Introductions
Hello and welcome!
So, the time has come to introduce this thing and make first impressions. Hmmm. In case the title isn’t explanitory enough…
I’m from Minneapolis and recently graduated from the University of Minnesota at the ripe old age of 27. “Is this girl a total slacker?” you ask, “Why on earth would it take 10 years to finish a Bachelor’s degree?” Well, I started off in Biochem, drastically changed my mind to Humanities, left for a couple of years to be a missionary in France, finally figured out was I was doing and started at the University of Minnesota. Now I have a pretty degree that says I studied Religions (with a focus in Jewish Studies), French, and Hebrew. Everyone wonders what one does with a degree in Religious Studies and I respond, “More school”.
I will leave in September to begin a Masters program at the University of Glasgow. The course is called Literature, Theology and the Arts (which is pretty much as broad as it sounds). It is a 12 month course which will consist of three year-long classes and a nice big dissertation. I’ll be adding on a class in Teaching and also hopefully student teaching undergraduate classes while I’m there. It is shaping up to be a pretty big load (they don’t mess around with school in the UK) but I’m hoping to get some travel in as well. It isn’t my first go at study abroad. I did a term a the University of Stirling in Scotland a couple of years back. That’s where I found out about the Centre for Literature, Theology and the Arts and I filed it away as a cool “if only” possibility. When it came time to apply for grad school I gave it a shot and here we are.
I hope to teach at a community college one day but for now I don’t have to worry about “real world” concerns like that.
The main function of this blog is to communicate during this year abroad without sending loads of group emails. (Yep, the sound arguments at Bootsnall convinced me I should join the blogging world plus I can be one of the cool kids now instead of just reading about them.) Hopefully it will be of passing interest to more than just my family (not that I’m knocking family support). Yay family!!
Tags: About Me, Glasgow, Study Abroad
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ok, you may delete my test post. (sowwy)
Greet the shaggy cows for me when you are there. I hope you can post pictures on your blog so we can admire them.
I am so glad you will be posting your excitement where all can read. Well, prehaps not “all”, only those who can “demonstrate your human-ness.” I suppose that leaves out dogs and vacuum cleaners. I am referring to the shpiel at the right of this response that asks me to type in the five character code that seems obvious to me and would seem obvious to anybody with eyes. Unless it is a color blindness test, I think I’m safe, meaning I’ve just found out I’m not a dog or a vacuum cleaner. Perhaps dogs or vacuum cleaners see the bone that is behind the letter and numbers……hey, wait a minute…..