Week 13: The Big Picture (Mid-Year Review)

I have spent the last week thinking about what it means to be a student at LSE and what, if anything, I have learned so far. Has this been a worthwhile experience?  Was coming here a mistake?  Could I have gained similar experiences elsewhere?  I asked myself these questions in the past week.

I am not having a mid-year crisis, I am simply self-reflecting on my time at the London School of Economics. School work and other outside activities have kept me busy, so I felt it was important to ask myself if it was worth staying in doors and reading about the Cultural Revolution in China or the Mexican Revolution. After a long time thinking I have decided yes, it was more than worth it. LSE has taught me so much about myself, my personality, my habits, and my future aspirations. Most importantly, LSE has taught me to think in a different way; to examine the big picture when not all the information is provided. This was probably my greatest weakness coming here and I have yet to perfect the art of looking at the "Big Picture," but I have certainly come a long way.

I hope the lessons I have learned in the classroom will carry over to my personal and professional life, but that is a question I should ask myself after I graduate from college.

As for the rest of the week, not too much went on. On Saturday I went to the pub we always go to on the weekend, "The Court" and I saw my first pub-brawl. Someone apparently was too drunk and decided to hit someone else to the point where half of the bar joined. When the police and the bar security broke it up, the two originators said it was over "football" as if that was a valid excuse. Nonetheless, it was entertaining.
Furthermore, one of the students I mentor (if you don't remember, I am a part of the LSE Mentoring Program and my job is to go to schools in London and provide support to secondary school students in their professional or academic lives) got into his top university. I congratulated him and told him he did it on his own, but he was nice to say that I certainly helped (which is definitely not true, he did 98% of the work). That was a rewarding experience and I am certainly happy for him.
Until next week!