Today is Friday, the end of another “first week of classes”, and I have found myself saying, “Finally!” After a year of anticipating my return to Northland, I thought I would be saying, “Finally—I am learning again!” or “Finally—it’s so good to be back!” And though both of these statements are very true, I find myself saying, after only one week, “Finally—the week is over!” I thought I would make it to at least week six. Looking at this week in retrospect, I think of two words that describe the week that have led me to this point: humbling and overwhelming.
It’s funny, when one thinks of being humbled,
they automatically think of a prideful person with a bursting ego that
needs brought down, at least, one notch. Though I have gone through my
share of ego-busting humility cases, this scenario is different.
