The first day of school is the hardest.
You don't know who you are.
You don't know who's sitting next to you.
You don't have any clue if you've chosen the right track to study.
You don't have much more than a guess whether or not you've got talent.
(and how much talent you do have, as you will discover, has little to do with success)
I've thought about what it feels like to sit in my class on the first day.
I'd taught for 10 years before this nugget of wisdom came to me.
It sure ain't much, but it's all i got.
Welcome to what you'll never stop wishing you could go back to once you leave.
Welcome to graduate school.
You don't know who's sitting next to you.
You don't have any clue if you've chosen the right track to study.
You don't have much more than a guess whether or not you've got talent.
(and how much talent you do have, as you will discover, has little to do with success)
I've thought about what it feels like to sit in my class on the first day.
I'd taught for 10 years before this nugget of wisdom came to me.
It sure ain't much, but it's all i got.
Welcome to what you'll never stop wishing you could go back to once you leave.
Welcome to graduate school.
5 Comments:
I laughed out loud when I read this, but not because it's true.
The first day of school is not the hardest. You still have ignorance and excuses. The fear in the pit of your stomach before presenting work in fenske's class is what it's all about. It separates those with courage to fail from those who indulge in the comfort of groups. Those are the hard days. You're in for a treat.
i think the hardest day isn't in school at all.
school teaches you what this business should be.
the hardest day is seeing what it is.
Hallaluja, Kohatsu.
You will walking through the valley of the shadow of death.
Fear no weevil.
thank you. i used to work in advertising in nyc - for a "luxury fashion" advertising boutique agency -- who evidently did stuff for the gap. most of the stuff i read here has been inspiring. and i started grad school on the 29th of august. it is true. it is hard. so hard i was ready to pack up and leave minneapolis by the following friday. i understand business and i understand school and the grass is always greener,i do suppose.
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