Great Scott!
Today I heard one of the most inspirational things I've heard in awhile...
I finish my final in ENGL 103 and my teacher (Scott Elingburg) asks me if I had anything to do that day, and of course I didn't, so he asks me to stay behind. even if i had something to do I would have stayed behind for him. I always enjoy the things he has to say. However, I wasn't exactly expecting this...
He starts off with one question. "Uh, Corynne? What's your major?" I tell him my major and he's like "Ok good. I just wanted to make sure you were doing something in a professional career where you were in a position to help society." I was taken so aback and didn't know exactly how to respond to that. He went on about how he didn't want to fill up my head but my writing was perhaps on a graduate level and he wasn't sure why I just didn't test out of ENGL 103 because he was sure he hadn't taught me anything that semester. I didn't know how to respond to that but he kept on going about how he felt bad because all he could say to my papers were "I enjoy reading them" and that he gave the papers to others to read and they all agreed with him. Still not knowing how to respond he finishes off with "So yea, I just wanted to make sure you were using your talents."
Instead of crying like I almost wanted to, I went on about how I wanted to write "creatively" as a side career to my psychology career, and he suggested the creative writing minor, although I'm pretty sure the Psych dept wouldn't allow me to have that as a minor. Besides I think it would benefit me a little more if I minored in Sociology and just took a few creative writing type classes here and there, but now I just don't know. I always complain that I don't have any real "natural" talents, and it's nice to know that perhaps I've overlooked something that makes me a tad bit unique.
But even more significant was the "are you in a position to help society" part. Especially with recent events this semester I have been beating myself up over and over again about not being the best person I could be to myself or others. So much so that I have been questioning just about everything recently, even myself. I always believe that God speaks to you in mysterious ways and it's up to you to figure out what he's trying to say. Perhaps this was just a message that I'm going down the right path and that perhaps I should realize, appreciate, and use some of my "talents." And that things really will be alright...
I finish my final in ENGL 103 and my teacher (Scott Elingburg) asks me if I had anything to do that day, and of course I didn't, so he asks me to stay behind. even if i had something to do I would have stayed behind for him. I always enjoy the things he has to say. However, I wasn't exactly expecting this...
He starts off with one question. "Uh, Corynne? What's your major?" I tell him my major and he's like "Ok good. I just wanted to make sure you were doing something in a professional career where you were in a position to help society." I was taken so aback and didn't know exactly how to respond to that. He went on about how he didn't want to fill up my head but my writing was perhaps on a graduate level and he wasn't sure why I just didn't test out of ENGL 103 because he was sure he hadn't taught me anything that semester. I didn't know how to respond to that but he kept on going about how he felt bad because all he could say to my papers were "I enjoy reading them" and that he gave the papers to others to read and they all agreed with him. Still not knowing how to respond he finishes off with "So yea, I just wanted to make sure you were using your talents."
Instead of crying like I almost wanted to, I went on about how I wanted to write "creatively" as a side career to my psychology career, and he suggested the creative writing minor, although I'm pretty sure the Psych dept wouldn't allow me to have that as a minor. Besides I think it would benefit me a little more if I minored in Sociology and just took a few creative writing type classes here and there, but now I just don't know. I always complain that I don't have any real "natural" talents, and it's nice to know that perhaps I've overlooked something that makes me a tad bit unique.
But even more significant was the "are you in a position to help society" part. Especially with recent events this semester I have been beating myself up over and over again about not being the best person I could be to myself or others. So much so that I have been questioning just about everything recently, even myself. I always believe that God speaks to you in mysterious ways and it's up to you to figure out what he's trying to say. Perhaps this was just a message that I'm going down the right path and that perhaps I should realize, appreciate, and use some of my "talents." And that things really will be alright...