Ramblings of an Education Major

Well I am officially accepted into UTSA for fall 2011. I got accepted for summer but decided not to go to save money and had to reapply but finally, I am in. I am excited to move on to that university and get into classes that I will enjoy and fit my major. Most of my classes thus far have been math, history, English, etc. I'm really looking forward to classes that are for Kinesiology majors. I find myself more and more lately wishing I not only had the time but the capacity to pursue all the different fields I find interesting. I'm discovering that there isn't enough time in a lifetime to do all the things I want to do. Some of it I can't anyway. Take the medical field for example. I think that field is incredibly fascinating and the way the human body works blows my mind. I am constantly bewildered in Biology class. I love it. I was sitting in first aid today and we were covering first aid for wounds and I had trouble just looking at the screen when the pictures came up. One was a gunshot wound, one was a person who had gotten their leg into some kind of rotating blade and just chopped it up. It was completely disgusting and it could easily make someone throw up. I don't have the stomach for that kind of thing. I find it all fascinating but only to the limits I want it to go. I could probably name a handful of careers and fields that interest me, but I'm finding that my major gets me excited and has passion behind it. The others 0nly have intrigue. I think the study of law is fascinating too. I won't be going to law or medical school though. I will be teaching high school when my friends are in med school. I will be a tad jealous but at the end of the day I picked my career because of my talents, spiritual gifts, and passion. I still plan on pursuing interests in those other fields by doing research on my own. I think my Bio minor along with some other research will satisfy my medical fascinations. I think I like this first aid class so much because it is just that, a peak into the medical field without the career commitment.

So with all this in mind I chug along with my physical education degree and Biology minor. I am student teaching at Clark high school for my education class and I'm grateful for a great teacher this year. She is strict and keeps me in line to say the least. I had a rough week the second week and she basically laid it all out and gave me a long list of things to work on. I went home pretty discouraged but determined to come back ready. I worked hard on the things she said needed work and came back swinging. It worked too. Taking critique is hard but definitely worth it. I'm thankful for the people in my life that love me enough to say those things. This teacher loves her kids enough to train a new teacher well so their kids futures are set. I knew this but I keep relearning what hard work looks like. Seems like every semester it looks different. Anyway, those are my education thoughts for the day. I don't think I will ever be through learning in this life. I'm grateful for that. My mind would get bored.