My Last Week as a College Student

This is my last week as a college student. This is my last Monday. As everyone is studying and having mental break downs about finals I’ll be trying to keep myself busy. I submitted my final assignment on Sunday and all that stands between me and graduation is a simple conference meeting with my seminar teacher.

I’m having a hard time really grasping that I graduate on Saturday. It’s simply not sinking in. Or maybe it is and I’m just ready for it.

This semester I haven’t felt like a college student. I was in a high school five days a week “practicing” being a teacher just without the pay. I haven’t gone out any, but on a few occasions. To me this semester has already been like if I had already graduated.

Friday was my last day of student teaching. I said goodbye to the 170 plus high school students who I had gotten to see every other day since August. They had made a special place in my heart. I was sad to say goodbye to them, but at the same time I knew it was time.

I said goodbye to my mentor teacher, partner student teacher, and another teacher who I had worked closely with this entire semester. It was sad and bittersweet to say the least.

Yesterday, I didn’t have my work clothes to prepare for the week. I didn’t have papers to grade or lesson plans to create. I didn’t have meals to prep. It was weird.

So I’m going to enjoy this not-so-busy week I have ahead of me. I’m going to take whatever steps I need to start preparing for what I’m doing post-graduation. I’m going to be okay with not doing anything. I’m going to try anyways.

My head really wants to speed things up. I want it to be Friday already. I want to know if I’ll have a job or where I’ll be living. But I need to just enjoy the present. Enjoy where I am now. Enjoy my last week as a college student.