lunabee34

Thank you so much! :)

I like the school where I work. We're going through a period of growth which is awesome (hopefully LOL), and because we are not (at least now) a research institution, I have been given all kinds of responsibilities and opportunities that I would never have been given at that kind of institution.

We teach more African American students than any other demographic and many of our students are from inner city Atlanta. A lot of them are first generation college students, and I feel like it is such a privilege to serve these kids. It can be frustrating because a lot of them don't have the emotional resources, familial support, or educational backgrounds to prepare them for college. Many of them sabotage themselves. Many of them have issues outside their academic lives (like working to support parents who have lost jobs) that impede academic success. But it is so rewarding to help these students, to see demonstrable progress in their academic lives and in their personal lives. Way more rewarding than teaching the kids of doctors and lawyers at Ole Miss.

There are parts of living in the South that I don't like. It sucks living in a town that isn't as accepting of the college as I'd like and where it feels like literally every person who doesn't teach at the college (and some who do) is a Republican Southern Baptist.

But over all, thumbs up.