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7 comments:
I am...I'll be honest....I can't tell the difference between being a graduate and not being one...I mean, I know it's on my resume...but other than that...it's kinda like "ok, now I have this piece of paper....worth a lot of money...but that's about all I have"
dont tell me that...ugh...a peice of paper.
Indeed...and most people graduate and can't even find a job...and if they do...it's after they realize they shouldn't have majored in what the majored in...
...but since it's consistant; no worries...you'll turn out ok! :)
graduation...
1)ideals founded on a societal premise that surviving college marks the end-all-be-all key to the metaphysical gate that witholds our prospering existences.
2)a parental mandate founded on expectations (and previous mentioned ideals that were not always available to their parents and their parents parents, so-forth) that exist in part to help parents "feel" they have done what they were supposed to do (some parents have taken personal stock in the fact that they have put away money in accounts for the life of their children to pay for the education they received... thus marking an end of this life-long responsibility for their children in one sense). But it's always about raising the child.
3)the thing we look to that says we are coming into our own... that we have won a portion of the race... that we have stuck it out... that we are over a very tall wall. All well and fine as long as we don't look to the fact that getting the paper means we are connected... the experience is not our resting place and strong tower.
Whatever the case... meaningful or not... bitter or sweet... it really is a point to cherish. Though many have and will make it through the institutionalized process, this journey has been your own and has coincided with many events in life... schooling is a veritable backbone to mundane existence, a present factor and thick cord that winds through our individual strands within the rope of our lives.
So enjoy the day and the hours... it'll take years to realize the impact it has had as a tool to shape your life... the relationships, the jobs, the questions, the faith, the laughter, the tears, the experience... all intertwined along with that thick cord and mingling through its twine. Enjoy the day, it is one of the greatest moments for celebration.
Congratulations
the fulfillment for me is in the knowing that i finished something that was at times a great battle--the sense of purposelessness, the feeling of being alone, the general inkling to quit and "run away." and indeed there are so many memories that i cherish during the in-between times...clay street (in all its granduer and imperfections), failing classes due to exotic trips, giving what probably is the weirdest word ever to my lesbian african-lit teach, the endless hours of procrastination spent on halo or morrowind. it is a time full of God's faithfulness, and my falling shorts. A time of personal growth in knowing who i am is not founded on anything but the little Truths i've managed to take hold of. so a celebration is needed, a celebration of life. just having watched "it's a wonderful life" has inspired me to reflect a little more on how we affect one another when we least expect it. truly, that is an amazing gift. cue the Greyhavens music...and let's sail away...to yester-years ;)
I don't think I've said anything to counter you guys! :) I'm simply said that I think a ton of college grads think "YES!!!, I've done it!!"...only to quickly realize they're just beginning in their life's journey (both uphill and downhill)! :)
oh...i agree...i wasn't trying to argue...just merely musing on the past four years. hi-ya nostalgia!
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