We are arriving a very poignant time of the year.
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No, we are not talking about Christmas, although there is a certain amount of excitement surrounding the holiday period.
Thousands of students from TAFE, university and high school are preparing to end or enter a new stage in their scholastic endeavours.
Graduations loom close, with TAFE yesterday and Charles Sturt University on Monday and Tuesday in Wagga.
Most high school students have technically graduated and are in that tormenting time when there is nothing left to do but to wait for results.
There is something so distinguishing about studying as an adult. As a primary or high school student, we are deemed too young to do anything else.
One of the hardest tasks we deal with, apart from managing teenage hormones, is managing a social calendar.
But as an adult, even as one who’s just left school, we have so many other responsibilities as well as study.
Employment, first homes or leaving home for the first time, raising children, maintaining relationships, it’s all managed in addition to study.
It’s what makes graduations so important. Not only have you completed a degree, the culmination of years of late nights, complicated reading material and tight deadlines, you’ve done it while maintaining full-time employment or raising children.
Graduation day is more than the day you receive that piece of paper.
It’s a time for reflection and celebration and looking to the future, at how you will put this new-found knowledge to use in a practical sense.
The days of study might be over but as that door closes, another one opens.
It’s overwhelming and raises many questions, such as is there really a job out there for me and if studying until 2am is now not necessary, how is the best way to spend that time?
Congratulations to all graduates moving onto the next stage, from pre-school age to mature aged university students.