미국유학/유학생활

[03/11/2019] 봄이 오는 날

sergeant 2019. 3. 12. 06:28


As they begin to notice inequalities in their communities of which they were not previously aware, including the ways that white supremacist patriarchal violence structures some of their closest relationships. Many describe family dinners marred by sorrows over a huge fight that began with the telling of a sexist or racist joke. As bell hooks states:

I have not forgotten the day a student came to class and told me: "We take your class. We learn to look at the world from a critical standpoint, one that considers race, sex, and class. And we can't enjoy life anymore." Looking out over the class... I saw students nodding their heads... and I saw for the first time there can be, and usually is, some degree of pain involved in giving up old ways of thinking and knowing and learning new approaches. I respect that pain. And I include recognition of it now when I teach, that is to say, I teach about shifting paradigms and talk about the discomfort it can cause (42-43).

Magnet, S., & Diamond, S. (2010). Feminist Pedagogy Meets Feminist Therapy: Teaching Feminist Therapy in Women's Studies. Feminist Teacher, 21(1), 21-35.


도서관에서 논문을 보다 주책맞게 눈물이 핑 돌았다. 

부모님과 싸우며 소리 지르던 시간들이 생각나고

사람들에게 실망하고 모든 것들에 환멸을 느끼던 시기도,

무엇보다 가장 사랑하던 것들에 가지게 된 배신감까지도.


더 이상 대화 할 수 없는 그리운 사람이 있고, 좋았던 추억도 있지만,

그리고 지금 이렇게 좋은 환경에서 공부 할 수 있어 감사하지만

갈증이 난다. 아주 많이.

그런데 나만 그런게 아니었구나, 아주 많은 사람들이 나랑 비슷한 과정을 거치고 있구나. 그런 안도감도 든다. 

모든 감정들이 복합적으로 뒤얽혀서 앞으로 나아가는 힘이 되게 한다.


요즘 이곳은, 낮이 참 많이 길어졌다.