Like many other university students working full-time, and being involved in the campus community makes finishing in four years near impossible. For most of us, a summer course and here there can aid us in finishing school in a reasonable amount of time.

While I may be in my fourth year at the university, I have skipped out on summer courses thus far, and taken the penalty of being at the university for extra time, in order to make the most money possible to aid tuition costs.

This summer I decided I would take one day to focus on picking up six credits at a community college in order to reach the magical 124 credits for my ticket to cross the stage in December of 2019.

After exploring the college's website, I decided to register for two courses, both related to the arts. The first course was an Introduction to the Visual Arts and counted as an Art History credit. The second was a Studio Ceramics course.

Growing up, I always had a love for the arts. I was constantly doodling, painting and sculpting from whatever clay or items I could find.

When I was in my third year of high school, my love for fine arts took a shift into the digital world-- with photography and graphic design at the forefront. I fell in love with the clean lines and environment of digital art.

Despite all that, I was incredibly excited to get into a studio and begin working with my hands. Over the years, I've been faced with the challenges of creating two-dimensional artwork on computer screens, so the idea of working with something physical had me, quite literally, feeling like a little kid again.

As the fifteen-week course comes to a close, I've started to reflect on what I learned over the past few months.

Of course, now I know the difference between a pinch, slab, and coil pot, as well as how to mix my own glaze, but I learned so much in ceramics that had absolutely nothing to do with ceramics.