Barely tolerated, living on the margin In our technological society, we are always having to be rescued ~John Ashbery So when does a non-traditional student become just a ‘student’? If you are a grad student, are you now officially done being a non-traditional student? I started my master’s degree, and I took the [...]
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“I think I would rather be a painter, but I am not…”
Posted in University Experiences, tagged Brown Hall, Chariots of Fire, college, college student, English class, English teacher, Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, male teachers, Master's degree, non-traditional student, traditional student, Western Michigan University on September 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
To the Parents of Traditional Students~ Dedicated to My Peer Group
Posted in Personal Reflections, University Experiences, tagged Anne Bronte, college stressors, college student, education, England, English, higher education, non-traditional student, Oxford, parents, parents of college students, peer group, poetry, traditional student, university, University of Oxford, W. H. Auden, Western Michigan University on August 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
And, before my dreaming eyes Still the learned volumes lay, And I could not close their leaves, And I could not turn away. ~ Anne Bronte Your kids are amazing. Well, there are a couple who are probably drinking a little too much, but I’m sure they are not any of your [...]
“It gets me right away because I’m in a workshop now…”
Posted in University Experiences, tagged 70's, Billy Collins, Brown Hall, cigarettes, college, college student, education, English, higher education, mom, mother, non-traditional students, Pablo Neruda, poetry, traditional student, Western Michigan University, workshop, writing on August 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
And it was at that age … Poetry arrived in search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know where it came from, from winter or a river. ~Pablo Neruda Over the past couple of years, I have taken a variety of classes alongside traditional students. It is awkward (in case I haven’t mentioned [...]
A Little Rain Never…
Posted in University Experiences, tagged college student, fountain, HRT's, Human Sexuality, Kinsey, Knauss Hall, non-traditional student, rain, Robert Creeley, Suzanne Somers, The Sexy Years, Western Michigan University on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Be wet with a decent happiness. ~ Robert Creeley It was September 10, 2007, my first night of class at Western Michigan University. I was really nervous, and there was a queasy feeling that had been building for weeks. Up until now, I had been attending community college, and in every class, there was an assortment [...]
A Traditionally Non-Traditional Welcome
Posted in University Experiences, tagged 40-something, college student, education, higher education, non-traditional student, on-line college, Robert Frost, Spindler Hall, Western Michigan University on July 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“Education is hanging around until you’ve caught on.” ~Robert Frost Welcome to my new blog! As a 40-something college student, I have experienced a journey that has been life changing and inspirational, yet it has also been a difficult challenge. Many aspects of my regular life altered, and not all for the positive! My [...]
