Life as a Seminarian: August 2008

So far so good!

I've officially completed my first day of grad school! I have all my seminary classes on Tuesday/Thursday which include Intro to Christian: Scriptures, History, and Theology. All of my professors are hilarious, but after day one it looks like Theology is going to be my favorite class. This is actually surprising, and not for the reason most people will think of...the fact that it's theology...but that it only meets on Tuesday evening from 5:30-8:10...prime dinner hours! Can't eat before b/c it's too early and by the time class gets out my stomach is turning inside out. But despite all those obstacles the class is fascinating. This is without a doubt the class that will really make me question what I believe and why, so get ready for interesting questions from that class!

I'm also working this semester at a law firm as an office assistant/runner, basically I do whatever they need which is working out really well. It pays great and everybody likes me because I make their day easier by doing their "busy work." My kind of job!

Tomorrow I go to my one Social Work class, Intro to the Profession. I'm very eager to go to this class because I don't feel like I know a lot about social work, I just know a degree in it would be helpful for the field I want to do ministry in, children and families. So I'm sure my view of social work will broaden a lot tomorrow!

Hope everyone is enjoying their week!

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one orientation down, one to go...

Yesterday was the School of Social Work's new student orientation. It was quite humbling to feel like a new student in a school where I just spent the past four years. They handed me my orientation folder with a plethora of vibrant colored sheets of paper, all filled with important information. Seriously 20 trees probably gave their life for the benefit of this orientation.

I got to meet a lot of people in my "cohort" (what the school calls our class) and it was great to hear everyone's stories. We all come from such different backgrounds, but all have a connection through this school, the atmosphere was so comfortable. The first 2 hours were a bit overwhelming, especially since I am doing the dual degree program, thus it's taking me 4 years to go through all of this instead of 2. We eventually broke into 4 smaller groups and my group consisted of all the dual degree students. Apparently I wasn't the only one who was overwhelmed, and we spent an hour discussing the intricate way we are going to fit 2 masters into 4 years...I'm not sure I understand it completely, but it felt better just talking about it.

This degree is going to be so much fun! I didn't realize how big the field of social work is, and it is going to be difficult to decide what I want to do with my life! Oh well, at least I have four years!

Truett orientation starts Thursday, and I couldn't be more excited!

*note to self, the seminary building is the coldest place on campus...even colder than the school of music. A jacket is a must! oh and socks!

social work logo. cool story behind it, but that will have to be for another time.

My (somewhat) first attempt at the world of blogging

So I've already had several friends tell me that while they personally don't want to attend seminary, they would love to "mooch" off my lessons to enhance their own learning. I decided the easiest way to do this was to make a blog. I'm going to try to make this as fun as possible, highlighting on the interesting, challenging, and funny aspects of my classes. I hope you all enjoy!