Unlike my last few posts, this one is pretty serious because it involves questions I've been asked for the past 3+ years; "Why is it taking me so long to finish college?"and "How much debt have you put yourself in trying to finish school?" . Everyone or at least everyone reading this, I'm about to give a hopefully reasonable answer so grab something to drink and begin reading...
I began attending Sinclair Community College in 2003, without a real plan of what degree to strive for. Most of my fellow high school graduates were attending Sinclair so it seemed like the best thing to do. I'm sure I spent most of my first fall quarter hitting on women, unsuccessfully. My favorite class at the time was "the freshmen experience", a class for incoming freshmen that was so easy, you could sleep throughout the class and receive an A and ironically, I got a C. Throughout my 3 original years at Sinclair, I took classes that looked interesting but didn't go really go towards my major, even though my major was liberal arts. I guess classes like "art of horror films" and "tennis" would've just destroyed my academic standing. Well, one day, in my advanced English class, someone from Wright State University came and talked with my class about the advantages one would have at Wright State when finished at Sinclair. This interested me and after speaking with a classmate who happened to be at the event told me I didn't have to finish Sinclair to attend Wright State, that sealed the deal for me.
Like my first time at Sinclair, My first few years at Wright State were me not taking things seriously while being happy that I was not living at home anymore (How I miss those days). While spending most of those times were spent gaming and hitting on girls, unsuccessfully, I still wasn't serious about school. In fall quarter 2008, the class I was in, linguistics, had a visitor from the English Department who talked about the TESOL program, which would allow students to go overseas and teach English to children. I honestly liked this idea and after receiving more info on the program, I decided that the program what I wanted to do. The following fall quarter, 2009, I was able to take an advanced writing class and I was really influenced by both the class and the teacher. It almost felt like my teacher could bring the best out of students, me included, and I decided I wanted to do that along the TESOL program.
So, in answering one question, part of reason why I am still in school is because I didn't know what I truly wanted to major in, English/Creative Writing, until 2009. The other reason is because, as a close friend of mine has said, "Life happens".
As for the question on my financial situation, I have this to say and I apologize if I come off as rude; I am the only person paying for my school, besides the government. If my financial woes were such a big deal for some, maybe they should help me out. It just angers me that I'm told and even chastised about the further and further debt I'm putting myself into with loans when no one is insisting to help me. Finishing school is a dream for me and if I have to drive myself into further debt to make it happen, then God Damn it, I'll do that! Sorry, I got carried away there.
Now, hopefully, this has answered a few questions and I hope I did not piss off too many people.
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