Wednesday, April 8, 2009

WHEN A PHOBIC STUDENT GOES BACK TO SCHOOL

What do you think happens? Go on, guess.

Let's consider our options. She walks on campus and...

1. looks around, smiles to herself and walks off.
2. waltzes into class, settles in, focuses and succeeds.
3. begins, succeeds, falters, panics and ends up medicated to get home.

So the question is:

What type of (formerly, current) phobic student are you?

And the follow-up is:

What type of (formerly, current) phobic student am I?
at 8:33 AM

7 comments:

  1. Oh, I was a type 2 - I loved college.

    I'll bet, though, that since you created the post, that you think of yourself as a type 3.

    I hope you had a good time once you got past the initial stage fright.
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  2. I am afraid that I am #3. I am going to a program orientation on the 14th and don't like the idea of teenagers as class mates.
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  3. Me = #3 and I'm thinking that you are a #3 too? I have nightmares about forgetting to go to class (as in I forgot I was even enrolled in school) or the dreaded final. I love the idea of school but the reality, not so much. But the big question is what are you in school for? Did I miss a post on that?
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  4. After traveling the country, world?, chatting folks up for interviews and inserting yourself into all sorts of unexpected situations, I'd be surprised if you are a 3 but...it's an odd question if you aren't leading up to that.

    I hope you got what you needed from the class. A sudden immersion into the stuff you were talking about could be very confusing even for someone with experience. It's a multi-faceted pursuit and just 'cause there's some part of Photoshop that you need, it doesn't mean it's all relevant or interesting.

    They didn't have to carry you out did they?
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  5. I'm a type 2, too. In fact, love it so much I've never left . . . and now I get paid to go to class instead of having to pay somebody to let me in.

    But I love having what we used to call "non-traditional students" in my classes. Even the ones who start our scared to death, if they want to be there at all, usually thrive. And they thrive in part because they realize (1) they have a work ethic and time management skills their younger colleagues lack (it's called being a grown up), and (2) they have real-world experience and perspective their younger colleagues respect and appreciate.

    Inside every 3 there's a 2 waiting to emerge! (Think of 3s as caterpillars who just don't have their wings yet--or haven't realized they have them.)

    Julie in Georgia
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  6. A little bit of each and am still a student.
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  7. Yeah, I'm a bit of all three, too. Took a local community college class last quarter and I have grandchildren older than my classmates. And I am absolutely panicking about one I am starting in two weeks, and I don't even have to show up--it's online.
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