(In)Sanity?

Well, another week gone. Being back in school sure makes the time go by faster. Unfortunately, time is what I need and it seems to be slipping away faster than I can even remember. I recall being an undergraduate and thinking there wasn't enough time to do what I needed but finding the time anyway. I'm hoping that the case remains the same, it just feels strange to be in this position again of having to find the time to do what needs to be done.

Classes are still good. It has picked up for sure though. I mean, it's not too difficult (yet) but, there is a lot of things that are being pushed on me at once. Sure, it's graduate school, it should be expected. I just never thought it would happen this early. It's not too big of a deal, I mean, I know what I have to do and when to turn it in. I technically have the advantage in my favor, I could, for once, work ahead so that I don't have to wait until the last minute like I've done in the past. The thrill of being on a tight schedule, how I've missed you, even though I sometimes dread your very existence.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to DC at the end of the month to go the the Jon Stewart rally. It's not too often that chances like this come along, and I need to have an experience like this at least once in my life. I'm doing it not because I want to say I was there, but because I believe in what the cause is. Granted, I'm pretty off the radar when it comes to the political spectrum, but I really do value other people's viewpoints. I may not agree with them, but as long as they can say it in the type of way that doesn't sound offensive or divisive. I'm all ears to entertaining any thought, and I believe that there is just too much craziness going on in today's politics. Maybe it's because of the 24 hour news cycle, but people really need to just calm down. Just because you speak louder than somebody else doesn't make you right. All those loud voices do is silence everyone else who has, a potential, better idea than the blabbering mouths that speak without thinking.

I also got into a conversation with the fiancee about Teach for America. She went to a speaker series type thing they had at her school, so she went. Then she brought it up to me as a potential job for me to do after graduate school. The thing is, I considered doing that before I ended up at Wayne State. I didn't not do it because I lost interest, I just didn't think that it was the time to embark on something this big in scale. Now, I'm thinking that I am more prepared to tackle it. Once I'm done with graduate school, I feel like this is a potential path for me to take for the two years that I'm requested to do. Some part of me has always felt the need, maybe even desire or passion, to teach. It's something that I've always thought I'd be good at. And to have the chance to teach students who, most likely, have never been able to understand the value of an education. To teach those who have been left behind is almost like a calling. I feel like I can get through to them where others have failed. Nothing, and I mean nothing, would feel better than to turn the fortunes of the broken, beaten and the damned. If that was the only thing I ever accomplished, I'd die knowing I did more than most people.

24. Maybe I have all this passion because I'm so young. Maybe I haven't seen how the world actually works so I know where to keep my expectations. Maybe I shouldn't let how the world works dictate how my life goes. Maybe I should take this world and flip it onto itself. Maybe I'm too young still. Maybe I'll be great someday. Maybe sometimes just isn't going to cut it. 24. Young enough to know I have a lot to learn, but wise enough to know that I will be great.