I've grown up. I can finally, finally say that I am no longer a kid, a teen, a youth. I am an adult. A big, responsible adult in the real world who has to make a living and do important things.
It sucks, but then, it was always going to happen eventually, right?
I got my degree. Four years of work and effort and I come out of uni with a freaking degree. It doesnt seem quite real somehow. It hasn't sunk in yet, and I was told my result a week ago.
I got a third class.
In the world of BSc Honours, thats not too good. In order of awesomeness, classification goes:
1st
2:1
2:2
3rd
Ordinary
However; I am happy, because in the world of well.. the world.. I have a degree; and that in itself is better than most people can manage, and it is definitely something to be proud of.
I might have been able to do better, but everything after the second year was a struggle for me; it took a huge effort to resist just quitting, and there were moments where I questioned the point in it all. Often, my uni friends were the only thing I stayed around for.
My graduation is on June 26th in the afternoon. After that, I am officially a person. A taxpaying member of society. So.. I need a job. My first job ever.
Turns out that a third class degree isn't really good enough to get a place in graduate programs and onto trainee schemes at engineering and physics-y firms. This is somewhat frustrating, but I have found a solution: use the skills I learned in my degree (which are quite numerous) and apply them to other fields. Like.. games testing :D
I just applied for a position as Games Tester, working for Rockstar North, the guys who made the GTA games (among others). They are based here in Edinburgh and are awesome. I hope I get this job, they seem like a totally awesome company to work for - and I dont have many other ideas about what to do lol.
I also joined Facebook. I know.. I'm a bit slow huh? A few SL people have added me on there already, so feel free to IM me in world if you wanna be my friend on Facebook :D
As an extreme response to growing up in RL, I have grown down in SL... I mostly run around in a little kiddy av, aged about 12, now... acting young in SL provides me with an antidote to being old(er) in RL :P.. so now you know why I am only a few feet tall lol
Oh and Growing Old is Getting Old is an awesome song by the awesome Silversun Pickups, and I am listening to it right now. Seemed like a nice and relevant idea for a post title!
Esmie xXx
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Welcome to the grown up world of having to get up in the morning to go earn money.
Grow up yes, but don’t grow old, old doesn’t exist, it’s a word, it's a state of mind.
It's not something anyone should do.
Congratulations on the degree, at least it’s not an ology one. If I was there I’d buy you a beer or three to celebrate.
Congratulations :-))))))))))))))
and welcome to the world of drooling old lechers hahahaha
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Mani
Congrats on getting your degree Esmi. I hope you get that job you're looking for. And it's not all about getting older, lol, you can still have fun as an adult.
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