i'm graduating my master's program in a week or so with a 4.0! I'm excited to be done and have a lot more free time to focus on my actual job rather than doing what feels like busy work (lmao), especially since my duties are going to get more intense next school year...
Graduating has always felt a little bit weird to me, though. I know it's a big accomplishment and I should feel proud of myself, but I never felt particularly challenged during my graduate program and half-assed almost everything I did (and still got 100%s and praise from my professors on the quality of my work), so graduating doesn't really feel like I've actually done that much... and that kind of sucks!
I really like school. I really like academics. I love to learn and push myself and meet and exceed standards and prove what I know and really dive deep into the things I'm exploring in class and in my assignments... but the last time I really felt like I was doing that was when I was writing my thesis for my undergraduate degree.
Maybe this just means I need to take more classes in things I'm more passionate about (not that I'm not passionate about my career, it's just that the schooling for it is a joke lmao) or that I should pivot to a Ph.D in English once I settle in a bit more...
ANYWAYS! I'm happy to be graduating, even though it doesn't feel like much of an accomplishment to me. And I'm looking forward to using the rest of my career to really hone my craft and become a better educator.
