Learning Experiences: Blog 5 As a senior, taking the chance to reflect on some of the classes that taught me more than I could imagine has been a great experience for me. One class I often think about is Poetry Writing Workshop 1, which I took last spring semester with Professor Alex Lemon. I had major doubts about my ability to write poetry. I knew I liked to read poetry, but I didn’t think I knew how exactly to write poetry. At the beginning of the semester, I was a little lost. I didn’t know if there was a specific format that I was supposed to follow, or if I even had good ideas. Yet as the semester continued, I found myself feeling lucky to have finally been able to allow myself to take a course like poetry. TCU has shown me so many different sides to not only myself, but to what there is out in the world. Learning from other students in the class was so exciting and I found many people who I look up to in there. During that semester, I found that there ar...
Learning Experience Blog 7 I don’t know how I can express all the feelings I’m currently experiencing during this period of uncertainty. It feels like everything I’ve worked so hard for is sinking sand. Just a week prior, I never imagined that all classes for senior year would be cancelled (online can never be the same); I never imagined being offered my dream job and not 24 hours later receiving a phone call that said they had to rescind my offer; I never imagined, weeks before graduation, that I wouldn’t have a plan. I’ve always had a plan. Now, I sit here alone in my apartment away from family to seemingly start over. I have two weeks to study for the GMAT, write graduate application essays and apply to graduate school in less than a month. Not only do I not feel prepared, I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it all. I’m afraid I’m going to go insane. I need people, I need interaction, I need to stop being overwhelmed. Suddenly switching 15 hours of class t...
Learning Experiences Blog 6 The interview process. I hate it. I mean, what’s there to like, anyway? You’re being asked to expose yourself to people you know nothing about while they sit there and judge every last movement you make. They read your body language, they whisper to each other about subtleties in your words that they’re trying to make sense of, and they ask you to talk about your weaknesses. I don’t know about you, but I would rather not straight up admit I’m not the person they should be hiring. I know hiring managers would never admit this, but it’s like they’re looking for something wrong with you – some way for them to not hire you. This is madness. I’m already not one to brag about myself, but it’s prevalent even more so in settings whereby my insecurity is exacerbated. For starters, there can’t be one right answer to every question; everyone is different, and those differences should be celebrated not judgmental. Interviews in my opinion are the most flawe...
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