Today was my last class, last school presentation, and I handed in my last school marketing project. I edited the thing all day, and was glad to be rid of it too. The presentation had next to no rehearsal, and was totally thrown together, but we rocked it. Yes, three birds killed with one stone, it was awesome. I also cleared out my gym locker, which felt really strange. I can’t believe that it’s over, minus my last exam on the 18th.
When I began school, I was totally lost and confused as to what to do. I got accepted as an undeclared major, and drifted through first year. I remember that almost every week I would consider dropping out. I soon identified that it was mainly one class, an online class that that causing my turmoil. I ended up dropping two classes, and really was only a part time student then. Not having a major meant no direction, which meant no motivation. So, what happened? I went to Vegas.
That Summer I went to Vegas and met up with my friend Jason there. He told me that he had graduated with a major in Communications. I looked at his life, and he had a nice place to live, and a steady job. I remembered that major when deciding on them that summer. When I looked into it, it seemed interesting and very general at the same time. This made it a safer bet for a confused little me. When I went to apply, I was told that I needed to do a double major. At the time, I chose English, but soon switched it to Psychology after reading about all the cool courses in that field. So for the next two years I balanced my course selection, being very very careful with what I took. One mistake could set me back a whole year, I had no room for error. Actually, I planned to be in school for a total of five years. At the end of my third year, I knew I needed something more. I needed something to do with business. I felt like I had learned very little practical real world knowledge. That’s when I found the marketing certificate, and signed up.
At first marketing was the polar opposite of everything I had learned in communications. Suddenly, a good ad was one that got people to buy lots of useless things. Cheap labour in poor countries was a competitive advantage, and culture jammers where no where to be heard of. Somehow I managed to adjust, learning the other side of things, and at the same time, learning that my anti consumerist views were a little too extreme. So, my last year consisted of my fourth year Communications course, my Psychology Thesis, and a pile of marketing courses.
After all this, I’m proud about where I have ended up. I did a four year double degree, and a one year certificate program in one year. And, that’s even with all the problems I had first year. Yes, I’m gloating a little, but we all earn it now and then. I even worked throughout it all, and maintained my friendships, now that’s reason to gloat!=P
Anyways, I am now even closer to that strange land that lies between full time school, and full time work.
And the best news???? The weekend is here, I have the car, and my parents are gone!!!
