Reflecting on Your
Goals Within and Beyond the MA Program
This week’s written assignment is a short (1-2 pages, single
spaced) essay reflecting on your goals in the MA Program and beyond. These essays will vary considerably; please
do not decide that the questions or approach you choose for this assignment are
“wrong” because they differ from a colleague’s.
Questions you may consider: (this is not a checklist)
·
What are my academic interests? What inspires
them? How do they seem to be changing at this point? How will I pursue these
interests in the time I have remaining in the program?
·
What are my career goals? How might the MA
Program help me attain them, either as a credential or in some other way? How might I shape my courses, teaching, etc.
in order to further my goals? Are there paths I am considering now (perhaps new
paths) that might allow me to do what I want to do professionally that are
different from what I envisioned as I applied to MA programs?
·
What are my personal hopes? My five-year plan?
If I imagine looking back on my life decades from now, what kinds of things
might I regret NOT having done? Who has the kind of life I hope to lead, and
what might I do to align my path in a similar direction? (You do not need to
overshare the answers in this assignment, but I think these are really
important questions to think about through writing.)
1-2 pages, due Nov 4 via email. Bring a copy to class on Nov
6 along with a copy of your faculty interview.
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