by Kelsey Handler
Part II of IV
It took nine years and a pandemic layoff, but in 2021, I finally returned to school to get my Master of Library and Information Science… something that was a goal when I received my undergraduate degree in 2012. It’s been a virtual curriculum until now. This semester, I’m back in a physical classroom for the first time in a long while.
I was slightly worried being in person would cause some anxiety, but so far, that concern hasn’t manifested. Instead, it’s nice to be on a college campus again and see my professors and classmates without a computer screen between us. If there’s one thing I remember from my lifetime of schooling, it’s how to be a student in a classroom.
As an added benefit, Boston is a lovely backdrop to my studies. My campus, blocks away from Fenway Park, sits across the street from the Muddy River (which is actually more of a creek). It’s part of a larger greenway running though Boston called the Emerald Necklace. There are geese that roam the sidewalks and hardly bother to move for passersby. The trees are starting to show off in orange and red as we travel deeper into fall. Sweater weather has arrived, and I feel like I’m right where I’m supposed to be.
