So apparently I'm a professional in my field now.
Did you know this? I didn't. But apparently I'm a professional.
How delightfully absurd.
I discovered this fact in an interesting discussion I had with Kevin, the other grad student, and professor Omar Daniels. We discussed in details the "creative process" and how different people work to create music. We discussed the "moment" when you realize that you're no longer just indulging a hobby but actually developing a skill. And we discussed what defines a graduate student in comparison to the Undegrad. Apparently the key difference (besides age, skill and experience) is in the mindset. An undergrad composer, no matter how dedicated, may never do composition as a career, as it may just be a hobby. He/She may never ever compose again in what follows after their degree is complete. The graduate student, in coming back, has decided to embrace composition as a career. Suddenly, at Grad school, you are a professional working in your field. It's now a job, a career, not just school.
I never gave that idea much thought till today but it's true. This is like a job, and school combined (which may explain why it's so insanely busy all the time). But it's true, Grad school is a lot like a job, but without the benefit of being paid. But, at least in my case, my classes are essentially taught as an advice based assessment on what I may be called on to do in a future commission or job.
How very interesting to realize that I'm finally learning real world skills I can apply to getting work after this. Whether it be in teaching via the PhD route or freelancing, it's nice to know now I'm actually learning in a "hands on" approach.
2 Other Unrelated Tidbits:
1) For those of you who watch Lost... How cool was tonight's episode? Who do you think is dead?
2) Why are girls so confusing?
5 comments:
A professional eh? I, too, am a professional after becoming a grad student, but not in the school sense: I consider myself a professional female "assassin". lol
1) Sorry, don't watch "Lost". I'd tell you to start watching "Gundam Seed" (which you were going to), then watch "Gundam Seed Destiny", but I don't think you'd have the commitment for in total 100 episodes of anime.
2) Girls are confusing because it's part of their job discription: Before the fetus forms into a girl or boy, they had to fill out a questionnaire, and the girls are the ones who checked "No" under the question "Do you know what you want in life?"
damn questionnaire...
oh so true though
haven't watched it yet...
must dl
girls are confusing because guys are so simple. life is full of balance.
also, thanks for ruining lost for me, i have to download episodes so now i know what´s in store for me this weekend, jerk!
I believe that girls are confusing because they have a plan to wipe us from the face of the earth. They realise we can't understand them and they ensure that we never will.
They've figured out the whole vibrator thing, so as soon as they find a way to have kids without us, we're history.
Just a matter of time. You heard it first here folks.
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