2008 Woodie Awards
Another Great Year For Holt
Tanisha Mathis
Issue date: 4/28/06 Section: Holt News
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It is the end of the semester and graduation is upon us. The happy graduates have ordered their caps and gowns and are eagerly awaiting commencement.
They have paid their dues (and tuition), they have written their term papers and suffered through more finals than any of us.
I must say, while I am happy for the graduates I am more than a bit envious. Anyone who knows me and has asked me when I graduate has heard my favorite and typical response: a glumly stated never.
It does seem like an eternity before I will walk across a stage to receive a diploma but it is not that daunting. It seems just weeks ago I was sitting in a classroom for the first time in eight years determined to do my best.
However, my return to academia wasn't weeks ago; this semester is the end of my second year at Rollins. My pending graduation year is 2008.
Yes, it is April 2006 and that may seem far away but the truth is, in terms of graduating, its right around the corner. In school time, that is only four more semesters.
Remember two weeks into the Spring 2006 semester when you were complaining to any classmate you could find that you were ready for the semester to be over?
Now, you are stressing over finals and possibly even wishing the semester was a tad bit longer so you could have the opportunity to boost your final grade.
If you think about it, remove yourself from your angst-ridden college existence, you'll see the time did pass quickly.
There is now one less semester between you and your goal of a degree.
The key to maintaining not only your grades but your sanity is to prepare for the future while concentrating on the present.
What's the rush? The long hours, overtime and ridiculous office rules aren't going anywhere. And to my knowledge, if you were born after 1960, the retirement age is still 67.
While the majority of Hamilton Holt students have already felt the realities of post-graduate life remember that college is not something to rush through; it is an experience. Your time will come.
You may not be graduating at the end of this semester but you deserve acknowledgment and congratulations as well.
It takes a certain person to excel in the world of higher education and it takes even more fortitude and desire when jobs, mortgages and children demand just as much time as research papers and projects.
You have accomplished something over the past four months that should bring you pride. Whether it is your first semester, your fourth or fifth - you made it to see the end of the semester.
Be honest, it wasn't as bad as you made it seem. Hey, only 115 days until the next full semester; see you in the fall.
They have paid their dues (and tuition), they have written their term papers and suffered through more finals than any of us.
I must say, while I am happy for the graduates I am more than a bit envious. Anyone who knows me and has asked me when I graduate has heard my favorite and typical response: a glumly stated never.
It does seem like an eternity before I will walk across a stage to receive a diploma but it is not that daunting. It seems just weeks ago I was sitting in a classroom for the first time in eight years determined to do my best.
However, my return to academia wasn't weeks ago; this semester is the end of my second year at Rollins. My pending graduation year is 2008.
Yes, it is April 2006 and that may seem far away but the truth is, in terms of graduating, its right around the corner. In school time, that is only four more semesters.
Remember two weeks into the Spring 2006 semester when you were complaining to any classmate you could find that you were ready for the semester to be over?
Now, you are stressing over finals and possibly even wishing the semester was a tad bit longer so you could have the opportunity to boost your final grade.
If you think about it, remove yourself from your angst-ridden college existence, you'll see the time did pass quickly.
There is now one less semester between you and your goal of a degree.
The key to maintaining not only your grades but your sanity is to prepare for the future while concentrating on the present.
What's the rush? The long hours, overtime and ridiculous office rules aren't going anywhere. And to my knowledge, if you were born after 1960, the retirement age is still 67.
While the majority of Hamilton Holt students have already felt the realities of post-graduate life remember that college is not something to rush through; it is an experience. Your time will come.
You may not be graduating at the end of this semester but you deserve acknowledgment and congratulations as well.
It takes a certain person to excel in the world of higher education and it takes even more fortitude and desire when jobs, mortgages and children demand just as much time as research papers and projects.
You have accomplished something over the past four months that should bring you pride. Whether it is your first semester, your fourth or fifth - you made it to see the end of the semester.
Be honest, it wasn't as bad as you made it seem. Hey, only 115 days until the next full semester; see you in the fall.
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