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So in three weeks I will be graduating COLLEGE. I will have a DEGREE in something. I will have a PROFESSION.
I still feel (and look) like I'm 17 years old. Where did these four years go? People have faded in and out of my life and I have met some wonderful, life-altering friends. I have sooo many memories and experiences I wouldn't trade for anything. Marietta was good to me (although I didn't see it until after I left) and John Carroll prepared me for what's ahead. I didn't think college would be like this. I thought it would be the extremes of wild parties every night or a slew of all-nighters, caffeine and hard work. But it really was a balance of the two.
I'm so happy I changed majors, even though the trade off was a few weekends in finishing up work. Accounting? C'mon friends, how could you let me get into something so lame? :-) I have so many opportunities instead of closed doors. I LOVE the Econ senior class, the department and the work itself because it's all relevant. It matters. I loved the Acc kids too, and the unified feeling of defeat after receiving a test back - but when the highest grade in the class is a 57, you know something is up. When I changed my major it finally broke me away from the wrath of my parents. It put me behind the driver's wheel and now I'm on the highway to success! And judging from that last sentence, I am still a very large nerd.
I kind of thought college would be harder, but then I realized that it all has to do with your attitude. And smiling.
Now am I ready for the next step? The real world? Give up my waitressing job that I have had since I was 16 in search of another source of disposable income that will utilize the brain?
Or is the real world ready to handle Lauren Reid - the goofy large-gummed procrastinating girl that has no respect for deadlines?
Naw, I don't think so - graduate school here I come!
I still feel (and look) like I'm 17 years old. Where did these four years go? People have faded in and out of my life and I have met some wonderful, life-altering friends. I have sooo many memories and experiences I wouldn't trade for anything. Marietta was good to me (although I didn't see it until after I left) and John Carroll prepared me for what's ahead. I didn't think college would be like this. I thought it would be the extremes of wild parties every night or a slew of all-nighters, caffeine and hard work. But it really was a balance of the two.
I'm so happy I changed majors, even though the trade off was a few weekends in finishing up work. Accounting? C'mon friends, how could you let me get into something so lame? :-) I have so many opportunities instead of closed doors. I LOVE the Econ senior class, the department and the work itself because it's all relevant. It matters. I loved the Acc kids too, and the unified feeling of defeat after receiving a test back - but when the highest grade in the class is a 57, you know something is up. When I changed my major it finally broke me away from the wrath of my parents. It put me behind the driver's wheel and now I'm on the highway to success! And judging from that last sentence, I am still a very large nerd.
I kind of thought college would be harder, but then I realized that it all has to do with your attitude. And smiling.
Now am I ready for the next step? The real world? Give up my waitressing job that I have had since I was 16 in search of another source of disposable income that will utilize the brain?
Or is the real world ready to handle Lauren Reid - the goofy large-gummed procrastinating girl that has no respect for deadlines?
Naw, I don't think so - graduate school here I come!