Learning: Not Just Academic

The classes I am taking this quarter range in the ways in which they push me to grow. On one hand I have a very academicly challenging class that is packed full of new material to be assimilated into my brain and my practice. Interesting but a big challenge. On the other hand I have a class that really pushes my mental and personal boundaries. We are asked to evaluate and deconstruct big topics about our identity and place in the world. Equally as much work but in an entirely different way. I find that by the end of the days, were I have both classes, my mind is swimming! Sure, we are in an institution of academia and we are expected to leave as a competent leader in our field of expertise. But we are also people and that can never be divorced from the work we do in our careers. I think we need to do as much work on ourselves as we do on acquiring information, in order to be successful individuals and members of our society.