- World Religions - I gained an appreciation for all religions and understand more of the eastern culture that accompanies many of those religions. I love seeing God's hand in the beliefs and lives of all of His children. I know better how to represent my own faith tradition because I now know how it compares to others.
- Korean History - I love thinking about how little I knew of Korea compared to what I now know after my modern Korean history class. It's cool to go from total ignorance to at least some understanding. I'll spare you the details though because I could go on forever about that class.
- History of Science - I love the perspective I've gotten from my history of science class. It has been really cool to map out the evolution of thought and argumentation in everything from the systems in the cosmos to the workings of human brain. It's crazy to think of the intellectual development that we inherit just by being socialized into our culture at this time. It's incredible to then realize that what we know is very little to everything that God knows. It's even more incredible to think of our own potential to become omniscient through God's plan.
- World Geography - I loved the professor's stories. I could probably still fill out the various map quizzes for as long as my short-term memory holds out. Yet, I don't feel like I've learned many new ideas. I did like the professor's perspective on the Israeli-Palestinean conflict, though, very interesting.
My grades will be bad, though. I'm getting burned out on school. It was easier to be motivated for school when I worked somewhere that didn't satisfy my career desires. It has been harder to stay focused on school this semester since I'm already doing what I want to do. But I know that school is important and I will finish it!
On the positive side, I have learned sooo much at Summit. I learn so much every single day. Today I said goodbye to two of my students. They were happy goodbyes since one girl gets to go live with her little brother and the other guy has straightened up enough to go home to his family. I'm going to miss them. I'm also working with another teacher to track down one of our students that was relocated. We're going to see if we can visit him together.
Every day I pray that I can make some difference in my students' lives, and it is so amazing how Heavenly Father just fills me with love for them all. They can swear at me, hit on me, flip me off, ignore me, hug me, listen to me, or completely blow me off, but I really care for all of them. Some of them are really genuine and others are really good manipulators, but I still love them. I have grown so much, I am definitely not the person I was before this job. The only downside is that I am completely desensitized to swearing. I don't use profanity myself, but I hate that I hear it so casually.
