I think my students like knowing that I’m a student again. As I continue to wrestle my way through a Masters in Youth Ministry Leadership, I’ve come to a challenging class. (Let’s face it, some classes are easier than others)
Qualitative research is a lot like learning how to be a documentarian. It’s a research method that is based on personal interviews. That part, I love. I love discovering the why and how of how organizations work… I really do! What is challenging to me is the amount of terminology in our text book. I’m not lost, but I do catch myself saying constantly… "Who cares!" "Will I ever need all of this philosophical crap?" It’s the same feeling I had when taking trigonometry back in 11th grade.
Of course, having a hard class always drums up this thought… I’ve hated school since about 4th grade, why in the world am I doing graduate work? I’ve got lots of reasons for doing it, really I do.
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