Because I only needed a few courses to graduate with my major, concentration, and minor, this semester I’m trying a couple of new things. As always with that kind of thing, there’s always the nagging fear of failure at something you don’t know if you’ll be good at.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays I’ll be taking both a fiction writing workshop and a clay arts course. Even though I’m an English major, I’m far more nervous about the fiction bit I guess I’d feel a little worse about failing at something I’m supposed to be good at. As far as clay arts goes, I did work with clay a bit in middle school for an Empty Bowls luncheon, but my bowl was pretty pitiful to say the least. I think this fear of trying new things comes from concern about my GPA. The thing is, at this point in my college career I still haven’t managed to make a B, meaning I have a cumulative 4.0. Understandably, I don’t want to wreck that with a fun class, and I don’t want to work really hard in order not to only to neglect my English classes.
But I am Getting Over It and taking these courses anyway. I might even post some pictures of my clay arts I creations, depending on how pathetic they are.
Related Posts:
