Finding My Way
Jacob Sutton
Dr. Mirskin
I have just began my fourth week of college. MY FOURTH WEEK! How I made it through the first three, I do not know. Ithaca College has truly been a rollercoaster of emotions, and it has taken a significant amount of maturing on my part to begin living independently. But I feel like, even though I've been here for just over three weeks, both my maturity and sense of self have grown immensely.
College has taught me a lot. As a vocal performance major I am constantly working on my repertoire, aural skills, music theory, and keyboard skills. I definitely don't have as much free time as I was thinking I would during the day, and with that, I have had to greatly work on my time management skills. At home, my parents were always nagging at me to finish my homework, and I guess that since they did that so much, I relied on it to keep me on track. It took me a while to fully realize that I would have to rely on myself to keep me from slipping through the cracks; because no one was going to tell me what to do, or when to do it. But once I really sat down and meditated on it, reevaluating how I managed my time and reflecting on what my priorities were, I was surprised to find myself starting to keep on track. It took a couple weeks, but I realized that I can fully manage my time without the help of my parents.
Ithaca has taught me a lot so far, and I'm greatly anticipating everything that lies ahead. It is really so cool and inspiring to see so many different types of people literally living together, regardless of certain viewpoints. It is empowering seeing musicians of all kinds having class together. In fact, there was one time where I looked around the music theory classes at the trumpet players, pianists, percussionists, and singers all sitting next to me and I thought to myself dang. These are my people. We are all so connected by music and we're all sitting literally a foot away from each other. I am so grateful to Ithaca College and the Whalen School of Music for already giving m so many chances to explore both myself and my passions.
So, college is going pretty well so far :)
Dr. Mirskin
I have just began my fourth week of college. MY FOURTH WEEK! How I made it through the first three, I do not know. Ithaca College has truly been a rollercoaster of emotions, and it has taken a significant amount of maturing on my part to begin living independently. But I feel like, even though I've been here for just over three weeks, both my maturity and sense of self have grown immensely.
College has taught me a lot. As a vocal performance major I am constantly working on my repertoire, aural skills, music theory, and keyboard skills. I definitely don't have as much free time as I was thinking I would during the day, and with that, I have had to greatly work on my time management skills. At home, my parents were always nagging at me to finish my homework, and I guess that since they did that so much, I relied on it to keep me on track. It took me a while to fully realize that I would have to rely on myself to keep me from slipping through the cracks; because no one was going to tell me what to do, or when to do it. But once I really sat down and meditated on it, reevaluating how I managed my time and reflecting on what my priorities were, I was surprised to find myself starting to keep on track. It took a couple weeks, but I realized that I can fully manage my time without the help of my parents.
Ithaca has taught me a lot so far, and I'm greatly anticipating everything that lies ahead. It is really so cool and inspiring to see so many different types of people literally living together, regardless of certain viewpoints. It is empowering seeing musicians of all kinds having class together. In fact, there was one time where I looked around the music theory classes at the trumpet players, pianists, percussionists, and singers all sitting next to me and I thought to myself dang. These are my people. We are all so connected by music and we're all sitting literally a foot away from each other. I am so grateful to Ithaca College and the Whalen School of Music for already giving m so many chances to explore both myself and my passions.
So, college is going pretty well so far :)
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