I quit the play, tough as it was, because I could not keep up in my classes or with my sleep hygiene with the time commitment. Even though it was hard for me to break a commitment and let my fellow cast members and director down, I know it was the right choice.
This quarter, I have 5 classes:
Hip Hop and Language Politics
Black Sitcoms: Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Urban Education
Freedom Now: African American History 1865-1965
Global Hip Hop Cultures
Senior Thesis Research
I have 19 units, but 5 of those are for my senior thesis. Speaking of my thesis...
I have until April 29th to finish a 30 page draft. I have maybe 15 pages. I still have some research to do, so I am going to be researching and writing for the next few weeks. I have to submit my thesis for grading in the third week of May and in the 4th week I am going to be presenting my research to my department. My thesis is about mental health in the black community, specifically for college students. Obviously, my own story is the nexus for my choice in topic. I am considering picking up this topic in graduate school, but there are also other things that I would like to study:
-The relationship that non-black people have with black women's hair/The relationship that some black women don't have with their own hair
-The portrayal and representation of mental health in black people within the media such as film, cinema, tv shows, comedy shows, etc
-The affect that technology has had on how Christians specifically walk out their faith (texting questions to the pastor during the sermon, bible online/bible apps)
-The manchild and his contribution to the demise of contemporary dating
The first two are ones that I am leaning toward, but I also need to keep in mind what program I want to apply to, what the actual research is going to be, and then what as a Professor I would teach. I would love to teach for the African American Studies department, or in Cultural Studies, Communications, I don't know! So many options. I admire people who have several different scholarly iterations throughout their academic career like psych undergrad soc masters and phD in education.
*Note: I need to read Tender-headed and Black Looks*
I have interviewed for a summer job on campus with student housing which comes with free housing and would pay $15.75 an hour. I pray that I get it but if I don't I have already bought a one way ticket back home to San Antonio. I anticipate that whether or not I get the job, I will be working with AmeriCorps for a yearlong service program during which I hope to apply to graduate school. I applied to the Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers which would help me apply to grad school, waive application fees, set me up with a mentor that would help me with my personal statement.
Beyond that, after the whole school thing I mean, I want to teach in the Alamo Community District for at least 2-3 years to give back to the city and community that gave so much to me. After that, I would like to look into seminary and potentially become an online teacher and have the income from that pay for seminary.
I should be going to sleep, so that is enough for now, I will save the juicy bits about boys for another blog post. At the moment, enjoy all my puffy dreams and lofty goals! I know I will :-)
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