Today I received an email from Brigham Young University congratulating me on my upcoming graduation in August. After four long years of spending hours and hours in the library, reading textbooks and journal articles, writing research papers, taking tests, and sitting through lectures, I am almost DONE.
Words cannot describe how good it feels to be graduating with my college degree. Do I know what I'm going to do with it? No. But that's not the point. I, Alyssa Cook, will soon be able to say, "When I was doing my undergraduate work at BYU . . . (enter rest of sentence)." And man does that feel good to think about!
I am going to bring up the fact that I am a college graduate with everyone I talk to after August. In fact, I already do say, "After I graduate this summer..." as often as I get the chance to. Why is that? Why am I so obsessed with graduating college? Because I had to work HARD for it. I passed my classes in high school with flying colors, but when I got to BYU I had to learn how to study and think hard for the first time in my life. And man, does that feel good! I am a new person. I have lived in another country and used my knowledge of child development to enrich my life and others. I am capable. I am strong. I can finish the race.
