This week has been full of learning experiences. I have made great
strides in my research. My classes are going extremely well. One of my
professors has been saying something interesting the whole year. The quote is
that “The people want us to be Harvard Monday through Friday, Alabama on
Saturday and Texas CHRISTIAN University on Sunday.” This is so true and I
believe a great goal to have. Sure it is harder because the more parameters and
goals you set for yourself the harder it becomes to be successful at the
plethora of things you challenged yourself to be. This is the only way to
operate in my opinion if it is easy to reach your goals then you are not
straining yourself to your greatest capabilities.
This is true in all aspects of an organization’s or an individual’s
life. I feel like the greatest ability someone can have is the drive to make
themselves better. This is something I have learned this semester, that it is a
whole lot easier to say “oh I’m too busy for that” or “that will be hard” when
you could improve and sharpen yourself if you trust in your abilities.
This is one of the themes of the semester for me. I took on a lot of
extra responsibilities and tasks and it has forced me to become more efficient
and a better planner. These are skills that will serve me much longer than some
of the useless facts that were driven into my brain this semester.
This last part has a lot less to do with a
learning experience (As soon as I got done writing that sentence I realized how
untrue it was). My grandmother passed away last Thursday and she will be
greatly missed. She taught me how to be kind to others and how to be gracious
and inviting to guests. One of her favorites statements when someone would come
to her with an issue about another person was “kill them with kindness” she was
one of the most generous people I have ever met and I learned so much from her
and she will be missed in more ways than can be counted.
Interesting quote from your professor. I've never thought about TCU like that, however, it kind of appears to be true. Although all of these different expectations are placed on TCU depending on the "day of the week," TCU has really developed its own identity. I read my former OSA's Facebook status in which she described finding her old letter she read during orientation. In it, she urged students to experience the "indefinable yet undeniable spirit of TCU." Your professor's quote reminded me of this, and I think both work well together.
ReplyDeleteI would agree with Nik. I think that we do often have presumptions about what should happen at TCU on different days of the week. A question I have is that who are "the people" that your professor is referring to? This changes how I interpret this quote. The quote could be talking about students, professors, or just the general population. I think that we often put assumptions more strongly on people than days of the week here at TCU, but I do think that we have different expected outcomes for the different days of the week. Thanks for posting about this! I enjoyed reading this. Lastly, I am sorry to hear about your grandmother passing. A grandmother figure in my life passed away recently as well. She had a similar view of life as your grandmother.
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