Due to the time of year that I’m beginning this blog and
with what is currently going on in my life, it seems it only makes sense for my
first blog post to be about my upcoming GRADUATION from undergrad. I will
graduate Cum Laude on May 12, 2012 from Claflin University with a Bachelor of
Arts Degree in Music Education. It’s been a long time coming, but I MADE
IT!! I can honestly say, it really feels
like yesterday, I was packing up and leaving for my first year in college and
now it’s all over...well, undergrad is, anyway, but this DEFINITELY isn’t the
end of schooling for me. My long-term goal is to obtain a Ph. D. in Composition
and with that degree, become a composer (in addition to a college professor)
and write music. In between now and then, by the grace of GOD, I will be
teaching at Darlington Middle School for 3-5 years then obtaining a Master’s
Degree in Music Theory. The school for this degree is yet undetermined, but
after attending an HBCU, it has really set in how much I LOVE my institution.
For that reason, I am considering attending another which would be Tuskegee
University, located in AL.
Graduating really is a bittersweet time for me. I’m happy
to be graduating with honors and to already have a job lined up, but sad to be
leaving friends, who I have grown so close to, that they feel like family and
also nervous, yet excited for my first year of teaching ….*Kevin Hart voice*,
BY MYSELF!! Lol I know on the day of graduation i know I’ll be a complete
bucket of water, but it’s ok, cuz if you only knew the journey I’ve traveled
since freshman year to now, you’d understand. However, I’m sure college is a
tedious journey for everyone.
In the beginning,
it starts with academics as well as having a social life, for MOST ppl. For me,
it wasn’t quite the same. Yep, im a geek. I started school with academics being
my top and only priority. And I don’t
apologize for it. I know that it was my work-a-holic, career-driven mindset
that has gotten me where I am today. Not to say, that I didn’t have friends or
any other type of relationships because I have PLENTY, but I’ve never been much
of a party-er or club-go-er . I don’t look down on anyone who chooses to do so,
it’s just not my thing. My friends that have been most influential in my life
are: Stephanie Jones, NeQuasia Reeves, Ammaarah Webb, and most recently,
Luquita Edwards.
They have all either graduated or transferred schools, so I
can at least say, it doesn’t feel like I’m “leaving” them, but I can say that
I’m leaving undergrad with my head held high and no regrets…..well….except this
pesky little “problem”, we’ll just call it, that I recently realized I have.
Wanna know more?? Stay tuned for my next post, “ a pesky
little problem, called…..”
1 comments:
This is a really nice blog. The pics are amazing by the way. Actually, you've given me some ideas...LOL. Congrats on you graduating with honors!!! And having a career lined up. You're definitely a person who prioritizes and sets goals. There's no shame in that :) Can't wait to read your next entry.
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