Mekana

On learning and teaching and college

Academia, Thoughts | December 4, 2009

I’ve deplored many a time my lack of career or life direction, but I think I’ve finally got it, or at least I think so after an evening of way too much reading and studying.

Continuous learning and the acquisition of knowledge have always appealed more to me than most people, I think. I’m curious to the point of nosy sometimes, but it’s all because I have a desperate craving to know things. So, logically, a good career for me would be in research, right? And I love imparting knowledge on others, so, logically, a good career would also be in teaching, right? Plus, I believe teaching is one of the most noble professions… my other options in my mind are law and business, and I don’t know how much I’m into messing with people’s lives and stepping all over everyone else to rise to the top.

Maybe this is just because I’m in college and all this learning is getting to me. Now that I think about it, none of my current professors are really that great at teaching, at least in my opinion. Not like the awesome history teachers I’ve had throughout middle and high school, though that could just be because I remember everything with a fondness I never had at the time.

I want to marry history and have its babies. College has ruined me in more ways than one. It’s bringing out the closet nerd and the pretentious fake-profound person and the fatass in me. Everyone knows I like food, but now I’m not even into food as an art; I’m into shoving anything and everything edible into my mouth. My dreams of becoming an epicure are quickly turning into the reality of being a glutton.