It’s a Good Day to be a Buckeye

Week 2 of classes is upon me! My last first day of school on the 21st was a strange mix of feelings.

First of all, I was deeply missing the winding, cobblestoned walk to my London classrooms. I never took that walk for granted when I was there, and I hope I remember the route and its smells and its perils of being hit by a double decker for years to come. I collected postcards from my travels, and finally put them up on my walls in Columbus so that I will always get distracted from doing homework:

Second of all, though, how is college almost over? High school certainly didn’t go by this fast. Even though Ohio State is bustling along as usual, I do still feel like a chunk of my experience here is missing by being gone last semester; like I skipped ahead a few years instead of a few months. I’m catching up, though. My classes may not be in museums or embassies this semester, but my professors seem awesome and I’m looking forward to them just the same.

Classes I’m taking for my English major include: Traditional Grammar, Digital Media & English Studies, and Literary Publishing. For my Nonprofit Studies minor, I’m taking Leadership in the Public Sector and Nonprofit Management. And for my International Studies minor, I’m taking Peacekeeping & Collective Security. It’s a lot, but I’m not ready for this to be my penultimate semester just yet.  

I also have a job as an in-class writing tutor for a graduate-level public policy course, which I’m so excited about. This class combines my love and skill of writing with my passion for social justice reform and my interest in teaching at the university level. Today is my first day, so we’ll see how it goes.   

I’m really looking forward to this semester, but I admit that I feel antsier now. I’m in a classroom for longer hours than before, and sometimes I just want to leave and explore this city that sometimes I feel I barely know. That’s definitely something I feel guilty about now. Ohio State is basically its own city, so much so that sometimes we forget that 800,000 people exist outside of High Street. This semester, I’ll make a better effort to get out of the bubble.

Lately I’ve been posting on this blog every other week, instead of weekly, and I think I’ll continue that since I’ll probably be over my head in work all the time. This year I’m hoping to write more about books I’m reading, future post-grad plans (if I figure out my shit), opinions about world events, and love letters to Ohio State as I become more emotional with my impending graduation. Feel free to follow along, as always.

O-H!