I had a realization that I am a university student at UTSC. It goes farther than that though. I’m also a Humanities student. One thing that I realized though is that it isn’t a particularly humanitarian discipline. Over a lunch meeting with the dean and vice deans here on campus, Rick Halpern (UTSC’s Dean) told me (along with a bunch of fellow students) something which stuck with me; there’s a difference between Humanities and humanities, a tangible difference.
One of the questions I find myself asking is “Where am I going in life?” I find myself asking that question yet again, because the path of Humanities students is very obscure or interdisciplinary. There is nothing that is essentially Humanities. But then again, Humanities is often regarded as the field of study concerning humanity – human ideas and life. Saying we’re Humanities students does not entail that we’re humanitarian or by any means humanities students. The difference is that studying about humanity is not the same as studying and engaging with humanity.
So here’s the question again: Where am I going in life? Lately, I’ve been too busy to notice the world that needs help. I don’t have a goal, nor do I have plans on being a humanitarian. But I’ve been thinking about it tonight. And I realize that even if my future will take me no where near the purpose of humanities, as a Humanities student, I can’t forget that there is something more.
I still have a lot to figure out…
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