Sophomore Reflections

I must admit, this has been a very strange year.

I left my Torrey group to swim in the pool of general education.
Because I wanted to take Bible classes. And get my Bible Minor.

First of all, I really do love my Bible classes. And I really enjoy having many classes so my brain has the opportunity to take a break by switching subjects.

But I do miss my group. I haven't seen some of them since the end of the Fall Semester. And I miss the discussions; even though I hardly got to voice my opinion and it felt like half the time what I said was ignored.
But I think some of that in unavoidable in having a group discussion with 15 people. Everyone has something to say; not everyone will be able to talk.

On a positive note, I'm really loving my major. I never thought I wanted to be a teacher growing up (even though I always cheated when we played Life so I would get the Teacher career and the $100,000 salary). Since I've been observing Elementary classes I've been getting really excited. I love kids. And I love teaching them and working with them and helping them in whatever capacity I can.

And I feel like I'm finally getting settled into school. It seems like 2 years is a while to get "settled" and get into the swing of things, but it was like that in high school too. Freshman year, you're just confused and doing all you can to make sure you aren't given the wrong label and you're trying not to miss some vital piece of information. Sophomore year, you get more used to things and now that you've done it before it's a bit easier. By the end of your Sophomore year, you don't really care what people think of you anymore; the people who are close to you love you anyway.
At least that's what it was like for me.

~ Persephone