When reflecting this week, I chose to look at the overarching idea of Explorations rather than simply this week’s material. On the University College website, it states “The purpose of this course is to provide an opportunity for you to explore your place in the world, and how you as an individual fit into the various communities to which you belong.”
When we went to the National Cathedral, I couldn’t help but notice that our tour guide did not seem to be too happy doing her job. Instead of being happy that a bunch of college kids were genuinely interested in the Cathedral and things inside, she was like “C’mon guys…keep up.” When the tour ended she pointed us in the direction of the exit and quickly jumped on the elevator so she could leave. She just seemed crotchety.
It seems to me that part of this course is exploring how we want to spend our next four years in order to prepare us for how we want to spend our lives; part of this exploring is finding something we genuinely enjoy doing. Of course it’s possible she was just having a bad day, but she clearly didn’t look like she was enjoying her job, the community she chose to become a part of. Looking back at the purpose of this course, it seems important that we would not only understand the community we are a part of, but enjoy being in it as well.
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