One of my most favorite memories from my College Life will unequivocally be all of the wonderful people I have met, learned from, conversed with, and shared a most valued exchange of ideas on many different topics.
Reaching out to people can be a risky business but I think older students I have met through my Granite State College experience, with less perilous results than younger students might encounter.
As an older student, I take the approach that people are people. They all have something to add to the expansion of my horizons if I so choose.
Most recently, I have hired a Linguistics tutor based on the wonderful recommendation of Barbara Benham, a Granite State College Adjunct Professor who was my Instructor for my Short Fiction Independent Learning Contract. Other than the fact that Laurel had once worked with Barbara as an Editor, I knew little else about her. Imagine my surprise when I discovered she was one of the authors of A Writing Group of One's Own, written by the Seacoast Women's Writing Group, a book I have owned and loved for a long time.
We never know who we will meet along the way. People add so much to the world in which we live, if we are patient and allow them the freedom to be whoever they are. Loving the writing process as much as I do, I can already see the far-reaching consequences that can, may and most mightily will evolve because I reached out.
When I told Laurel how much I loved the book she offered to get each autograph of the different authors for me. I am so excited. It will be a huge contribution to my own writing life, a life I never dreamed would materialize.
The people I have met on this educational path through Granite State College continue to surprise me. They give me hope.
Reaching out to people can be a risky business but I think older students I have met through my Granite State College experience, with less perilous results than younger students might encounter.
As an older student, I take the approach that people are people. They all have something to add to the expansion of my horizons if I so choose.
Most recently, I have hired a Linguistics tutor based on the wonderful recommendation of Barbara Benham, a Granite State College Adjunct Professor who was my Instructor for my Short Fiction Independent Learning Contract. Other than the fact that Laurel had once worked with Barbara as an Editor, I knew little else about her. Imagine my surprise when I discovered she was one of the authors of A Writing Group of One's Own, written by the Seacoast Women's Writing Group, a book I have owned and loved for a long time.
We never know who we will meet along the way. People add so much to the world in which we live, if we are patient and allow them the freedom to be whoever they are. Loving the writing process as much as I do, I can already see the far-reaching consequences that can, may and most mightily will evolve because I reached out.
When I told Laurel how much I loved the book she offered to get each autograph of the different authors for me. I am so excited. It will be a huge contribution to my own writing life, a life I never dreamed would materialize.
The people I have met on this educational path through Granite State College continue to surprise me. They give me hope.
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