Back in Providence
Written on 01/04 at 06:59 PM by Andy Posner
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Since Michele and I got back to Providence on Tuesday, I've been extremely busy, to the point that I still haven't had a chance to catch up on the sleep I lost the night of New Year's. We arrived in Boston on Tuesday afternoon, after a 6:00 AM wake up call to make the 8:30 AM flight. The flight itself was a little dicey, with enough turbulence to unsettle me (I kept thinking to myself "I can't die now. . .things are going so well!).
One Year Ends, Another Begins
Written on 12/31 at 11:54 PM by Andy Posner 0 comments
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In War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy argued that history is an inexorable process, and that indivudals are but actors shaped by the unrelenting march of time and circumstance. Well, it so happens that I only agree with Tolstoy on one of those two points; history most certainly is an inexorable process, but my entire life is predicated on the notion that individual actions shape and define history. I therefore violently disagree that history simply shapes individuals, and as another new year begins, I resolve to act with wisdom and integrity as I move into the working world. So yes, another year has come and gone, but my struggle to bridge the gap between who I am and who I long to be, continues.As part of that struggle, I am about to enter my second semester as a graduate student in Environmental Studies at Brown University. While it may sound odd, I found it very difficult to make the decision to go to graduate school after completing my B.A. in Spanish Language and Culture. The fear was that by going to graduate school I would somehow be turning my back on the longing to lead a passionate, idealistic, and adventurous life. Of course, I have come to see that, to the contrary, being in graduate school has made it possible for to me to do something truly great, namely, take my ideals and apply them to the real world in practical and tangible ways. Still, I always take on new challenges with trepidation, as I am forever wary of the potential for "losing my ideals." That fear has its genesis in when I was in 8th grade and was first becoming idealistic.
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