I'm not one to brag, but I'm bragging. When I started attending college, I guess I didn't consider the amount of money I was paying for my lousy grades-- basically threw thousands of dollars down the drain and turned on the garbage disposal. Well, marriage has forced me to grow up apparently because ever since I got married I have worked my butt off to get my GPA up. I finished up my last quarter for my Bachelor's with a cumulative of 3.837! I pulled off straight A's the past few quarters, and I have made the Dean's list every quarter of my Elementary Education program. BOOYAH!
It's a weird feeling having no more college classes (except for my Master's later in life). I've hit many bumps on the road to my degree but I have learned so much and gained so many new experiences that have strengthened me immensely. I went through my program with a cohort of about 20 others-- we had every class together, and sat in basically the same spots each quarter. I wasn't too thrilled about the idea of being in a cohort when I got started. They told us that the cohort would be our second family. We would grow to have a love-hate relationship with everyone, and we would see engagements, marriages, births, and deaths, and we would basically know everything about everyone. My first thought, "Yeah right, that's so tacky." WELL Negative Nancy-Jannica, you were wrong. I have made some wonderful life-long friends, I have felt that dysfunctional family-feeling, and we had a few engagements, a marriage, 4 babies (and many others wanting babies *cough*Sunnie and me*cough*, and I'm sure there were deaths among family/friends. Because of this, it is a bitter-sweet feeling being done with school, but of course this is mostly sweet because we are starting student teaching and then we graduate! I get to student teach with my pre-autumn 2nd grade class too so I am SO excited! I love Miss Schmidt and those little kiddos! Also, I will no longer have to pay thousands of dollars, spend endless hours, and argue with professors to get my straight A's.
Here's the cohort celebrating our last day of classes!
Graduation is June 9, 2012! I can't wait! We also have a ceremony in Wenatchee on June 2nd, since we were a close cohort, where we will be celebrated more personally. And why not celebrate more with a party at my house?! So anyone who wants to come, there's 3 events right there! I'll be sending out announcements soon! (Can you tell I'm excited about graduating college?!)
