A Path Unknown
My complicated future
Issue date: 11/3/04 Section: Opinion
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Erin Downing
Editor-in-Chief
College is a tough transition for many incoming freshman. It is still a tough time in a college senior's life.
I am interning this semester an hour away from school at the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Now do not get me wrong, I love working there, and I have learned so much, but it is hard to block out a bulk of hours each week to drive for two hours just to get to and from an internship.
After writing for three years for the Skyliner, I have come to realize that I still have so much to learn, hence, the internship.
Not all internships are glamorous though. One guy in my class has recounted how he had to clean out a closet at his internship. Another girl has often remarked on how she has to handle circulation at her job.
I imagine many students at this school have encountered some interesting experiences at their internships or jobs.
This semester has been a great learning tool for me and has often made me stop and think about whether I really want to be a journalist. I do still want to be a reporter; I just have come to realize the full extent of the job I have chosen.
To make matters even more interesting, our internships require us to have 150 hours of interning in one semester. If we fail to complete these hours, we get an incomplete until we are done with the aforementioned requirement.
Planning a wedding can also be stressful. I have to make all the arrangements with my mom over the phone while desperately trying to get the fourth bridesmaid in order.
I honestly do not care if I have table decorations and a fancy catered meal. All I want is to marry the man God has chosen for my life. But, for all of you out there who are either planning or have already planned a wedding, things are not always so easy.
We have mothers to pacify and distant relations to invite. If I could still elope I would, but the dress is paid for and the location reserved.
Who really plans to get migraines all day because of wedding stress? I did not plan to spend my life planning this Cinderella wedding. All I had ever imagined was finding the prince. I never imagined caterers, photographers and cakes.
I mean this is supposed to be the most important day of my life, but it is not supposed to be so hard to be happy.
Now, wedding and internship aside, all I need to do is find a job. I have no idea where I am going to end up. How many of us do before we graduate?
I wish all December graduates luck as they have a little more than a month left at North Greenville.
I just hope the May graduation brings me some answers to this complicated time in my life.