Notes from Appian Way: The Icing on the Cake

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Co-Curriculars: The Icing on the Cake

Being a student at HGSE is a lot like eating your favorite cake.  It’s something you look forward to with anticipation and something that you have to pace yourself through in order to enjoy every moment. Ever eaten so much of your favorite food you can’t stand it anymore?  At HGSE, it’s easy to get burned out or feel over burdened if you don’t pace yourself.  The research opportunities, courses, peers, and professors at HGSE make up the base of the cake.  They are what define the bulk of the “HGSE experience.” But a cake is not complete without its frosting, and I would be remiss if I reflected on HGSE without thinking about the activities, events, and resources that make up the icing.

HGSE’s Askwith Lectures, Master Teacher Series, workshops and conferences are the cream cheese frosting on my HGSE red velvet cake- they’re where I go to find inspiration.  I use these events to learn about issues and hot topics I’m not exposed to through my courses. My program is in an area that I care deeply about and my courses help deepen my understanding of the field or supply me with skills I that will allow to produce deeper and more meaningful work as a professional. While I truly enjoy my work and my research, it’s easy to forget the forest for the trees, and to get bogged down in the day-to-day challenges of research, writing and studying. This is where the icing comes in. Read more... Read more student blog posts about life at the Ed School at Notes from Appian Way. To learn more about Harvard Graduate School of Education, visit wpdev.gse.harvard.edu/admissions.