Challenge and Support » San Antonio College http://challengeandsupport.com What did we get ourselves into? Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:55:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Faces of Student Development http://challengeandsupport.com/faces-of-student-development/ http://challengeandsupport.com/faces-of-student-development/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:28:18 +0000 Erik http://challengeandsupport.com/?p=36 About a month ago, The Cronk posted a humorous article poking fun at how the families and friends of Student Affairs professionals have no idea what we do.  I'm pretty sure my grandfather still thinks I'm a janitor, actually.  Most people, when they hear I work in Higher Education Administration, either say, "Oh, so you're a principal?" or "What do you teach?"  Trying to explain that I'm not a classroom teacher just gets me puzzled looks.  Apparently, at a college, there are only two types of people: students and professors.  Everything from registering for classes to having a safe place to live just happens magically, I guess.

But then, BreakDrink found a YouTube video from San Antonio College that might actually help to explain what it means to work in Student Affairs.  I can't say I'm a huge fan of the song, but the message of the video is fantastic.  Take a look and see what you think about it:

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