Two Tramps in Mud Time Refelection

Break is officially over which means back to school and back to class. Today in our weekly class meeting we read Robert Frost's poem Two Tramps in the Mud Time. Mr Reiff asked us to respond to several prompts...
A.) what is the author saying about the seasons? How permanent are they?

Robert Frost is trying to say that season's come and go, they are here one minute and gone the next. However even when the come for a moment and then leave, they still manage to leave an impression indicating that they were there. They are permanent in this regards even when they are ever changing. This is a lot like people who come in and out of life, but always leave an imprint that they were here for a moment. The people that I am getting to work with and talk to as part of this project are much like the changing seasons. They might only physically be there for a few minutes or a few days, but the help, knowledge, and opinions they leave behind are present even when they are not.


B.) What is the author's difference between doing what one loves and doing what one needs? Which is more important?

I think that in order to do what one needs, one must do what they love. We all need to feel happy and satisfied and content, we would lose our minds without that feeling, and the way that we fill this need is by doing what we love. As a personal example, I needed to have surgery. I needed to stop dancing. But I also love to dance, and need to dance in order to be happy. I did what I needed to do in order to do what I love. Because of this, I don't think you can pick one that is more important than the other. You can not have what you need without having what you love and visa versa.

C.) What does it mean "My object in living is to unite my avocation and my vocation"? How have you done this so far in this project?

Dance is a true passion for me, as is story telling. While I don't want to dance as a profession, I want to dance and college and continue to have it as an avocation throughout the next years. One part of this project that I am learning can turn from something I want to do to something I have to do (as a job) is sharing my story and trying to relate to other people and their personal struggles by telling them mine. I have always been interested in psychology and plan on studying it next year at Geneseo. I want to take the passion I have found telling and sharing my story in a unique way and find a way to help others do the same.