As the daughter of an academic, I was always expected to pursue higher learning, though I missed the boat on valuing it, as it were. I took a year off after high school and then when I went back I did really well in my first semester of a BA, but ended my second semester on academic probation. I lost momentum and got lazy. Then babies happened, and life came before education. I went back in september of 2013 to do one course per semester. I got an A and an A+, and was bolstered by the idea that I could maybe do this school thing after all. I knew that I could have academic success while juggling my two babies and husband and home and everything. I just had to set myself up to succeed.
Now, with three kids and husband and home and very physically demanding job, I got back into it this past fall, and it was HARD but AMAZING. I took Film 101, which feels very indulgent, but it was an admitted blasty blast. It was 3 hours every thursday night, a 1 hour lecture and then a movie of the prof’s choosing. There were many LONG textbook readings, two exams and a term paper, but it was so chill and amazing and I felt like I was really doing something for MYSELF. Also, I saw some classics that I’m very happy I got an opportunity to see, like Psycho and Raging Bull and Double Indemnity. I wrote my paper on Django Unchained, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s genius, highlighting that infamous after-dinner scene in which he slams his hand down on the table and actually cuts his hand, but continues acting with blood pouring all over the place. I WROTE A 2000 WORD PAPER ABOUT LEONARDO DICAPRIO’S BLOOD.
Fast forward to JUST NOW, when I checked my grade. Any guesses?
A+ baby. I’ve still got it. January, here I come.
