i wanted to know
" So tell me about yourself. Why are you different from the other girls I am meeting for this job?" I was kinda stumped. I didn't know what to say ~ I had come from a place where including others was important. Family, team sports, choreographed group routines, boyfriends... ~ I had never thought of my own individual self before. I described myUSC Theatre education and goals, I told him of my professional dance training, and I shared my ideas of educating through media projects,but he was clearly unimpressed, as he said, "but what makes you stand out from all the others?" Geez! What did he want me to say? What was he looking for!? (Later I realized what that question really means , but I was so naive.) As i drove away in frustration and fury I thought about that question and how i really didnt have a complete answer for it. What is it that makes me different from the herd? I really didn't know. So ...