Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Posted by Krystyna Hunt in
As I have made obvious in an earlier post, the students are young. I had hoped however, that since they chose the profession of journalism to study they would be, at least, curious and as well-informed as their years would allow. They are informed about music, movies, TV, games, the internet, ipods, fashion and everything else that caters to their age. They are very little informed about anything else. My hope of finding at least an intellectual bond with them has been....disillusioned.
Most hate reading newspapers and avoided it whenever possible. This baffles both me and the profs who never know why people like these enroll in journalism classes. Unlike the other programs in the School of Arts the journalism enrollees...
Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Posted by Krystyna Hunt in
I am starting to panic. I feel like a ghost. I notice the Students' Union is avoiding people like me. Everything on their briefs and bulletins and schemes for making students feel at home and more involved amounts to pub parties, beer pong tournaments and wet t-shirts contests. Why do I feel I won't fit in?
At least I have registered with the Disabilities office and got letters to pass on to my teachers telling them they should excuse my ditziness, confusion, lack of coordination, losses, forgetting of time and place and teachers now don't mind me coming in an hour late, or leaving my assignments in my locker, or misplacing textbooks that this radical change in my lifestyle has only accelerated. I lost 2 more cell...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Posted by Krystyna Hunt in
Month one. My whole life is sooooo different. There are 30 people in my class. One woman, Carol, is 48 years old. Everyone else is 18, 20, 23 and one 25-year-old. No one has been rude enough to stare at me or says anything but I can't help being aware of the divide.
The profs are friendly enough although only one is older than I am: a retired former book publisher who teaches the History and Politics class.
The commuting is really hard getting used to. Classes start at different times each day and I have to calculate getting to the commuter train at 2 hours before I am scheduled to arrive at the college. I can walk to the commuter station closes to me which arrives two minutes too late for me to transfer to another...
Friday, September 4, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Posted by Krystyna Hunt in
Okay. It is Sept 3 11:01 pm by my clock and I just arrived home from Orientation 15 minutes ago. Whatta day, whatta day.
The actual orientation was anti-climactic. They herded us to and fro then sent us in different directions depending on what we applied for or needed. No opportunity to talk to anyone really. I signed up for the "mature students networking club". I managed to get a good locker, close to my class, in the Oklahoma Land Rush they foisted on us in selecting our lockers.
Upon cursory examination none of my profs had a glint of psychosis about their body language, which put me at ease. They all seemed like regular folks. None of them guaranteed they would make us men by the end of the year, thank God. I will...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Posted by Krystyna Hunt in
The stress has worked. My financing has been approved. I just might make it. I am 63 years old and about to go to college with 18 to 20-year-olds. Orientation is the first step. I wish I had another fool like me to lean on. I am told lots of mature stuents are in higher education these days, I won't be alone. But I am so nervous.
Orientation will be Set 3. I am both excited and very nervous. My entire world is about to chan...
