March 29th post.

Well, I think it's March 29th. First things first, I changed the title of my blog. The other title was just too long and pretentious (not really, but I love 10 cent words.) This title fits me more, and it doesn't have that implied framework about what to write about. In short, I gave myself a little more creative freedom.

This was the week after spring break, which means I got the grades back from all my midterms. I got an A on everything, which is the first time since I don't know, my second semester of college. This is particularly pleasing since I'm in grad school under a provisional status, thus meaning that I had better get good grades if I want to continue going to grad school. I'm not particularly a bad student, it's just that I have a hard time concentrating on subjects that I find particularly dull. This semester, none of my classes are particularly dull, in fact this is my favorite semester that I've ever taken. Maybe I have ADHD or something, I don't know, but it doesn't seem to matter right now.

I guess I should've been working towards becoming a teacher from the beginning. Though, considering the challenging science curriculum I previously had to deal with, I think that I am better prepared for grad school than had I started off working on my education degree. I guess everything works out, in that the worthless science degree that I had to bust my hump for is not as worthless as previously thought.

I guess the other aspect of all of this is that I'm actually working towards doing something that I really want to do. With the biology degree, the degree itself was my goal. Now with becoming a teacher, I am working towards a profession, and especially a profession in which everybody I know think that I am particularly well suited for. I love to talk, I love to listen and I love to help people out. None of my prior quality assurance jobs or science positions tapped into those qualities that are most prevalent in my personality. Quite honestly, the laboratory seems to be one place in which my inquisitive and verbal nature seems to fail me the most. It's ironic to me that the science that I love so much is at such odds with my personality. I can't remember where I read that the perfect career is where one's natural talents intersect with the needs of society, but that certainly seems to be the point in my case. I am finally going to be able to share my love of biology in a way that's not going to get me fired (hopefully) by being a teacher, which is a very important role to play in our society.