Schooling
Narratives:
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I’ve
chosen these pieces because I think it’s important for those beginning
college to know that behind academic success is usually buried some struggle
and even some failure. I,
for example, failed chemistry lab. I
showed up to the final exam and the instructor said to me, “Why are you
here? We’ve had eight unknown
experiments to solve; you’ve missed them all.
There’s no way you can pass this course. There’s just no need for you to take the
test.” Though at the time it felt like
the end of the world, I eventually received a Ph.D. (in English) and now work
teaching in a university. (Granted,
they keep me away from dangerous chemicals.)
In
retrospect, I realize I wasn’t a hopeless chemistry case; I just didn’t know
where to go for help or when I should have gone. I learned that lesson eventually through
trial and error over the five years I was an undergraduate and passed my
other courses. But I have to say, I
wish I would have made it my business to learn it sooner. Eldred-University of Kentucky English-University of
Kentucky Writing Program-Town and
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