Another Era Coming to an End...

Yesterday was our Education Grad Banquet. I thought it was a pretty good time. The food was good, everyone looked so nice in all their fancy dresses and suits. It was actually really nice to see everyone out and dressed up. Most of my friends are like me, and we don't dress to impress when we come to school. I'm always either in a hat, or have my hair pulled up in a pony tail because, honestly I'm too lazy to do anything else to it. So it was nice to see others, who do this daily routine as well, dress so nice.

I thought the speeches were really well done too. I really liked Kyle as our main speaker. I thought he was hilarious. Yes, granted some of his words were a little over the top, and I can guarantee they will be frowned upon later by some of the Education faculty, but he was just honest. What was our tuition in first semester really going towards? Not our college that's for sure. And the PGG comment was awesome! But with all honesty, the speech that hit me the most was my professor Jay Wilson's speech. For once in a very long time, I actually sat back and thought about my life at University. I don't know if I have ever actually thought about Uni. in that way before.

It took me a lot to get to where I am today..... alot! Lots of my friends are so excited to be done with all this school stuff, and can't wait to get out and get a job, and yes so do I, but after Jay's speech I thought about what I would be missing. I will no longer be able to blame stuff on, "oh I'm just a student" anymore. I will have to start paying back my quite large student loan, not looking forward to that by the way! But mostly I won't be able to walk down the halls of the University anymore as a student, and maybe never again, or at least for a long time.

You see, it seems like every one of my friends have been getting job interviews whether they are in my KIN college or not. Granted, I know that I only applied here to Saskatoon Public, and I have mostly been waiting for certain positions to open up at home in Strathmore Alberta. So I'm pretty positive I won't be here next year, so I don't know if I'm ready to leave. I came here because it was cheaper to live, but mostly to start my own life. At home, 6 years ago when I came out here my dad was really sick, and moving out here was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make, but I did it for me. I wanted to get away from everything bad in my life and just be happy for once, so my boyfriend and I moved to Stoon. And, while some people hate this place, like I did for a very long time, which is weird because I kept coming back for some strange reason, I grew to love it here. It was here that I worked harded then I ever have in my life to get what I have dreamed about since I was little, a Uni degree, and to become a teacher. I had to overcome so many obstacles to get to where I am, so I think that I appreciate school a little more than some people. The actual day of convocation will be amazing, and that is where, I think, all of these thoughts will kick in.

I have met so many amazing people here, and I know that there is always email or facebook, but honestly I am really going to miss walking down those Uni halls, hearing the sounds of students talking about their drunken weekends, the intellectual conversations from all different areas of study, the weights dropping to the floor in the gym, and just the little things that I took forgranted for 6 years that will no longer be a part of my life. I know I will move on and things will go the way they are supposed to for me. But... I will truly miss these days, weeks, months, and endless hours studying here at the U of S because it was here that I grew into the person that I am today, and if it wasn't for all of these amazing professors, and people that I have met here, I don't think that I would have been able to make it through my Uni life as good as what I have.