I started college in August of 2010. It is May 2015, and I still haven't graduated. I was anticipating graduating in August of this year, but now I'm absolutely sure that December is the earliest I can get out, and if anything goes wrong it could be delayed further than that. Things keep holding me back. Mostly things I'm doing, but things other people are doing, too. Things like being completely unreasonable about accepting late work or the weight of some assignments vs others, or miscounting credits for 3 of the 5 years I've been here, or creating a false sense of hope when I should really have none. Those things.
Last I blogged, I had resolved to do this semester in spectacular fashion, but I fell short of that by a long shot. This semester was better than last but I'm not sure it was good enough (I'm writing this before my grades are posted). I managed to make it to the end of the classes but the in-between left much to be desired. Missing class, missing group meetings, missing assignments all mean that I'm missing the comfort that should come at the end of the semester. And with the additional disappointment of learning that several of my credits don't count toward my total but still drag down my GPA, I'm left with quite a bit of worry about what my future holds. Again.
Alas, I've got at least another semester to go. I'm praying it's the last. I'm praying I can get a job somewhere that can see through my GPA to the great employee that I can be. I'm praying that the professional world does not function like school and I can escape grades altogether.
50 points for reading. +100 if it took you less than 5 years to graduate from college. +200 if it took you longer.
JOSH, THE SHERM
