Deep thoughts

Just one more day to go until I'm back at Victoria University for my final year of a Bachelor of Science degree. How am I feeling? A mixture of emotions really-excited because this is the final year of my degree and I feel like I've come so far. I'm also nervous because I'm not sure what this year will hold in store for me. After this year I will no longer be an undergraduate student. Then I will do a year of post graduate honours study. And then more post graduate study at teachers college. And then it will be time to go out into the world.

I think university is like a great transition in life- between childhood and adulthood.
My friend and I were talking the other day about how when we went to school we had a place. Everyone knew who you were. You had a reputation, and expectations, and you felt you had a place in the world. One of the greatest things I wondered when I graduated from high school was 'will we be remembered?' Will you be able to come back some years later and still be remembered? As experience shows- you are! And that is really awesome.

When you move on to university your status changes. You become a single drop in a never ending ocean. It's just you, yourself and you. You study because there is something you want to achieve, whether its a BSc(hons) or a BA or BCA degree. You are now both the teacher and the pupil. It is up to you to motivate and encourage yourself in order to achieve the very best. (I ask myself why we need to go to teachers college? We have plenty of teaching practice teaching ourselves while completing our degrees!!! :) )
And at times, although you love your university studies (and teaching!) to bits, there is a part of you that longs to go back to school. Hence you come back, making frequent visits.

You graduate from university, and then you must go out into the world and find yourself a place once more, now as an adult.

For me that time will come in 3 years time. When I finish university in 2 years time, and then teachers college, I wonder how I'll feel then. Will I miss University as much as I miss school? I read once that when you miss a place it is really because you miss the people that were there, and not the actual place itself...

...Ok enough philosophy lessons for one day! Will go and get ready to go back to University tomorrow! :)