the real world - maybe plugging away at some job, getting bored with the monotony of vaccines and physical exams and etc.*
I hope my horizons are brighter than that, but whatever I end up doing I have been challenged to make the most of my last two school years.
* (Or maybe I'll think about this enough that I'll decide to stay in academia, pursuing research or something...)
posted by Claire at 19:14
1 Comments:
I wouldn't be surprised if OSU undergrad professors are less personable than LBCC profs - could be related to larger class sizes and a different environment.
Perhaps you will know from experience in a couple years :) . Or maybe you'll go to George Fox and will be equally impressed by the CC and the four year school.
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