Category: Student Life: General
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Creativity, Joy, and Making the Most of Graduate School
HGSE has an unbelievable course catalog. As someone who is so deeply passionate about education, imagination, and justice, browsing the list of courses filled me with glee. Because of my program requirements, however, my opportunities to take many of these incredible classes are limited. I have program-specific classes I must take to graduate and to…
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Looking Back on Orientation
I don’t recall the exact moment when I realized I wanted to come to the Harvard Graduate School of Education. It was hardly a natural decision: I had already been in the workforce for well over a decade, had a wife and daughter, and had no reason to believe that additional time as a formal…
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The Perks of (PS)Pizza
On Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 I landed at Logan International Airport with two suitcases and a purse. The past fourteen years of my life in sunny California, were uprooted, stuffed into luggage, then launched across the United States, courtesy of American Airlines. I initially felt a lot of anxiety surrounding my transition into life at…
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Orientation Reflections
I just started my third real week of classes, and I am finally starting to reflect on my experience thus far, especially orientation. It has been a while since I have been part of an orientation program, and I am so appreciative that HGSE dedicated a full week to making students feel welcome and comfortable…
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A Settling, and an Unraveling
“9 months will really fly by,” they all said. I heard them, could rationalize the statement, but I didn’t take it that seriously. Now just weeks till graduation, I am humbly nodding to those wise mentors and alums that advised me to cherish this time. Though there are many pages still due, the bittersweet feeling…
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A letter to admitted students who are also parents
For Admitted Students who are also Parents As I write this, three other humans that I call family are a few feet away doing what other humans do: eating, talking, and relaxing after a day at school and work. I am a master’s student at HGSE, and I am a parent to two children, a…
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In honor of International Women’s Day
For their authentic self, confidence, and love for learning… Over the past few years, I have largely focused and invested on myself – my life, my career, my goals, my education, my likes and dislikes. Incidentally, it has made me feel disconcerted. If happiness comes from taking responsibility for others and creating joy in their…
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Specialized Studies: An amazing choice!
I arrived at the last minute, nervous and excited at the same time. It was just two days before orientation and I had left my job as a commercial airline pilot only one month before arriving in Cambridge. I had left my former decade-long life in Abu Dhabi and moved back to my home country…
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HackED
One of the reasons I was so excited to join the Technology, Innovation and Education (TIE) cohort at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) was the opportunity to “innovate” – whatever that meant. I arrived on campus from a profession where uniformity and standards are, understandably, of the utmost importance in order to make…
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I belong here
My name is Josué. As I got to HGSE six months ago, I can say that I was constantly flooded with feelings of both illusion and anxiety. I remember coming here to the International Students’ Open House almost a year ago, and in a small group session, I asked my peers in the room if…
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