Tomorrow marks the beginning of my last week—ever—of grad
school. Can you believe it? Me neither! I have to finish up the revisions the
professors sent for the capstone (please,
dear Lord, let this be the last revision!) and turn in one more paper on
Monday. Providing the revision is OK’d, that’s it. That’s all she wrote.
Literally.
All the stress felt the entire time I’ve been in school
doesn’t equal the stress I’m feeling at the moment. This road has been a long
one, and it all comes down to this last week. Wanna stress out students? Tell
them they have to make no lower than a B on the final project in order to
graduate, no matter how well they’ve done in other classes. Yep. That’ll do it.
You may be thinking, “Was it worth it?” My answer is yes. This
has all been about learning, really. That may sound ridiculous and like I’m a
huge school nerd (and so be it), but I don’t think people should ever stop
learning, especially when the subject is something they love. Learning new
things never hurt anyone, and having a refresher on the old stuff doesn’t hurt
either. Broadening your mind and using your brain for something other than your
smartphone doesn’t hurt either. Don’t get me wrong; I love my smartphone and
all the tricks it performs, but there is more to life than that, folks. If the
only thing I get out of this is the satisfaction of accomplishing one of my
goals, so be it. I will have a nice piece of paper to prove it, better than
notebook paper, way better than copy paper.
mw