I have the chance to go to university here. I'm not thinking about it now - but if I were to do I would probably study ESL - look for ways to bridge the gap in my teaching to my experiences now in a foreign country.
I could also do a Ph.D.
When I was in high school and came across my first text of literary critics - I decided there I would get my Ph.D. so I could refute ridiculous conclusions about texts made by scholars, and write some new ones of my own.
In college, I had a few experiences that have made me realize a Ph.D. study is not what I want. They weren't negative experiences - they were just I opening - like the choice became very clear to me that I could choose to invest in academics or people - and I chose people. Not that I couldn't in academics, but the level and the circles were different, and I realized while I like the challenge, the prestige, and the studies - its not where I wanted to invest my time.
At the very least - I knew that I needed a subject that I was passionate about first, one that I was willing to sacrifice my time for and devote my time and thoughts too.
If I ever do a type of PhD study, I think I have the path. It would be on culture. Influences of culture. The idea of multiculturalism and how it doesn't work. The effects of integrating cultures and studies of how to do it better. How to pull the best out of each with out suffocating. How to not divide based on language and word choice, how to affirm the strengths of each.
Surely - any study I do must result in efforts towards positive change.
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