Scratch another one off the list of things to do...
This morning I took what will almost certainly be my last test of undergraduate college education. In almost exactly one week from right now I will go through some ridiculous ceremony that will signify to everyone that yes, in fact I have completed all the required steps to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in the field of Biology. I will walk down an aisle, and wear a silly hat that has only one purpose, and I suppose my family will be there also.
Everyone keeps asking me if I feel excited and I suppose on some level I am glad to be done, but mostly I feel tired and disappointed. I still find it really hard to shake the fact that this should have happened years ago. I'm way behind most of the people I know. The truth is this is a pretty small thing for me. It's a step on the way to actually becoming a real scientist, which I've wanted to do pretty much since I was aware of what science was. To do that I've got to go to graduate school and it has the feel of another hoop or carrot in front of me. But to actually learn or discover something that no one else knows is something I must do before I die. I sold my soul to the devil science a long time ago and he doesn't return them.
At least I can rest for a little bit before I've got to get up and do it all again.
Everyone keeps asking me if I feel excited and I suppose on some level I am glad to be done, but mostly I feel tired and disappointed. I still find it really hard to shake the fact that this should have happened years ago. I'm way behind most of the people I know. The truth is this is a pretty small thing for me. It's a step on the way to actually becoming a real scientist, which I've wanted to do pretty much since I was aware of what science was. To do that I've got to go to graduate school and it has the feel of another hoop or carrot in front of me. But to actually learn or discover something that no one else knows is something I must do before I die. I sold my soul to the devil science a long time ago and he doesn't return them.
At least I can rest for a little bit before I've got to get up and do it all again.