Graduation, Jobs, WTF is an HBCU, Marriage, Church, and other banter~
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I graduated at the end of summer semester with my MAT. My first job was lined up with Gordon College, a more rural community college located in Barnesville, GA. The job entailed teaching learning support level English classes, essentially high school English. The only problem was that my actual job wasn't at GCSU, it was at Fort Valley State University which is about 40 miles south of where I live. The commute isn't the problem. The problem is that FVSU is an HBCU.
An HBCU is a Historic Black College / University. What this means is that enrollment is roughly 99% African American. This includes the faculty. During my days on campus, the only non African American I see on campus is myself when I go to the bathroom and look in the mirror. Don't misunderstand, it's not a *negative*, but it's very different to say the least.
That said, I'm in this for at least until the end of the semester, maybe the end of Spring 2010. What to do, right? All this education and I can't tell you how hard it was to land even this temp instructor position. The economy is making things hard right now in terms of looking at expanding what my liberal arts degree can do. Countless days I've wondered how much easier things would have been if I had chosen a technical degree.
Went to my best friend's wedding. He's 25 and him and his wife are perfect for one another. I could never see myself getting married though - it's a convention that hardly anyone believes in any more. Coming from a twice broken family where both my parents and brother have gotten VERY bitter divorces, I have a hard time in believing marriage can work in this culture. I thought about where I could potentially meet people who were my age and had an education of some sort.
Thought hard about going back to Church on a regular basis if for no other reason than to meet people who aren't morally bankrupt. As a bonus I wouldn't be the only Christian in the room any more and wouldn't have to constantly be confronted with someone with a degree higher than mine screaming from every possible orifice that God doesn't exist.
I think overall I can't stand the idea of competing for someone's attention in a relationship-type situation. It's not that I'm not competitive. However when it comes to a relationship, the thought of my personality and intellect being weighed against every dumbshit meathead bro wearing a pink popped collar just doesn't sit well with me. In the end it will turn out one of two ways - either I accept my role as the male of the species and actually putting forth major effort to make myself as attractive as possible or just wait 5 years till I'm a thirty year old unmarried virgin and there won't be any sense in trying any more. Make no mistake - I'm not trying to be depressing, but I'm not so deluded as to ignore the writing on the wall.
I graduated at the end of summer semester with my MAT. My first job was lined up with Gordon College, a more rural community college located in Barnesville, GA. The job entailed teaching learning support level English classes, essentially high school English. The only problem was that my actual job wasn't at GCSU, it was at Fort Valley State University which is about 40 miles south of where I live. The commute isn't the problem. The problem is that FVSU is an HBCU.
An HBCU is a Historic Black College / University. What this means is that enrollment is roughly 99% African American. This includes the faculty. During my days on campus, the only non African American I see on campus is myself when I go to the bathroom and look in the mirror. Don't misunderstand, it's not a *negative*, but it's very different to say the least.
That said, I'm in this for at least until the end of the semester, maybe the end of Spring 2010. What to do, right? All this education and I can't tell you how hard it was to land even this temp instructor position. The economy is making things hard right now in terms of looking at expanding what my liberal arts degree can do. Countless days I've wondered how much easier things would have been if I had chosen a technical degree.
Went to my best friend's wedding. He's 25 and him and his wife are perfect for one another. I could never see myself getting married though - it's a convention that hardly anyone believes in any more. Coming from a twice broken family where both my parents and brother have gotten VERY bitter divorces, I have a hard time in believing marriage can work in this culture. I thought about where I could potentially meet people who were my age and had an education of some sort.
Thought hard about going back to Church on a regular basis if for no other reason than to meet people who aren't morally bankrupt. As a bonus I wouldn't be the only Christian in the room any more and wouldn't have to constantly be confronted with someone with a degree higher than mine screaming from every possible orifice that God doesn't exist.
I think overall I can't stand the idea of competing for someone's attention in a relationship-type situation. It's not that I'm not competitive. However when it comes to a relationship, the thought of my personality and intellect being weighed against every dumbshit meathead bro wearing a pink popped collar just doesn't sit well with me. In the end it will turn out one of two ways - either I accept my role as the male of the species and actually putting forth major effort to make myself as attractive as possible or just wait 5 years till I'm a thirty year old unmarried virgin and there won't be any sense in trying any more. Make no mistake - I'm not trying to be depressing, but I'm not so deluded as to ignore the writing on the wall.