March 31, 2003

NEWS

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The Next Step

Moving on into the frightening world of work and life after university

By Andrea Larson

As convocation approaches
many students are moving for-
ward with mixed emotions.
Excitement over being
finished is mingled with
fear of moving on into
the real world. All the
paperwork has been
filed and the info on
where to be and who to
pay keeps showing up
in the mail.

Decisions now must
be made. Maybe there -
will be a job opportuni-
ty. Will a move back in
with the parents be necessary, or is
it possible to remain independent?
Another problem is figuring out
how exactly the degree that has
taken so long to attain can actual-
ly be used in the work force.

Or maybe it would be a good

idea to just stay in the warm pro-
tective womb of UNBC. To just
ensconce yourself in graduate
studies and continue on with
school-
ing ¢g
indefi-
nitely. If
a

Master’s
is some-
h o w
obtained
there is
always
fe the ge

a option of
a PhD. after which a teaching
position. I personally have decid-
ed to get as many letters behind
my last name as I can. That way I
will never have to leave the won-
derful world of academia.

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master’s followed by my M.D.
and possibly and Ph.D. after that.
If I’m finished by the time I’m
ready to retire, I think I’ll just
move on to teaching.

At the beginning of my five
years here at this wonderful insti-
tution I locked forward to the end
when I would finally be free of
school and homework. Then as
the end approached, after several
summer employments and a bout
of co-op, I realized that I enjoy the
stresses and fun of school. I actual-
ly like the tedious group projects
and extra long essays that the pro-
fessors give out. I make the requi-
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students, but my heart just isn’t in
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much that I do it in the summers
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