The Real Nicole.

This is my 5th year studying at Uniting College, I'm about $30000 in student loan debts, and only have successfully completed about half of a degree so far.  If that wasn't enough of an opening statement to prove that study just isn't my thing, I'll finish it off by saying that I've been doing distance education for the last 2.5 years which is extra tricky and have issues with self worth and most of the time feel stupid studying ministry when I don't know anything and especially since I don't know where my future lies.  I've found it frustrating hearing from people who used to study at college saying things like, I never got anything less than a distinction and I'd only been a Christian for a short time before studying. Or commenting on the subject selections or had made. This year, I have approached study differently to before. It's not because I've looked at the debt I have and realised I can't afford to fail - although that...

Earlier this year, a statement went viral, schools and teachers all over the world were asking their students to complete the sentence "I wish my Teacher knew...." Teachers were getting powerful responses about the lack of resources students had, how their parents weren't present and how their self esteem affected how they learned or contributed. There is so much I wish the students at school where I chaplain would tell me or their class teacher. I wish they would tell us if they haven't got food, that they didn't do their homework because their parents didn't know how to do it so couldn't assist them, that things are really hard from them at home with their responsibilities at home they are always worried. Personal life impacts how people learn and there are some students who battle so much internally and in their personal life just to attend each day of school. There was so much I wish I told my teachers when I was at school, that I was trying ...