After two weeks of dull, arduous and at times painful studying for exams, I never thought I would be saying that I think studying is a pretty awesome thing.
No, being cooped up in my room for a couple of days straight hasn't made me loony, I honestly think studying is good in its own way.
When I read over my notes it's like reading a book again and again, I always find something new that I never noticed before. Be it a new fact, a new understanding or a new way to look at something, I always seem to find something amongst the piles and piles of text. In those moments I feel like I understand the world a tiny bit better, that the information I just obtained can actually be used and that I'm not as goofy as I look.
I always enjoy going over my notes and seeing the doodles I have drawn in the margins or the little notes I have left for myself in the points I have jotted down (such as "you didn't get this note because you were daydreaming, game over fool). It makes studying less of an errand or task and more of an adventure through my brain.
I also start to remember all the good times I have had in class over the semester while studying. When I read my notes it triggers memories of friendships started and nurtured, victories won and criticism digested. There's even a couple memories of some good laughs in there too.
So I am grateful for studying. I am grateful that I have the opportunity to go to school and be able to take exams and study for them. I am grateful that I am able to reinforce my knowledge of topics and issues, remember the good times I have had in class and and the good and bad I have experienced. Studying doesn't have to end with the end of exams. Whether you study math, science and english or yourself and your dreams and goals, it's always time well spent.
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
#1- School
I have had the great honor and opportunity to be in places where an education is something coveted before most everything in the world.
On a trip to Kenya in 2008 I saw kids walk up to 5 kilometres to get to school. I have never had to do that. I saw kids studying in the classrooms at 6 a.m, with not one complaint or frown. I have never seen my school before at least 7 a.m. I saw kids come to learn, even though it was supposed to be their time off from school. I, once more, don't think I have never done this.
For the past two summers I have worked in factories. The most common thing I heard from workers at both places, besides various expletives, was that the most important thing I could do was to get an education.
Every time I groan about an assignment, or wish I could win the lottery and drop out of university I think about what a great opportunity I have to be able to go to school and learn about the world and be with my friends, somewhere close, safe and warm.
I am truly grateful for the opportunity to go to school and get an education.
On a trip to Kenya in 2008 I saw kids walk up to 5 kilometres to get to school. I have never had to do that. I saw kids studying in the classrooms at 6 a.m, with not one complaint or frown. I have never seen my school before at least 7 a.m. I saw kids come to learn, even though it was supposed to be their time off from school. I, once more, don't think I have never done this.
For the past two summers I have worked in factories. The most common thing I heard from workers at both places, besides various expletives, was that the most important thing I could do was to get an education.
Every time I groan about an assignment, or wish I could win the lottery and drop out of university I think about what a great opportunity I have to be able to go to school and learn about the world and be with my friends, somewhere close, safe and warm.
I am truly grateful for the opportunity to go to school and get an education.
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