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 »
“Because the story of our life becomes our life…” a.k.a. The Cost of Returning to College
Posted in Personal Reflections, tagged Anne Sexton, bachelor's degree, Caterpillar, college, cost of education, Detroit Edison, education, family, Florida, Henry Ford Trade School, Illinois, Lisel Mueller, Michigan, Navy, non-traditional student, poetry, St. Clair River, university on August 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Next I pull the dream off and slam into the cement wall of the clumsy calendar I live in, my life, and its hauled up notebooks. ~ Anne Sexton When I graduate, I will be the first (at least that I know of besides a couple of cousins) from both my father and [...]
“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 [...]
