Hello everyone! I am a new member to the Kelley Bloggers, and this is my very first blog! First of all, I want to say "thank you" to the Kelley staff to have me here. I am so excited!
Well, as a starter, let me just tell you a bit about myself...I am from Japan, and been here for...7 years by now (Wow! Time flies...I've never felt it's been this long!). Almost 6 years out of 7, I have been a student of IUPUI, the first 5 years as an undergraduate student with finance major, and now as a graduate student in MSA program. I do remember my first year at IUPUI, I was so overwhelmed by the new environment...the classes, people, different language, different cultures...and so forth. I was so excited about my new challenge, but also was so nervous whether I could catch up with all the study I needed to do. Every beginning of the semester, I felt "Oh no...I will not be able to make it...It is just...too much to me!". My anxiety reached the maximum level, when I started reading the class syllabuses. You know, the syllabus is the scariest thing! It tells you all about how hard students have to work (and it's always not enough!), how difficult the class will be, how many assignments students have to do within a limited time, how students may fail from the course, and how soon the last date of withdrawal is coming, etc... Reading the syllabus, for me, almost feels like watching a preview of a horror movie. I know I am gonna enjoy the movie, and I know there will be a lot of shocks and screams (that I tend to have after the exams or getting my exams back), but since I've already watched the preview, I got to watch the movie anyway. It's a mixture of scary feeling and curiosity that I feel when I read a syllabus. I hope you understand if you are a student.
Well, frankly speaking, after the 6 years of repetition, I still feel this way when I start a new semester. The good thing is, from my experience, I pretty much know that I will make it through the semester after all, and syllabuses don't scare me too much any more. Well, it's pretty scary still, but I know that feeling will go away as I walk though the classes every week (and study!).
...and here I am. This is my second semester as a graduate student.
I hope now you got a sense of who I am. This is me, Kayoko, or please call me Kay, if it's a bit different for you to pronounce (or read) my name. Thank you for reading my first blog, and nice meeting with all of you. I hope I have a chance to get to know you better, too!
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