"Walking."
I went out for drinks with coworkers when I got done tonight and they were discussing another coworker of mine graduating from college. In particular, they were talking about walking at graduation... apparently they have been involved in cases where they could walk BEFORE reaching all their credit-hours. I'm not sure why that is, but that's not the point to this post.
The point to the post is this: I loved college and it was a freaking amazing life-experience that I'm going to have difficulty matching. Most of you people who are reading this were part of that at one point or another; many of you walked the same day I did.
One of the things I recall from walking across the stage with my SMILE sign and shaking Pelton's hand was the sudden cheer at my name. I feel like it's vaguely shallow that such a cheer should mean something to me, but it really does. I guess it's that character flaw of mine that I just HAVE to be liked by everybody. Maybe I was oblivious (possibly), or maybe I was too harsh on myself the whole time (probably), but that noticeable increase in volume told me that I did something right in those four years more than almost anything else.
To those who were there as part of that experience (college, not necessarily the cheering), thank you. I miss you guys.
The point to the post is this: I loved college and it was a freaking amazing life-experience that I'm going to have difficulty matching. Most of you people who are reading this were part of that at one point or another; many of you walked the same day I did.
One of the things I recall from walking across the stage with my SMILE sign and shaking Pelton's hand was the sudden cheer at my name. I feel like it's vaguely shallow that such a cheer should mean something to me, but it really does. I guess it's that character flaw of mine that I just HAVE to be liked by everybody. Maybe I was oblivious (possibly), or maybe I was too harsh on myself the whole time (probably), but that noticeable increase in volume told me that I did something right in those four years more than almost anything else.
To those who were there as part of that experience (college, not necessarily the cheering), thank you. I miss you guys.