As a new "Senior" at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, I thought the following may be helpful for new and continuing seminary students. Please feel free to add your suggestions to the comments.
1. Listen... in class, to other students, to your spouse, to your children, to staff members, to your church family, to the news, in chapel, on the bus, in line at the grocery store, in the dining hall, etc.
2. Pray... out loud, silently, for people you know and those you don't, with people, alone, for your self, for those you will serve in the future.
3. Turn things in early. (I count 45 minutes before the deadline as early on papers.)
4. Use what you already know.
5. Get to know the quiet people as well as the loud.
6. Make time for yourself.
7. Don't over-commit.
8. If all else fails, read.
9. Sit in front of your computer and stare at the screen until you know what to write.
10. Remember who you are.
11. Be open to the possibility that you may be wrong.
12. Suck it up.
13. Know that there will always be last minute corrections.
14. Go at your own pace...
15. Spend time in the library, in the dining hall, in your professors' offices, in your friends' homes, on the playground.
16. Follow some of those rabbit trails.
17. Keep in touch with old friends.
18. Enjoy the moment.
19. Learn something that will have an impact on your daily life.
20. Keep meetings short and sweet.
21. Don't plan what classes you will take according to the projected class list.
22. Have a backup plan.
23. Don't count on your Presbytery's COPM to be on the same schedule as you.
24. Read the Bible for your personal enrichment as well as for class.
2 comments:
you are one wise dude...
Amen my friend. I would emphasize keeping up your personal spiritual practices even when you don't feel like you have the time. Also wise to gather good friends around you, not only for sanity while in school, but as a support network as we look to the real world.
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