Time to hunker down now! I am in seminary! This surreal experience is now real. I have been on campus for "intensives" for one of two weeks. All of the classmates I have been interacting with online for six weeks now have real faces, emotions, stories, & thoughts. Moreover, I have a student ID with my name and picture on it. If that doesn't make it all real, then I don't know what does.
Here is what has genuinely surprised me so far:
- I like my classmates, & I think they like me.
- You have to know quite a bit about English to learn Biblical Hebrew (what the heck is third person/masculine/plural anyway? and, can you tell me what the definite article is?)
- I thought the hardest thing about being away from home, would be being away from home. Class is actually quite challenging and in fact sitting in class all day is a lot of work... I find myself saying "my brain hurts" & "I'm really exhausted" to my husband on the phone a lot. Also, after having learned for eight hours, I feel my need for solitude and nothingness louder than ever before and can't figure out how my classmates are going home to study some more.
- There are lots of people here who don't agree with me on things I thought were rather standard.
- We at the Reformed Theological Seminary are not all Reformed.
- I have found lots more needed affirmation than I anticipated and feel very supported (my peer group rocks).
- I sincerely like this and am hopeful for my future :)
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