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The Last Class

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Neely
, 05-19-2011 at 08:18 PM (1355 Views)
Well, I finished my last ever uni class this week.

It was awfully strange and not how I imagined it. Having done seven years part-time I always assumed that the last class would be a certain beer gathering with hangovers all round, but it didn't happen like that at all.

Instead, what should have been a celebratory week really just fizzled into nothing. I had to ditch the last session because of work commitments (that turned out to be not as important as perceived) and that was that. No beers, no nothing. It just feels really strange and that I have been somewhat robbed of a well deserved hangover!!

However...I suppose there is the graduation where it will all comes together. Also, at the weekend I intend to make amends in regards to that royal hangover!

It is strange though when you do something for so long and then it is no more. It is as if part of yourself, a chapter in your life has suddenly just been turned over. Funny. After being more than ready for it for a long time (wanting the free time etc) I now don't know how I feel about it..

I will certainly miss many things about it. I suppose you can only look forward though.

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Updated 09-01-2011 at 08:00 PM by Neely

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  1. qimissung's Avatar
    You'll adapt, we all do, but it is weird at first, and leaves you with an empty feeling, which I hate.

    But it's almost summer, and your time will fill up, hopefully with some fun things to do!
  2. Buh4Bee's Avatar
    Congratulations! I had that happen too when I finished my special ed. degree. But I made my husband throw a party. Maybe plan something. I think Qimi is right though, you'll soon forget the relief from anxious high after exams. It is a downer. Hope you get to garden.
  3. Paulclem's Avatar
    Congratulations mate. I like studying too - the essays are a pain, but the lessons etc are great. What next?
  4. JuniperWoolf's Avatar
    My last day of highschool felt like that. I was the only person who seemed to grasp the gravity of the situation, these fourteen people and myself had been in the same classes together for at least four years (but some of them had been in my class for fourteen years, since preschool), we had met together for seven hours a day, five days a week for years, and now we were never going to be all together in the same room ever again. They laughed at me when I said that, but I was serious!
  5. Neely's Avatar
    What next? Well I'm going to enjoy the relative freedom of things for a year or so, I still have my job to contend with etc, etc, then possibly look at a graduate teacher programme after that. The public sector is not in a good shape to say the least at the moment though, so I don't really know, I guess I'll just hang around and see what happens.
  6. Paulclem's Avatar
    They will always need to replace retiring ones and those moving on. Also, you've got experience of school. Supply is easy money. Yes, you might get a nightmare class or two, but at the end of the day, you teach, you mark and you leave - leave all the teachers to their meetings, planning etc etc.

    One of the best things about supply is that the staff are pleased to see you too.Mostly. (I did get some that thought that you being supply meant you were a crap teacher who couldn't get a job - but what did i care as i waved them goodbye and waltzed off down the drive whilst they sat preparing for the next day.)

    Supply is what I'll fall back on if my sector goes belly up - or they just want shot of me. Supply that is until you drop lucky one day and you get on with the head or head of department and they offer you permanent supply with a view on the job coming up. Once your foot's in the door, teaching is like every other business. They want someone who they know will do the job, and if you've worked for them before, then they want you.
  7. tonywalt's Avatar
    Congratulations! Funny enough, my last class was nothing like what I imagined. Totally anticlimatic.