Featured Speaker, Dr. Jennifer Chambers
University
Shawnee State University
Presentation Types
Event
Abstract
Featured Speaker
Dr. Jennifer Chambers
Associate Professor of Education, University of the Cumberlands Thursday, March, 28th at 11:00 am
Sodexo Ballroom, Morris University Center
Don't Place Your Diploma on a Shelf
We are all born with a desire for exploration, but some people lose their sense of adventure along the way and just become "content." There's nothing wrong with being content, it's definitely fine for some people because being content usually also comes with feeling "safe." I was content teaching third grade. I had tenure, so I felt "safe," but if I had just settled for "content" and "safe," I would have never discovered my love for the unknown. I would have always wondered - what if? I may have never truly known myself and what I was capable of achieving. So... don't place your diploma on a shelf and settle for "content" and "safe." Go out there and satisfy your sense of wonder.
Recommended Citation
Chambers, Jennifer, "Featured Speaker, Dr. Jennifer Chambers" (2019). Celebration of Scholarship. 15.
https://digitalcommons.shawnee.edu/cos/2019/day2/15
Location
Morris UC, Sodexo Ballroom
Featured Speaker, Dr. Jennifer Chambers
Morris UC, Sodexo Ballroom
Featured Speaker
Dr. Jennifer Chambers
Associate Professor of Education, University of the Cumberlands Thursday, March, 28th at 11:00 am
Sodexo Ballroom, Morris University Center
Don't Place Your Diploma on a Shelf
We are all born with a desire for exploration, but some people lose their sense of adventure along the way and just become "content." There's nothing wrong with being content, it's definitely fine for some people because being content usually also comes with feeling "safe." I was content teaching third grade. I had tenure, so I felt "safe," but if I had just settled for "content" and "safe," I would have never discovered my love for the unknown. I would have always wondered - what if? I may have never truly known myself and what I was capable of achieving. So... don't place your diploma on a shelf and settle for "content" and "safe." Go out there and satisfy your sense of wonder.