W.W.J.D

So I have decide to try and start this blog back up. I am starting it out fresh.  I was sitting in class today very very frustrated with my professor.  I thought to myself how will I vent these feelings without complaining to multiple people and just getting more frustrated, this is when I decided I will start my blog back up and just vent about it online. That's the 21st century thing to do right, talk about your feelings on a blog? 

The question that I keep asking myself is, how do I get through 3 more classes with a professor that I have problems respecting or taking advice from? I have a professor who is very intelligent and has a lot of real life experience that could make him a wonderful professor but he seems to be teaching with a very biased opinion on things.  I feel as if I am learning information from one point of view.  I do not want to be forced to have certain beliefs as a social worker.  I do not want him to generalize social workers as having all of the same beliefs, morals, and political points of view.  As a social worker there are some beliefs that you must all agree on but for the most part that will depend on the agency you work for.  I do not handle someone telling me what I need to believe and what not to believe, what is good and what is bad.  I would like to form my own opinions on things by hearing the facts, not what my professor thinks the problem is and how it needs to be fixed.  First off what he thinks is a "problem" may not be something I consider to be a problem at all. Are you following me here? I don't like being forced to have your opinions.  Not that everything he says I disagree with but I would like to figure that out on my own. What this paragraph comes down to is the fact that I want to learn so that I can become more educated, not so that I can become more liberal.

As I dwell on my thoughts and feelings toward my professor I am trying to find a way to turn these negative things into something positive.  I do not want to have this anger toward someone that I should be showing respect towards and gaining a better education from.  I need to find a way to get past the negative emotions I have in his class and focus on the positive and factual information that he does teach us. I was reading through Philippians 4 to help me find a peace about the situation.  4:5 says "let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon (NLT)"  If this wasn't convicting than I don't know what would be.  I need to remember to be considerate, fair minded, and reasonable to those not only inside the church but also those outside.  I need not seek revenge against those who treat us unfairly nor are we to be overly vocal about our personal rights (this coming from my bible study notes); all I could think about in class was marching up to him and laying it all out on the table, telling him what I think of his class.  I hate admitting when I'm wrong but yet again the Bible wins this battle.  4:13 "For I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength (NLT)"   To be able to handle another 3 semesters with this professor I need to change my feelings and attitude toward him.  I can only do this if I actually want to do it.  I need to be in prayer about my attitude and pray for a heart change toward him, it will be the only way to bare the rest of my college career with him, otherwise I am bringing unneeded stress and anxiety on myself.  I need to learn to take what my professor says with a grain of salt.  I know this heart change will take time, but I need to remember the letters I wear around my wrist right? W.W.J.D (what would Jesus do?)

Originally I thought I would just blog about my frustrations with my prof but as I was writing I found it necessary to try and change my attitude. To look to scripture for guidance. Maybe this blog thing will be good for me.

I will end my blog with this:  Philippians 4: 8-9 says- Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.(NLT)