Oh that…
November 11th, 2005 at 5:56 pm (Thinks)
Yeah, I’ve finished my degree. Woo Hoo!
I guess I’m now a qualified special ed teacher, so if you are in charge of a lovely, small SSP with great children and no behaviour problems, please give me a ring and offer me a job. Otherwise, I’m waiting to hear from the Department of Education.
It feels strange to have come to the end of four years of uni and suddenly to have it stop in the most anti-climactic of fashions. No tearful goodbyes, no taking of bazillions of photos, no waves of nostalgia. (Well, I did look over my shoulder at the green carpet, soaring raw concrete walls and upside-down wash tub type ceilings as I left on Thursday, so as to never ever let the beautiful scene fade from my memory…). But really, it all seems like a book that has a kind of ‘nothing’ ending.
I guess it’s partly because I never really got into the uni ‘vibe’. I did the work, I attended almost all of my classes, I got the grades, I did the pracs, I made the friends, but I never fell in love with the social scene. I didn’t spend hours sipping beer or coffee in the cafeteria. I didn’t make any ‘best friends’, and I wasn’t a rabid member of the cheer squad, the chess club, or the inter-varsity fooseball league. I did go to the Christian group in first and second year which was great, but even that managed to get run over by having to attend all those pesky classes. Yes, I know guys. I’ll obviously go to hell for that… I should be ashamed of myself etc.
In some ways I guess I would have liked to have a uni experience which was one great social gathering. But in others ways, I know I came to get qualified and be a light for Jesus at UTS. Both of which I have hopefully succeeded in doing. Uni was ehere God wanted me to be for the past four years, and I’ve done my best to please Him there, which is what really matters in the end. I’ve grown up alot at uni, worked really hard, written lots of papers, heard lots of words, and gotten myself as equipped as possible to be a good teacher. Time will tell how successful I’ll be in that profession.
For now though, I’m happy to do a bit of casual teaching, have a bit of a break and gradually switch my mind out of the uni-student groove into ‘big-wide-working-world’ mode.
Life continues to change at a ridiculous pace. Does it ever slow down?
Jane said,
November 13, 2005 at 10:38 pm
Yay! Now you’re soon going to be out in the big bad world!
BTW the last two pictures you posted aren’t working
Lorien said,
November 14, 2005 at 11:12 am
I don’t know what the deal is with the pictures, but if you right click and go to ‘view image’ and then go back to the main page, they should come up. Who can fathom the mysteries of the internet!
Jane said,
November 14, 2005 at 8:58 pm
It still don’t work here
Lorien said,
November 15, 2005 at 10:07 am
well have a look at them here if you really want to:
www.lozdoodles.blogspot.com
Hez said,
November 16, 2005 at 4:00 pm
CONGRATULATIONS! That is so awesome!!! Well done for reaching the finish line after 4 years (I have great admiration for people who perservere through 4 years of uni). My sister just finished her Special Needs Primary Ed degree. She just accepted a full time position teaching a Kindy to year 2 Autism class in a mainstream school.
I reckon you guys are doing one of the best jobs in the world and it is very cool to know that so many Christians are out there teaching our special needs kids.
Lorien said,
November 16, 2005 at 4:37 pm
Hi Hez (whoever youmay be!) Nice to see you around these parts!
Thanks for the encouragement! I too, think it’s important to have Christian teachers in all areas of education, (almost important enough to sit through 4 years of uni!) Good on your sister for getting a job so quickly, and with autistic kids!