Just Another Day in the Life

I'm currently sitting on the couch in the living room, the fresh light of day seeping through the sheer window covers. No classes on Wednesday :)

All my homework is done, the only thing I need to finish, is my cocoa before it gets too cold. My weighted blanket is keeping me warm in the brisk fall air, and I've got on thick crew socks. Tonight, I will be going out to a fancy restaurant, playing dress up, with my boyfriend of 8 1/2 months.

Wow. What a perfect life.

Which actually is kinda true. My life is perfect, but not because there is no bad things. Classes started a couple weeks ago, and let me tell you. I feel like everything I learned in school, is wrong. One of our most recent assignments was to write a thesis on why education is good, so I wrote a thesis like all of my teachers have taught me. It was clear, my view was evident, I used adequate vocabulary, I had three solid, provable points. I was glowing as I turned it in.

Later, in class, he gave us our papers back and asked us if anyone had a non-debatable thesis. Upon closer inspection, I realized that you really couldn't debate my thesis. I raised my hand and read it to the class. There were lots of head nods, everyone was in agreement with my thesis. That, in itself, was the issue.

Now, don't get me wrong. I cam to college because I know I'm not the best writer, I'm not a perfect writer, and I haven't explored writing to the full extent that I am so eager to do. I am loving having direction, being challenged. It would be boring if my professor just told me that it was perfect and that I didn't need to change anything. What would even be the point of college?

Humbled, is genuinely what I felt when he told me, in front of the whole class, that I need to be more assertive in making a point. That I needed to be more controversial.

I'm too agreeable? Since when was that a bad thing???????

I saw that I had two options. I could feel hurt, talk to my professor about how he must have made a mistake or maybe I didn't hear him right, or I could take that criticism and go with it. I chose the latter. How can I make my writing more assertive? How can I write something that people are going to disagree with? How do you combine facts and opinion so that you're writing a factual paper that gets across your point in a debatable manner????????? Guess I get to learn!!!!

He told us that the point of an essay is to explore a question, or a solution... Basically an idea that you develop through your paper. Challenge yourself, and your own idea. Investigate, ask questions, become an expert on what you're writing about. Once you understand the rules of the game, you can play it a little different.

SO today, I'm challenging you, maybe you're good at what you do, but how can you be better? Are your eyes open to opportunities to grow? Life is school. Everyday you wake up and you get ready for school, even if you're going to stay on the couch and binge Netflix. You're learning something, be it about yourself and your behavior, others and their behaviors, or maybe you're going to watch a two hour documentary on killer whales at sea world. If you're open to it and willing to find it, there are learning opportunities everywhere. 

So keep growing! There has never been a better day to begin a life of discovery, than today!!