Captain's Blog: Module 1
So I've been looking at my friend's blogs and having a bit of blog envy. Then I remember to tell myself who my audience is.....mostly me. This is a digital diary of sorts to help reflect and remember things that I at the point at least found important to remember. I have been in grad school now for a semester. Literally 1/3 of the way through this degree and thousands more into debt.
It's been a roller coaster ride, even now I'm not sure that I should have done this. I'm glad that I have and am sure I won't regret this decision but in a recent talk with my mother, I had a moment where I felt that everything I do, that any of us do is fleeting. None of it is forever. This made me reconsider the decisions I've made, it's hard trying to plan for a future with a feeling that it won't actually matter what you do or what decision you make.
On the other hand, there's the feeling that you can't just float through life without DOING something. That's the though thoughts I had that eventually drove the decision to go to grad school. In the end, I would rather have made some decision and tried to guide my direction in life rather than floating on and seeing what happens. I'd like to think I'm the kind of person that "goes with the flow" and in some cases I am, in most, I need to have a plan...and a contingency plan. If it doesn't go the way I planned it, that's fine because at least there was a plan.
Looking back on this last module and months, they just seemed to go so quickly. Now I am about to finish module two, which means its about time to start planning my dissertation topic. When I decided to do this program, I had a general idea. Now though it seems that I'm at a lost. What do I want to find out more about? How do I want this degree to support my future goals? What are my future goals? The answers I thought I had....aren't there anymore.
Maybe writing down my thoughts again will help with module 2 and the dissertation:
I want to work in an informal science institution, preferably a botanical garden
I want to create hands-on activities and learning for ages 3-8 year old that teaches them about the natural world, plants and science
I want to grow fruits and vegetables and help kids make the connection with growing them and then eating them
I want gardening and green education to be a regular part of curriculum coupled with places like science museums, botanic gardens, nature centres and more
Since learning doesn't just happen in a classroom I want to strengthen the bonds between the formal school system and the informal education sector.
The idea of a Forest school, a knowledge school and a nature school all are interesting to me and I'd like to see such concepts incorporated more into the curriculum of inner city schools. Everyone isn't meant to go to college and growing plants is a way to sustain oneself and contribute to society.
In another month or so it will be time to submit my proposal and get cracking on my research....if only I could just focus my brain a little better on the topic at hand
Until next post....laters
It's been a roller coaster ride, even now I'm not sure that I should have done this. I'm glad that I have and am sure I won't regret this decision but in a recent talk with my mother, I had a moment where I felt that everything I do, that any of us do is fleeting. None of it is forever. This made me reconsider the decisions I've made, it's hard trying to plan for a future with a feeling that it won't actually matter what you do or what decision you make.
On the other hand, there's the feeling that you can't just float through life without DOING something. That's the though thoughts I had that eventually drove the decision to go to grad school. In the end, I would rather have made some decision and tried to guide my direction in life rather than floating on and seeing what happens. I'd like to think I'm the kind of person that "goes with the flow" and in some cases I am, in most, I need to have a plan...and a contingency plan. If it doesn't go the way I planned it, that's fine because at least there was a plan.
Looking back on this last module and months, they just seemed to go so quickly. Now I am about to finish module two, which means its about time to start planning my dissertation topic. When I decided to do this program, I had a general idea. Now though it seems that I'm at a lost. What do I want to find out more about? How do I want this degree to support my future goals? What are my future goals? The answers I thought I had....aren't there anymore.
Maybe writing down my thoughts again will help with module 2 and the dissertation:
I want to work in an informal science institution, preferably a botanical garden
I want to create hands-on activities and learning for ages 3-8 year old that teaches them about the natural world, plants and science
I want to grow fruits and vegetables and help kids make the connection with growing them and then eating them
I want gardening and green education to be a regular part of curriculum coupled with places like science museums, botanic gardens, nature centres and more
Since learning doesn't just happen in a classroom I want to strengthen the bonds between the formal school system and the informal education sector.
The idea of a Forest school, a knowledge school and a nature school all are interesting to me and I'd like to see such concepts incorporated more into the curriculum of inner city schools. Everyone isn't meant to go to college and growing plants is a way to sustain oneself and contribute to society.
In another month or so it will be time to submit my proposal and get cracking on my research....if only I could just focus my brain a little better on the topic at hand
Until next post....laters
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