I am officially a Fresno State graduate!! Since I finished during the fall semester, I will need to wait until Spring (I think May?) to walk. I could have walked before this last semester but I feel like that is jumping the gun a little bit. Hopefully then Richard will be done at that time as well and we will be able to walk together.
My last week of school was pretty chill. Three out of my four classes had major senior projects (instead of a traditional scantron final) that were due a week or so before finals so our "final" consisted of a potluck! I was not quite as lucky in my information systems class. (Read: 100 question comprehensive exam)
However! In my other two classes, my final assignment consisted of.....Santa hat brownies! Haha
The final class/potluck for my MKTG 188 class (aka the most demanding class I've ever taken) was surprisingly tear jerking. The professor has always told us that he thinks of his students as his own kids which is why he is so hard on us. He truly wants to see us grow and succeed and will push us to our limits until we do so. His wife passed away from cancer about 3 years ago and he has been kind of decluttering his house ever since. He will bring in magazines, books, knick-knacks, etc to the classroom and give them away to students throughout the semester. The last day of class he did an "awards ceremony" of sorts and gave away a bunch of little gifts to students who were the most improved, most likely to ____, and so forth.
He then proceeded to pull out this old Where's Waldo book out of his box and started talking about how he had read it to all of his kids (who are now kind of distant from him) as well as all of his grand kids. Through tears, he recounted some of his experiences with the book and how it brought him so many wonderful memories but that he wanted to "give it to the next generation" and then proceeded to hand me the book! I could not even believe it, it was the sweetest thing ever. I tried to get him to sign it but he just said it wouldn't be right. I promised him it would take center stage in the nursery and I plan to e-mail him a picture once I get it set up!
We also did a gift exchange with other students in the class and this girl Alicia got me this adorable miniature stocking as well as a necklace with the March birthstone! I could have just broke down right then and there but I somehow managed to hold it together :)
All in all, I was pretty unceremonious about finishing school. I honestly can say that I learned more while working than I did from any of my classes. School was great and I am glad that I finished but I am just more excited to be able to focus on being a better employee, wife and mother :)
...However, I DID celebrate by indulge in this entire pint of gelato
No regrets! Thanks for the recommendation Steve :)
My last week of school was pretty chill. Three out of my four classes had major senior projects (instead of a traditional scantron final) that were due a week or so before finals so our "final" consisted of a potluck! I was not quite as lucky in my information systems class. (Read: 100 question comprehensive exam)
However! In my other two classes, my final assignment consisted of.....Santa hat brownies! Haha
He then proceeded to pull out this old Where's Waldo book out of his box and started talking about how he had read it to all of his kids (who are now kind of distant from him) as well as all of his grand kids. Through tears, he recounted some of his experiences with the book and how it brought him so many wonderful memories but that he wanted to "give it to the next generation" and then proceeded to hand me the book! I could not even believe it, it was the sweetest thing ever. I tried to get him to sign it but he just said it wouldn't be right. I promised him it would take center stage in the nursery and I plan to e-mail him a picture once I get it set up!
We also did a gift exchange with other students in the class and this girl Alicia got me this adorable miniature stocking as well as a necklace with the March birthstone! I could have just broke down right then and there but I somehow managed to hold it together :)
All in all, I was pretty unceremonious about finishing school. I honestly can say that I learned more while working than I did from any of my classes. School was great and I am glad that I finished but I am just more excited to be able to focus on being a better employee, wife and mother :)
...However, I DID celebrate by indulge in this entire pint of gelato
No regrets! Thanks for the recommendation Steve :)
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