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Create a Syllabus to Step-up Your Lifelong Learning Before 2021
And to add a sense of purpose to your days.
There I was. On my own for the first time. Lost, both literally and figuratively.
It took a while for me to find my bearings. (Both literally and figuratively.)
But there was something to guide my way. A map of sorts. A way forward.
I’m talking about my first few weeks at college freshman year. I knew where I was supposed to be but I still felt lost. Know what I mean? I felt confident about my decision to go to college but shaky about what to do once I’d arrived.
I had a case of the jitters. But I got through it with a little help. I had a schedule and a campus map. And by the time I finally found my way to my first class, I had something else to guide me through my confusion and doubt: a syllabus.
I miss those days. I know it’s easy to have a rosy vision of the past, but I really do miss walking into a classroom on the first day and being handed the keys to my success. My professor’s expectations were all right there, in one document. I knew what to do. As long as I had my syllabus, I was all set.
