It was my last day of class yesterday and I feel like something needs to be said to call attention to this. For almost all my life I've been running through the cycle of academics, each year beginning in the fall, ending in June, separated by a three month summer hiatus, and beginning again in the fall with the advancement of a grade. And how fitting it should be that my birthday is in the summer, so that each year I advance a grade in school, I advance a year in my life. But now the cycle ends and when this summer is over, I will mostly likely never sit in a classroom again as a student. Of course, my last year is not quite finished, with the finals that remain and the over hyped graduation ceremony that will take place in one week. But those are only loose ends. I'm entering the world without a job or a clue as to what I'm about to do. And it is incredibly frightening.
I feel like I can empathize with those people who really never grow out of school, being so used to it all their lives that they can't assimilate into society as adults. And speaking for myself, it doesn't really appeal to me what that assimilation entails - finding a standard desk job, working 9-5, becoming a productive member of society, living for the weekend, looking for a place to settle down, spending money on things I don't need - I'm not sure how I would fit in to all of that.
The future only holds uncertainty, but I think it's more exciting not to know what will happen. I guess I can only do my best to adapt to the changes that occur around me, and inside me. Life as a student doesn't really end, it just takes on a new form. There's still so much that the world can teach us and so much that we can learn through our experiences.
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