This past Friday, I finally graduated. We were separated by our major, and told to get into lines. There were 12 journalism majors. We were all bored, and here are some of the thoughts that I had while going through the process of graduating with my Associates degree.
Arrival.
1. I hope I'm not late.
2. Surprise, I'm late!
3. No one is ready.
4. Why isn't anyone ready?
5. I guess I'll just play on my phone.
6. We can finally check in.
7. Am I early?
8. It said be here 30 minutes ago.
9. Why did they bring all the business admin students?
10. Why can't they get in order?
11. Now we all have to get in order.
12. There are 12 of us in my major.
13. We're all sitting down. Just the 12 of us.
14. Everyone else is still standing.
15. More play time on my phone.
16. We're walking.
17. We're running.
18. We weren't paying attention.
19. Why wear heels if you can't walk in them?
20. Stop taking off your shoes.
21. Where are my parents?
22. Why are all these parents gathered at the entrance?
23. Sit down people!
24. Why is the graduation song so long?
25. Will it ever end?
26. It ended, and we sat.
27. Now we get to listen to these speeches.
28. Now we walk.
29. I hope I don't trip.
30. I hope the girl in front of me doesn't trip.
31. I'm watching her so I'll know what to do.
32. The dude handing out diploma covers cracked a joke about my nail polish.
33. Blinding photos.
34. Should I stay or leave?
35. Guess I'll stay.
36. And play on my phone...
37. My head is starting to hurt from my cap.
38. One hour left.
39. Guess I should update my Facebook status.
40. More clapping.
41. Slightly ratchet screams.
42. Dude behind me said final grades are posted.
43. Might as well look.
44. I passed! So I did graduate!
45. Only three more rows.
46. Two...
47. LAST ROW.
48. Is it kinda rude that all these people left?
49. Clap for parents.
50. Clap for self.
51. Move the tassel.
52. Time to go to the car and go eat!
Congratulations to all the graduates of 2016. We have all worked hard, and we deserve a round of applause. Whether you choose to continue your education or you're finished for good, you did it. We have cried through finals, prayed our teachers have pity on us and hoped our GPA didn't suffer.
You did it! Go change the world! Do good!
