WK4- Response #2- Becky Day

Beck wrote:

In Chapter 11 of "The Art of Possibility," Rosamund and Benjamin Zander discuss vision. I understand one's vision as the reason or purpose for doing something.

Many times during this program, I lost my vision and questioned why I had even enrolled. I inadvertently began questioning my worth as a teacher. What is the purpose of this class? What is the purpose of this degree? Why am I doing this? Why am I spending all this money on this degree when no system will even give me a chance to teach in their schools? What am I going to do with this degree, anyway, when I'm finished, other than make more money every year?

Making more money was not the reason why I enrolled. I enrolled because I want to become a better teacher and learn new things to teach to my students; because I want to help my students be more successful.

Every time I begin to question myself, I remember my focus, my vision of myself as a better teacher.

I wrote:

Becky,

It looks like you really blogged about a subject that most of your classmates can relate to. And, of course, I had asked myself those very same questions. Your concept of vision is 'the course'. I have, to, been telling myself to 'stay the course'. The future is unknown and pulling out a master's degree at Full Sail is like you and I sailing on Columbus' ship to the new world. We have NO IDEA what is really beyond. We don't know if we'll live or die, or if we're going to fall off the end of the globe or WHAT!!...But, Columbus stuck it out on his journey and we all know the many, huge surprises that came out of that. So...stay the course!!