ACBostwick

Ok, I know my program director and current students at the Heinz School told me that I would basically live in Hamburg Hall, but this is crazy! All of my days are 12+ hours of class and homework. My average wake up time is 6:15 in the morning, and my average bedtime is 12:15 in the morning. I literally eat and sleep homework. It’s sad that I look forward to a day without homework.

I want to make the statement that this is not a complaint…just a negative observation. The work I am doing is incredible. I am learning how to manage…how to lead…how to run an organization. And not even “just to get by,” but ethically, intelligently, and exceedingly better than anyone.

I had to write a lay off communication plan. I tell executives how a lay off plan is implemented throughout all levels of an organization. My professor stated, “This will probably be the hardest thing you will have to do as a manager, and believe me, you will all have to do it.” The real world application of my studies is invaluable.

Not one class stands alone. All of them integrate the same core values, concepts and ethics of how good leaders lead. I joke that my professors must have lunch together. In each class I attend, I gain more ways on applying this knowledge into all aspects of my management. It is truly amazing.

So, yes. I eat, sleep and do homework. So what if I look forward to a day with no homework? I love what I am learning…I love my program…and I love that I could have the potential of being a great leader one day…but mostly, I love being a student at the Heinz School.

~ by Andrea on June 4, 2008.