graduation
Well, I am graduating today with my Masters in Secondary Education. I know it is supposed to be like a wow sort of thing... but I am really kinda "eh" about it.
A friend at work asked the other day whether or not I was excited when I graduated from high school. I have fond memories of the day, mostly revolving around Jon, but the graduation itself never felt monumental.
I went to PSU for four years, graduating on time with a BS in biotechnology, a minor in micro, and my certification in medical technology. The graduation from PSU was a bit anticlimactic... I really did not have any friends in my major and I had been away from the school for a year at that point. My graduation from med tech school was a little more meaningful - just because it was such a hard year.
After that, it took me two years to get certified to teach. There was no pomp and circumstance there, just a piece of paper saying I was "highly qualified". I took a year off, then started back up again for my masters. It has taken 2.5 years to get it. And I feel.... eh.
I don't know, maybe it is because this year was so jam-packed. I got engaged, got married, went to a bazillion weddings, moved out, Jon moved in, went on a cruise, took 4 courses, took my comps, sang a lot, recorded... And now... this is really the end. Sort of. Jon and I still have our first Christmas together, along with all the running around between families that usually accompanies such events.
Yet, I feel like I SHOULD feel more. My parents are thrilled. Jon's parents are even coming to the ceremony. Jon feels proud. I just feel eh! Am I ungrateful? Am I just so exhausted from 2008 that I can no longer feel an emotional high? I can tell you that when I found out I passed the comps, I was grinning from ear to ear... but I feel very ambivalent towards actually graduating. I guess I really always have.
Regardless, it will be nice to have some time off though, that is for sure. I want to go back to school for my doctorate, but who knows in what. Certainly not education, unless I find something interesting. I am leaning towards science... but again, I don't know!
I am positive that life will remain busy... Costa Rica in the summer, getting used to life with a husband, maybe finding time for things like martial arts, dancing, and being crafty. Don't even think about babies! That is a future endeavor! :)
A friend at work asked the other day whether or not I was excited when I graduated from high school. I have fond memories of the day, mostly revolving around Jon, but the graduation itself never felt monumental.
I went to PSU for four years, graduating on time with a BS in biotechnology, a minor in micro, and my certification in medical technology. The graduation from PSU was a bit anticlimactic... I really did not have any friends in my major and I had been away from the school for a year at that point. My graduation from med tech school was a little more meaningful - just because it was such a hard year.
After that, it took me two years to get certified to teach. There was no pomp and circumstance there, just a piece of paper saying I was "highly qualified". I took a year off, then started back up again for my masters. It has taken 2.5 years to get it. And I feel.... eh.
I don't know, maybe it is because this year was so jam-packed. I got engaged, got married, went to a bazillion weddings, moved out, Jon moved in, went on a cruise, took 4 courses, took my comps, sang a lot, recorded... And now... this is really the end. Sort of. Jon and I still have our first Christmas together, along with all the running around between families that usually accompanies such events.
Yet, I feel like I SHOULD feel more. My parents are thrilled. Jon's parents are even coming to the ceremony. Jon feels proud. I just feel eh! Am I ungrateful? Am I just so exhausted from 2008 that I can no longer feel an emotional high? I can tell you that when I found out I passed the comps, I was grinning from ear to ear... but I feel very ambivalent towards actually graduating. I guess I really always have.
Regardless, it will be nice to have some time off though, that is for sure. I want to go back to school for my doctorate, but who knows in what. Certainly not education, unless I find something interesting. I am leaning towards science... but again, I don't know!
I am positive that life will remain busy... Costa Rica in the summer, getting used to life with a husband, maybe finding time for things like martial arts, dancing, and being crafty. Don't even think about babies! That is a future endeavor! :)
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