Saturday, October 04, 2003
Early Saturday............
Hola Drue, I am indeed still here.......the week was busy but good, and today I finally have a chance to update the neglected blog.
Pearls of wisdom for Annie OR shit I've learned from Bean town experience: If you're unsure what it is you want to do, that's good. Ideal. You want that...........one doesn't have to think in terms of a "career path".......pre-law, pre-med, etc........because it really doesn't matter all that much in the eventual grad or job interview. In fact, I was discussing similar thoughts with my brother yesterday, who recently finished his MD/PhD, yet if he could do it over, he would still pursue the same doctorates, but would have been a history or philosophy major undergrad. He discovered that regardless of how much information or knowledge he knew entering graduate school, he still needed to probe more indepthly, and had to take the same classes, etc, as everyone else, and actually had to "un-learn" a bit of medical misinformation he learned as an undergrad. Employers, grad schools--whomever--don't emphasize the title of an undergraduate degree, but rather evaluate you through the interview, references, and like to see you've done well in whatever major it is you've chosen to study. That's just my experience and the experience of those I've talked to.
So take whatever classes look interesting or fun, and figure out what you like, no exclusions based on your or anyone else's perception of you. Also, valuable lesson I learned: ambition is only helpful if it's well-directed--just because you're "good" at something doesn't mean you have to pursue it--rather, direct that vibrancy and ambition toward whatever it is that will ultimately make you happy while paying the bills.
On a completely different note.......an Interesting discovery: I reorganized my CD books chronologically, based on when I acquired each CD--either purchased, given to me, or burned--regardless of genre, artist, etc. It ended up being a journal of sorts, mapping the mood and corresponding music at different points in my life. Oddly, It made me put the actual time frame of events into a clear order, rather than just how I've subjectively remembered it. And I've remembered many moments previously forgotten. And it's kinda cool to flip to parts of a CD book, back in time to how the pages looked looked in 9th grade. I've also noticed that whenever I'm in a certain mood, I tend to flip to specific different sections, listening to the music surrounding a time in life, even if the genres are entirely different. It's the simplist organization to maintain, you simply add any new CDs right at the end. Complete. I was most surprised that I remembered the order accurately, given the bulk. Hmmmmmm.
Pearls of wisdom for Annie OR shit I've learned from Bean town experience: If you're unsure what it is you want to do, that's good. Ideal. You want that...........one doesn't have to think in terms of a "career path".......pre-law, pre-med, etc........because it really doesn't matter all that much in the eventual grad or job interview. In fact, I was discussing similar thoughts with my brother yesterday, who recently finished his MD/PhD, yet if he could do it over, he would still pursue the same doctorates, but would have been a history or philosophy major undergrad. He discovered that regardless of how much information or knowledge he knew entering graduate school, he still needed to probe more indepthly, and had to take the same classes, etc, as everyone else, and actually had to "un-learn" a bit of medical misinformation he learned as an undergrad. Employers, grad schools--whomever--don't emphasize the title of an undergraduate degree, but rather evaluate you through the interview, references, and like to see you've done well in whatever major it is you've chosen to study. That's just my experience and the experience of those I've talked to.
So take whatever classes look interesting or fun, and figure out what you like, no exclusions based on your or anyone else's perception of you. Also, valuable lesson I learned: ambition is only helpful if it's well-directed--just because you're "good" at something doesn't mean you have to pursue it--rather, direct that vibrancy and ambition toward whatever it is that will ultimately make you happy while paying the bills.
On a completely different note.......an Interesting discovery: I reorganized my CD books chronologically, based on when I acquired each CD--either purchased, given to me, or burned--regardless of genre, artist, etc. It ended up being a journal of sorts, mapping the mood and corresponding music at different points in my life. Oddly, It made me put the actual time frame of events into a clear order, rather than just how I've subjectively remembered it. And I've remembered many moments previously forgotten. And it's kinda cool to flip to parts of a CD book, back in time to how the pages looked looked in 9th grade. I've also noticed that whenever I'm in a certain mood, I tend to flip to specific different sections, listening to the music surrounding a time in life, even if the genres are entirely different. It's the simplist organization to maintain, you simply add any new CDs right at the end. Complete. I was most surprised that I remembered the order accurately, given the bulk. Hmmmmmm.
