Sarah Doherty

Always thinking. Always dreaming.

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  2. The Middle School Effect

    I’m currently taking a math class at the Greece Apollo Middle School on Wednesday nights as part of the MCC Extension Center Program. From 6-9:40 on Wednesdays, I sit in a 5th or 6th grade classroom, while learning math that could be done in my sleep. Glorious.

    Tonight I found this quote posted in the classroom.

    30 years from now it won’t matter what shoes you wore, how your hair looked or the jeans you bought. What will matter is what you learned and how you used it.

    It’s so true - yet at the same time so sad. Putting myself back in the shoes of a 5th or 6th grader I would read this quote and think, “yeah right”. Back then, the shoes were everything, the hair had to be awesome and the jeans better have been flares. It was a popularity contest.

    Now I’m in college. Sure, I care about my outside appearance, but Rochester has had its way with me. I am now an individual who cares more about dressing for warmth then for fashion. My shoes are what keep my feet warm. I don’t get my hair cut enough (it costs money), and my jeans are from Old Navy as is the majority of my clothes, because its cheap and I can buy everything in one swoop.

    Ah, how I’ve changed.

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