When I moved into college three weeks ago, it was bittersweet. This would be the last time I would have to pack up my parent's van and my car and trek the 90 miles to Erie. Reuniting with friends after 3 long months apart was exciting. It hit me all at once though that these would be the final eight months I would be spending living this close to many of my friends. These are the people I have been through everything with, and in eight short months we will have to say our final goodbyes.
Every year starts out the same; I am excited to be back to school and living on my own, but then reality sets in. These last three weeks have been a blur of chaos; papers to write, tests to study for and books to read. After going to school for the last 17 years of my life, I am excited to be done and move on. I feel like I am too old to be still going to school amongst the monotony of schoolwork. So, I guess you could say, senioritis is rearing its ugly head already.
I know I can't check out quite yet though. Only eight more months of hard work in school, and then it is on to "the real world." Many people have told me to stay in school as long as I can. At this point, I am ready and excited to finally be done. However, this year is likely to bring about some of the best memories of my life, so I am going to try to enjoy it from beginning to end.
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I so agree with you! Last year I thought that everyone was exaggerating when they said that it feels weird to be a senior, but this year I totally agree with them. I flew back from Germany in the Summer and couldn't believe that there would only be one more time that I fly home as a College student and then I'm done. I came here to get a degree and back then it seems to far away, but now it's so close that I want time to slow down every once in a while.
However, I am soooo very ready to be done with the boringness of schoolwork, papers, and studying. I think that College can sometimes be so far away from real life that when you're done with it and enter a job you have to learn everything again. The fact that when you take an exam which you have to do all by yourself, without any help and so on, but that is so far away from reality. I mean what job really requires you to work on a project all by yourself without even talking to anyone. When I was working (and it doesn't matter where) you always work WITH other people. So, I can't wait to get back into this world and learn how to really work again.
I would say, I'm joining you by also having a severe case of Senioritis, because my mind is ready to be done, but my degree isn't yet!
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