Things you've learned that school won't teach you.
How to do taxes.
How to do the laundry.
How to pay bills in a timely manner.
I enjoyed school when I was growing up. I didn't enjoy the people or the experience so much as the knowledge I gained while I was there. I always thought I was a smart kid, always got straight As, always did well in classes... until I got to college.
College was very difficult for me. I struggled with time management, I struggled with what I thought was basic comprehension for most people. I struggled with working a job and going to school. I really had a difficult time.
But the one thing I realized while I was nearing the end of my last semester was that while everything seemed difficult at the time it was taking place, I learned so much during those experiences that I wouldn't change it for the world.
School itself didn't teach me an awful lot, but I taught myself more than I ever could have imagined.
And what's great about today is that I can still learn! I still have a desire to learn.
But not in school.
School (public school, maybe just Norman Public Schools in general) didn't teach me how to be a good person. It didn't teach me how to be social. It didn't teach me how to think critically or ask my own questions. Basically all school taught me is that there is one right answer for every one problem there is. That's really just not true!
I wish I had had more classes that taught me how to problem solve on my own. How to figure out solutions that weren't typical. Maybe a class that taught me how to understand what an author was trying to say when he wrote that novel. Maybe a course on doing an exercise start to finish the best way possible. I feel like school made us into cookie cutters, but I always knew I wasn't the same shape.
I'm grateful I break the mold. I will always be grateful that while I did learn in school, I am able to still have creative freedom and expression that some other students didn't get.
So school didn't teach me to be me, I did that myself.
Your top 3 worst traits.
1. Self-righteousness
I am so incredibly self-righteous sometimes that I drive myself nuts. I get into these positions where I think I'm better than someone just because I'm not doing the same thing at the same moment. However I've actually done the exact same thing before and I've learned from my mistakes and the person I'm seeing going through the same thing is making the same mistake instead of doing something different. Ridiculous!
2. Being dramatic in my head
While most people don't get to see this (although a few do), I hate hate hate where my head can go in less than 3 seconds. I could've gotten a phone call from an upset client and I've already decided that I'll be living in a van down by the river because I'll be jobless in the next day. I mean... what.
3. Lack of self-esteem
There are many days that I wish I had more self-esteem. Sometimes I feel like a fourteen year old in a grown woman's body with the self-esteem I have. There are also days when I feel strong, confident, and beautiful. I'm working on being more strong and confident than self-conscious. That's definitely a work in progress. :]
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