My Last Spring Term

Korrin B.

March 27, 2011 - 6:50 PM

Last year, I took an art class where we were basically taught that every idea we have ever had was cliché. All term, we were faced with having to find obscure ways of representing things in order to avoid the evil cliché. We were given the task of making abstract collages to represent assigned topics, such as sonorous space, self-portrait, and rapidity. Since this class, I have been unable to get myself to say certain phrases or discuss particular themes without this superfluous sense of doom for being too cliché. Now holding this curse, I will always be able to look back and smile at memories I obtained in the one of a kind environment of a liberal arts university. And now, on to my cliché blog post.

Tomorrow begins the last term of my undergraduate career EVER! It is so surreal and I'm not sure that the true meaning of this will even hit me until I'm walking up to receive my diploma. After five years, so much has happened - memories made, papers written, debt accrued! It is going to be a pretty tough term to finish this experience out.

First, there is, surprise, the thesis. I have a personal goal of having a near finalized draft of it completed by April 20. This gives me one month before my defense date to receive feedback and polish it the most I can. By May 20 at roughly 11:30am, I will be completed with my honors thesis. It is all going to happen so fast! Then I will have to work on getting my finalized copy all printed and ready for binding by the Honors College to put in the library.

In addition to my thesis, I am taking three classes this term. The first is my final term of American Sign Language, the second is the PPPM capstone class called Practicing Leadership and Change, and the third is another PPPM course called Deliberative Democracy. Although all of my classes sound pretty interesting, I think it is going to be hard to fight through the senioritis and other stresses to do the best I can in them.

A tad less school related is, well, my future. What am I doing after the university bubble pops? I will keep you updated on how that works out.

Now, excuse me, but I must end this post, as I'd like to enjoy the last few hours of my last spring break. Oh, how the bittersweet taunts me.