This Coming From A Girl Who Skipped Every Day of 2nd Grade...

            The course load at Framingham State has really got me thinking about how much effort I put into my academics. I hardly do any homework and take an hour to write a 6 page paper simply because....I can. I'm not saying that I am a genius (although true) it is just that these courses, and this institution are not that demanding. I know this may seem really odd that I am complaining about the lack of work but I figure that if I am paying $20,000 I want to make it count.
            I can imagine that the workload when I get to Salem State will be more up to par with what I am used to. However, this has also gotten me thinking that maybe I need to step it up when it comes to school. I'm not at AU anymore, and while just having a college degree is amazing, it is not going to carry as much weight at a school like GW, which I jut can't afford. That being said- I think I have a way to remedy that.
           Right now I am an English major and secondary education minor. Cool. But now I am also really interested in communications and more specifically things like public relations. So I was thinking of double majoring in English and communications with a minor in secondary education. But here's where it gets even better. Since I was looking at all of my courses and stuff I realized that once I get to Salem I am two credits away from an italian minor as well.

         The real trouble is that I am kind of equally attached to all of these subjects and I don't want to let any of them go. The problem is that I don't know where I have transferred so much that I have so much catching up to do that I can't accomplish this by Spring 2015 even with 2 summer semesters.
         That is my other concern as well. What if I spend just as much money on these extra courses than I would have for one degree from American...

But I think that this would be a really good thing for me. Keep me busy, let me have plenty of options. At orientation I'm going to see if this is even in the realm of possibility but I'm ready for a challenge

Repercussions of the Rumble

   For the 4 people in the world that didn't get the memo- Jon Stewart had a debate with Bill O'reilly last Saturday. Being that avid Stewart fan that I am, I faithfully paid my $4.95 to tune in.
   Watching the event solidified two things for me.
         Jon Stewart is an absolute genius and I consider myself privileged to be a pupil from afar.
         People like Bill O'reilly exist in this world.

     Within these two realizations I felt an immense amount of disgust and frustration but also a plethora of pride and hope. And what I think is really difficult and great is that I have to decide which one is going to push me forward. And luckily I want to lend my energy towards work like what Jon Stewart does. I want to create change on a huge scale. I honestly believe that I am meant to be important. (A side note to you all- when we celebrate my 30th year of service to the Melrose Public Library, please remind me of the previous statement.) But I want to write for the Daily Show, I want to be a comedian, I want to write a book, I want to be in a movie, I want to be a household name so that I can spread awareness and make this world better for Christ's sake.

     This is a rather unfortunate turn of events for me. I had just of late convinced myself that I could be completely content with my life by just being a high school English teacher. And on some level that is something that I am passionate about and what I partly want to do with my life. I think that would be just as noble as what Jon Stewart does. I would be responsible for evening the playing field for America's youth. Maybe the country doesn't need a big flashy hero, but a community that works together.

But then again, I am an attention whore...