Many Clark students may recognize her as the flamenco dancer from International Gala, while some may have had her as a professor in a class. Professor Yuko Aoyama from Clark’s Geography department talked about how she became interested in Flamenco dance, how she went from being a student like us to doing research on global markets, and how she decided that this area of Geography was her passion.
Professor Aoyama charmed her audience with a very honest and open introduction, in which she emphasized three points: that college, regardless of common assumptions, may not be the best time of your life, because you work so hard there is usually little time to enjoy yourself; that youth is overrated; and that there is no such things as a right choice, but that you need to make your choices right for yourself. She touched upon the issues all of us think about, but are too shy to speak of: stress, uncertainty, and not knowing if we are on the right path. It was extremely comforting to know that reaching goals and fulfilling objectives is in fact a struggle, and we should never believe people who say otherwise. All of professor Aoyama’s audience were very touched by her honesty and openness, which made this event one of the most successful and intriguing discussions hosted by OIA this year.
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