Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Dealing with Death: R.I.P Jerry Allen Holt Sr.

Last night, I received one of the hardest calls anyone can ever receive—one of my family members had passed away unexpectedly. Naturally, the first thing I worried about was my family, followed by school—I had a large assignment due and tons of reading—then I remembered that I have some of the most wonderful professors imaginable.


All I had to do was shoot them a quick email explaining my situation, and they made me feel so much better. Each of them wanted to do anything they could to help me out—they actually cared about my loss, worried about me.


Let me tell you—you don’t get that everywhere. In fact, you probably don’t get that most anywhere. That’s something that I found that’s unique to Transy, and is one of my favorite things about going here.

I know this is a short post, but I don’t feel up to much more at the moment, forgive me! Just wanted to give you another example of sheer awesomeness that Transy’s professors exude on a daily basis.

2 comments:

Jake Ryan Hawkins said...

Even though you don't know me, I have read (and enjoyed) your blogs this year immensely. I send my sincerest condolences in what is, I'm sure, a very sad time.

Amanda Holt said...

Thank you so much, Jake. I *really* appreciate your sympathy; it has been really rough.

Also, thank you for your readership! Glad you have enjoyed my blogs! Feel free to comment any time!

Take care,
Amanda