{"id":20068,"date":"2023-05-25T23:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=20068"},"modified":"2023-05-25T23:51:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T07:51:21","slug":"sprout-as-a-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/sprout-as-a-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprout as a Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Written by; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jude Bokovoy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let the grounds of Western be the place to grow, as a student, future professional and, most importantly, a person.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><b>Open-mindedness <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014 This is the first step. Don\u2019t let past perceptions hold one back from trying new things, befriending new people or giving something another go. On top of that, allow opportunities to come and give them no hesitation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Adventurous employment \u2014 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Apply for those interesting jobs that have been too intimidating in the past. Allow oneself to expand one\u2019s skill set and take a leap of faith. Maybe one will shoot for the moon and find themselves among the stars. Meaning, the role in mind may not be the one obtained, but instead it will lead to a different job within the field. Doing this can build one&#8217;s resume to get a job within their desired career field right after graduation. This is normally the goal of this whole college thing, right? Who knows, maybe neither will happen and one will get or go back to a \u2018typical\u2019 college job. That\u2019s literally the worst that could happen. Might as well try.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Push limits <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014 Take the time here to truly learn. Learn about oneself, about all kinds of subjects, people, activities or anything really. There is such a low risk when it comes to educating oneself within the parameters of time in college. This may be the only time one is fully independent \u2014 without any ties \u2014 use this as an opportunity to explore. Whether it\u2019s taking an interesting upper-division course without any prior knowledge, or trying a new dish, this is the time for trial and error.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Allow room for growth \u2014 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The words \u201cyou\u2019ve changed\u201d from a friend or loved one weigh heavily over people, holding them back from trying new things, changing unhealthy behaviors and confining them to their own perception of themselves. In all honesty, it\u2019s good, healthy and necessary to change. If there is fear of a person forcing one&#8217;s current and past ways against one, that\u2019s an issue that they need to deal with. They\u2019re also probably someone that isn\u2019t good to have so closely or at all. It is crucial to allow oneself the ability to try new things, discover new passions and to even fully reinvent themselves. Imagine if everyone stayed exactly the same since they were middle schoolers. The world would be such a different place. Why confine oneself to a certain stage of life? Become the person one wants to be. Friends with the same standards will follow. If there is one thing to remember from this article, it is to allow room for growth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, study hard, complete one&#8217;s best work and get everything one can with their path of education, but, at the same time, don\u2019t let lectures be the only thing that teaches one during their experience here. Take this unique opportunity to grow in all aspects of oneself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact the author at howllifestyle@mail.wou.edu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1094,"featured_media":20069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}