Here I sit, with third-year Elizabeth Falvey Feinstein, a worker at the Carpenter front desk. Today, she took a six hour shift as an attempt to force herself to do her heavy load of homework that is overspill from Relays and a final preparation. Although she is only a junior, this is Elizabeth's last semester of classes, here at Drake University. She is a secondary education and history double major, next semester she will be student teaching. And then she will be graduating. At the culmination of her higher education, Elizabeth, like myself, feels quite stressed. Here she discusses this stress and how she attempts to deal with it.
Caitlin Feuer: What are you stressed about?
Elizabeth Feinstein: All my projects and finals. My capstone paper is thirty pages. I'm writing it about Theodore Herzl and Israel.
CF: Who is Theodore Herzl?
EF: He was the founder of modern zionism and was around in the late 1880's. And he set up a plan for what he thought what the Jewish State should look like.
CF: How far are you on your paper?
EF: Oh you know, it's hard to say because I only have five pages typed up, but I have a lot more notes. I'm in the middle of taking more notes and writing.
CF: How are you dealing with your stress?
EF: I make lists, it's kind of OCD... not really. I can see them and see what I need to do and it's less scary. It's much easier than having everything floating around in your head.
CF: Have you ever broken down from stress?
EF: Oh yes. I just started crying during the middle of the semester. There was just a lot going on.
CF: Is there anything you enjoy about this week?
EF: The nice weather. And knowing that it will be over soon.
I just realized it's Herzl not Herzel. I would edit it, but I can't figure out how!
ReplyDeletehey caitlin,
ReplyDeleteyou can edit your posts. when you access your blog through blogspot, you can look at a whole lineup of your past posts. there you can edit and even delete.
this is a good subject and very timely with finals week. i like that you asked her what causes her stress and how she handles it. this is something all readers can relate to, so specifics like that help reader take more interest in this person. and that's key to getting them to read all about her.
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