2008 Woodie Awards
The Beginning of The End
Kelly Ryan Perspectives Editor
Issue date: 4/14/05 Section: Perspectives
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This is the beginning of the end. I'm sure the days before graduation are going to be pretty nerve wracking. However, with one month left, like most seniors, I find myself more nervous than ever. Graduating now, is probably how we felt four years ago when we left our home towns. And now, we are actually leaving home again.
I thought by now, I might be ready to leave yet I find myself writing, desperately trying to somehow preserve the next 30 days. Most of us seniors haven't missed out on anything in college. We've partied too hard, skipped too many classes, stayed up too late and laughed til our stomachs hurt. Still, we're panicking. I realize that as the completion of four years draws near, I become conscious that all of us are leaving this place with so much more than we even showed up with.
In my own persnal experience, I've learned so much more than what was taught to me inside the classes I've sat in. I've realized you can't put liquid soap in the dishwasher, or mix colored laundry with whites, or stay up all night long to write a paper and expect to get a decent grade. More than anything though, I've learned the deep meaning of friendship, which is the main reason we have a hard time thinking about leaving Sacred Heart next month. The friendships we have made here, have held us strong when things were shaky, in good times and bad, in laughter and tears, through fighting and break-ups and homesickness. Our friends have showed us that in the crazy confusion of life, it is still worth enjoying.
As I walk through the halls here, I feel like I've been doing this forever. I'm noticing things I've absorbed, but have never payed attention to. The Freshman all seem so young, and I'd give anything to be in their place again. This is though, the last month we will walk these halls, the last month we'll write papers, and do projects. I know I've complained about them more than appreciated them so I should be happy that this challenge is almost done. I'm not though, and I want to hold on for just a second longer.
In one month from now we will graduate. We'll head home with our families or move into the "real-world" we've been preparing for. There are some things from our college experiences that will carry with us forever, for the rest of our lives and some memories that we will choose to forget, but whether or not we choose to remember them, we will have no choice but to learn from them.
So, the beginning of our end, of our college adventures starts its close. I'm not sure if all of the realizations have happened recently or developed over the years. But somehow I feel older and different, and I know I will forever treasure my time spent here. College has been quite the experience, and now for the first time in my life, I'm beginning to learn that the hardest part of the past four years is something I haven't prepared myself for... the end and the goodbyes.
I thought by now, I might be ready to leave yet I find myself writing, desperately trying to somehow preserve the next 30 days. Most of us seniors haven't missed out on anything in college. We've partied too hard, skipped too many classes, stayed up too late and laughed til our stomachs hurt. Still, we're panicking. I realize that as the completion of four years draws near, I become conscious that all of us are leaving this place with so much more than we even showed up with.
In my own persnal experience, I've learned so much more than what was taught to me inside the classes I've sat in. I've realized you can't put liquid soap in the dishwasher, or mix colored laundry with whites, or stay up all night long to write a paper and expect to get a decent grade. More than anything though, I've learned the deep meaning of friendship, which is the main reason we have a hard time thinking about leaving Sacred Heart next month. The friendships we have made here, have held us strong when things were shaky, in good times and bad, in laughter and tears, through fighting and break-ups and homesickness. Our friends have showed us that in the crazy confusion of life, it is still worth enjoying.
As I walk through the halls here, I feel like I've been doing this forever. I'm noticing things I've absorbed, but have never payed attention to. The Freshman all seem so young, and I'd give anything to be in their place again. This is though, the last month we will walk these halls, the last month we'll write papers, and do projects. I know I've complained about them more than appreciated them so I should be happy that this challenge is almost done. I'm not though, and I want to hold on for just a second longer.
In one month from now we will graduate. We'll head home with our families or move into the "real-world" we've been preparing for. There are some things from our college experiences that will carry with us forever, for the rest of our lives and some memories that we will choose to forget, but whether or not we choose to remember them, we will have no choice but to learn from them.
So, the beginning of our end, of our college adventures starts its close. I'm not sure if all of the realizations have happened recently or developed over the years. But somehow I feel older and different, and I know I will forever treasure my time spent here. College has been quite the experience, and now for the first time in my life, I'm beginning to learn that the hardest part of the past four years is something I haven't prepared myself for... the end and the goodbyes.