Thursday, August 23, 2007

A student once again...

Well, here's my big news of the week: I am going back to school. After nearly a decade of talking about it, I finally jumped off the cliff. I am going to seek admission to the graduate program for Women and Gender Studies at USF in the spring. I have a lot of work to do (essays to write and a GRE to take - and score well on - in the next few months). I am starting this term by taking a class I can transfer into the program: Women and Crime. What could be cooler than profiling female serial killers all term!?

Needless to say I am scared to death, but very excited. I can't say that I've felt so good about a decision in a very long time. I think I spent most of my young adulthood resisting a life of academia, assuming that it could only lead to teaching (which I thought was something I would not enjoy doing). It is only as I've gotten older, I've realized two important things: a) teaching is in my blood and I probably would enjoy it and b) there are other ways to apply a graduate degree.

So, off I go to read about female killers and study for the GRE. Boy I loved the smell of freshly sharpened pencils!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You go girl - I'm delighted for you. It sounds exciting and intimidating and exhausting!!

Aunt Susan (At Last!!)

Anonymous said...

Hey Erin.....Congrats....so glad to hear you're going back to school. Enjoyed your visit a couple weeks ago....sorry I was as usual....."tired"....But, you looked great and I always like hearing about all the happenings in your life......
Take Care....Visit us soon...
Love,
Patti

 
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