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Verbosity
Graduation! last modified: Monday, May 12, 2008 (3:01:21 AM) I was reading through my weblog entries tonight, and I realized that a lot of them were about school. Writing papers, taking tests, good teachers, bad teachers, moving in and out of dorms, roommate troubles, and the like. Actually, in the past couple years, I've been very lax about writing here in general--especially compare with the first year and a half or so that my gallery was up. I think that came from a combination of becoming super busy with school, work, and other life stuff, and a strand of entries in which only a person or two commented. Maybe a disillusionment with the community in general? Who knows. I feel bad at times for not keeping up, though.
Anyway! School. Considering how much I've whined (though a few people seemed to find it entertaining) I figured I better post the most important update. Last Thursday, May 8th, 2008, I graduated! I'm the first member in my direct line of ancestors and immeadiate family (iow, excluding aunts and uncles) to get my bachelor's degree! My graduating class was something like 8,000 people, so I decided to forego commencement. Somehow, the idea of spending hours crammed together with that many people didn't appeal to me. But, I did attend my specific college's convocation. Even that had a lot of attendants. But, it was the only cermony I could walk in, and my parents wanted to see me walk. So, I forked over the $40 for my cap and gown, donned my "you got a high GPA" cord, and set off. It started about a half an hour late, and the students were not distributed evenly, so it went over the two hour guesstimate. There were two readers, and about four sections. The third and fourth section were disproportionate, though. So, before the fourth section was even halfway done, one of the readers ran out of students, and so the second had to finish the last hundred or so by herself. If it had been planned better, the whole thing would have been shorter. But, I walked, my parents (and some siblings) saw me, and that's all that matters. Now, I need to start searching for a job in ernest. Which is what brings me back to the reason I was looking through my blog here. One of the jobs I was looking at was for a copywriter. One of their "preferred" qualifications is experience blogging or posting on an internet forum. Well, I haven't blogged too much on my LJ, so I thought maybe I should check out these entries to see if I could use them as experience. Ah, the nostalgia. ^^
Hurray!!! Congrats to you for graduating!!! I graduated last week too ^_^ (but on Saturday) SO I got my A.A. Like your graduation, the thing was not organized correctly and there where two readers, but the last one had to read like 60 extra names. There where about maybe 300 people, and waiting to hear their names was tiring. And we could not see the speakers on the people talking (since we where in the back) If only they raised the stage a bit more. Anywho...I hope you get the job that you want ^_^ -good luck and take care!
Congratulations! I don''t think *any* graduation has ever been truly organized. My entire school only graduated 1200 people, yet graduation took FOREVER. They "highly suggest" (aka- make) all the students walk and receive their diplomas. I took pity on myself and skipped the Commencement speaker, though. ^_^ I hope that your other siblings are following your lead, and will attend college. :)
Hey! Congrats! Now I need to send you a real Graduation gift! ^_^ Was wondering about you the other day. Good luck in the job search. Kind of a crappy economial time to be looking, so you''ll need any help you can get. *hug* I need to go see how long it''s been since I''ve blogged here too... heh sure it''s been a while!
Congratulations on graduating. Good luck on getting a writing gig!
Congratulations on getting your bachelor''s degree! Good luck on the job hunt! I hope you can find something in your preferred field. The market is tight in places but it really depends on your location and the type of job you hope to find.
huzzah! congrats on getting your bachelor''s degree.
Congrats, Klet!! Good luck with your job hunt. *hugs*
I am very happy for you. I know what you mean about walking. Its so much about family and not about you. I hated my graduation, but it made my mom happy. Congratulations on crossing the finish line.
I''m very happy for you, Klet! Congratulations! Now you can get a job at Viz, or even better - Tokyopop! Good luck to you.
Thanks everyone! moonrabitt: Actually, my graduation was quite a bit larger than that. ^^;; Probably around 1,000 people. That''s what I get for going to the biggest college of one of the biggest universities in the country. Thanks for the well-wishes! Rei: Well, my older sister also graduated with an Associate''s Degree, though from a community college. She''s going to be taking her NCLEX soon go she can be an RN, and she already has a job offer. Yes, I am jealous. :P Leah: *megaglomps* Yeah, haven''t seen you around here in a while. Heh, don''t worry about sending me anything. I already got a graduation present from you last year. ^_^ I owe you an email . . . baronv: Thanks! I sent in my application for that particular job recently. Here''s hoping. *crosses fingers* vapalla: Thanks! It''s been kind of hard, because a lot of places are asking for experience, and I don''t know how much of my part time jobs during college I can twist into experience. But, there are actually more jobs in the fields I''m looking into here than I expected. Probably because I live in the major metropolitan area of my state. Thanks kira! I''m so happy to have at least this portion of my education over. Who knows if I''ll go back for more or not. Thanks Tex! I''ve been applying--I really hope some stuff comes through. blueheaven: Yeah, that''s really how it was for me. I asked my parents before I even bothered to go buy the cap and gown. No point in wasting the time and monley if I don''t have to, right? Kaona: Thanks! Ironically enough, Viz does have a job opening that I could possibly do. I''d have to move to San Fransico, though, and I''m not sure if I have the money for that now. Plus I''d have to make 2x as much as I would in Pheonix. 0.0 Once again, thanks for all the congrats! |
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