Ukwehla Kwezinto Okudingeka Uzicabange
Muva nje ngacelwa ukuthi ngibe yiphaneli ye-Columbia MFA Program ebizwa ngokuthi "Life After the MFA" nabanye abalobi abaningi abaye baphumelela kuhlelo. I-panelist ngayinye yaba nesipiliyoni esihlukile, kodwa sonke sasijabule ngokukhetha esikwenzile ukuya khona.
Njengoba ngizibonela kahle, ngikhuthaze abafundi bami abanamakhono kakhulu ukuba bafake izicelo ku-MFA Programs. Ngokuyinhloko, ngikholelwa ukuthi baye bahlangenwe nakho okuhle.
Umthombo owusizo kakhulu lapho unquma ukuthi yiluphi uhlelo lwe-MFA oluzoya kulolu hlu olwenziwe yi-Poets and Writers Magazine. Ihambisa izinhlelo ezihlukahlukene ngobukhulu, ubuciko, futhi ikunikeze isikhathi sokubekwa kwezikhangiso.
Nazi ezinye zezingqondo zami mayelana nenqubo.
Izindleko
Ngokusobala, lokhu kuyinkinga enkulu. Uma ungenalumekazi ocebile, ungase ube nokuningi okufanele ucabangele ...
Imali yinto yomuntu siqu, futhi abantu banemizwa eminingi nezizathu ezingokoqobo zokugwema isikweletu. Lokho kusho ukuthi, uma ukwazi ukufaka isamba senyanga esizokwazi ukuyilawula (futhi ukuthi uzokhokha isikhathi eside kakhulu) singakuzuzisa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Into enhle ukuthi akudingeki ukhokhele imali yakho yokubolekwa komfundi kuze kube yilapho usuqedile, ekunika isikhathi sokugxila ekubhaliseni kwakho kanye nohlelo ngenkathi uhamba. Into embi ukuthi uma uphumelela, ngeke ube nomsebenzi okhokhelwayo ophezulu okulindele ukuba ukhokhele isikweletu sakho.
Ngakho kukhona ingozi. Kodwa zikhona nezinye izindlela zokugwema lokhu.
Izinhlelo eziningi zinikeza abafundi izifundo; abanye baze bakhokhele izifundo ezigcwele. Abaningi banikeza umsebenzi wokutadisha nokufundisa izifundo, okuzokwenza futhi ube nesipiliyoni njengomfundisi, okuzokusiza ukuba uthole umsebenzi wezemfundo (uma ufisa) emva kokuphothula.
Faculty
Ingabe kukhona umlobi oye wakuthonya ngaphezu kwanoma yimuphi omunye? Thola ukuthi bafundisani. Ngezinye izikhathi kuyoba esikoleni esincane, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi uzokwazi ukufunda nomuntu obhala ngokumthanda ngempela, kungaba okuhlangenwe nakho okumangalisayo. Yebo nawe ufuna ukuqiniseka ukuthi konke okulandelayo kuhambisana nawe, kodwa kuyindlela yokunciphisa izinketho zakho. Futhi khumbula: akubona bonke abalobi abakhulu abafundisi abakhulu, ngakho-ke yenza ucwaningo lwakho!
Indawo
Uma uzimisele ukuya ku-adventure, futhi ukwazi ukwenza kanjalo empilweni yakho ukuthi usebenzisa isicelo, kungaba ithuba elikhulu. Ngokungalinganisanga izinketho zakho emadolobheni amakhulu, ungazitholela endaweni ongayike uhlale ngayo ngaphandle kwalokho. Lokhu kungase kukhuthaze futhi kuvule amehlo.
Ubude Besikhathi
Kukhona kokubili izinhlelo zesikhathi esigcwele nezinhlelo eziphansi zokuhlala. Ukuhlala phansi kusho ukuthi uya esikoleni ehlobo kanti ngezinye izikhathi ngesonto noma emibili ebusika, kodwa usebenze ku-inthanethi noprofesa phakathi nonyaka. Kwabaningi, izinhlelo zehlobo zenza umqondo omkhulu ngokwemigomo yesimiso neminye yemithwalo yemfanelo yokuphila .
Idumela
Ngokuqinisekile kunenzuzo yokuya esikoleni esihloniphekile.
Okokuqala, ama-agent anesithakazelo kakhulu kuwe kuphela ngenxa yeziqinisekiso zakho, ezingasiza kakhulu. Noma kunjalo, ukubhala okuhle kukubhala okuhle, futhi eziningi ezikoleni ezinkulu zinika imali encane, ngakho-ke ngisho noma ungena esikoleni esikhulu, kungase kungabi yisinqumo esihle kakhulu.
Usayizi
Ezinye izinhlelo zokubhala zamukela okungenani abafundi abangu-5 ngonyaka; abanye bayamukela kuze kube ngu-40. Njengoba lokhu - cishe - isikhathi esithile empilweni yakho uzoba nakho okuhlukile, ukugxila ekubhaliwe kwakho kuphela futhi ube yingxenye yomphakathi wabalobi abanesifiso esifanayo, cabanga ngaluphi uhlobo yemvelo evumelana nawe. Ungabe usuhlale edolobheni noma edolobheni elincane? Uthanda ukusondelana kweqembu elincane, noma ufuna ukuzungezwa nabanye abaningi abanezinhloso ezifanayo?
Lezi zinsuku kubonakala kunzima ukudlula izinhlelo zokubhala.
Kukhona abalobi abaningi abanethalente, futhi ngiyamangala lapho abanye abafundi bami - enginakho ukukholwa okuphelele - bengangeni ezinhlelweni ezithile. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi ungasebenzisa futhi njalo.
Asikho isidingo sokuya ohlelweni lwe-MFA lokuba umlobi nganoma iyiphi indlela, kodwa kufanele ube ne-MFA, noma ushicilele okungenani incwadi eyodwa (noma unezincwadi eziningi) ukuze ufundise ekolishi.
Ukuthola i-MFA akukwenzeki ngokuzenzekelayo ukuthi ushicilele noma kukuenze umlobi, ngakho-ke ulinganise izinzuzo nezindleko, futhi wenze ukhetho okulungile kuwe.