Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Encouragement

I have come to the conclusion that in college the teachers are much different than the teachers in high school. In high school teachers are there to help you along and encourage you all the way to graduation. In college the teachers are not careless but there is a lot more self responsibility. College teachers are not going to hunt you down and find a student that they think needs help but the student must come to them. And as opposed to high school, the college professors usually just want to help you and get on with their day.
I would just like to give a shout out to my Jesus class teacher Dr. Borek. She is awesome and I would recommend her to anyone wether they have the interest in religious studies or are just looking for a trad. I entered into her class not knowing that the 3 in 378 meant it was a junior level course. I was in for a surprise being that I am a freshman. Her class was the most challenging, thought wise, that I have ever taken. The class has challenged me to think about the things I believe, why I believe them, and what history tells us. When I would go and talk to Dr. Borek about how I was doing in her class she always had positive things to say to help me. We had a movie review assignment on a past Jesus movie and I turned mine in, a couple days later I received an email from Dr. Borek saying that I did a good job and that my thought process was spot on. This made me feel so good. A tiny little "good job" can make someone feel so good. This made me think, I need to encourage people more often.

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