21 Thoughts Every Graduating Senior Has
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21 Thoughts Every Graduating Senior Has

Is this a dream?

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21 Thoughts Every Graduating Senior Has
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Spring semester might have just started, but for seniors, this beginning means that it's almost the end. There's bound to be a lot of mixed feelings and emotions as graduation inches closer and closer, and these thoughts are pretty common.


1. *After a professor says that this class won't be an easy A* What the hell am I doing in here then?

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2. So I'm thinking I'll take bowling...

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3. I can't go out on Tuesdays anymore, I'm too old for this.

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4. But also, when am I ever going to go out on a Tuesday again? Why not?

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5. Alright, I'm going out on Tuesday.

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6. Ask me what I'm doing after graduation one more time, I dare you.

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7. *Googles "gap years"*

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8. I want to be the person who comes up with Instagram captions for E! News.

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9. Yep, that's what I'm doing, the end.

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10. Post-grad life is not ready for me, and I am not ready for it.

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11. God bless college towns and their $2 drinks.

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12. I made my bed today, does that count as adulting?

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13. I don't know how to file my taxes, thanks a lot, college.

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14. Is there at least acceptable parking in the real world? Someone please let me know.

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15. Do freshmen understand how lucky they are?

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16. Wow, I sound old and irrelevant.

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17. I'm still young and fun!

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18. For three more months, at least.

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19. WHO IS LETTING ME GRADUATE? WHO SAID THIS WAS OK?

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20. Yep, it's happening, this is not a dream. It's a nightmare.

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21. Dear College, I'll love you forever.

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It is evident that all this is only a legend although archeology shows us little by little that these kings if they did not exist as the ancient history, describes them, have at least in the very Outlines were real as chief of a shepherd’s tribe. The period when kings ruled Rome could estimate at 245 years.

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