An end of an era .....

I have been in post secondary education three times. Three times!

I never realized how intense and yet rewarding the Creative Communications program is at Red River College until the end is neigh, but it has been quite a ride and I would have preferred to have done this program ten years ago to negate a three ring run in post secondary education.

Now comes the ever so awesome adjustment to life after school period. Typically you go through some of the stages of death and dying when something you have become attached to comes to an end.

DENIAL

Well, denial is probably not a stage anyone finishing Creative Communications goes through, unless you want to do the program again .... I didn't think so!

BARGAINING

You might find yourself negotiating with your instructors to get you a good job or give you a good reference, and bargaining with classmates to not apply for that awesome job posting you came across. Oh, negotiating with instructors about assignments and grade distribution might work ..... If you like punching Jello.

ANGER

Yes, stress levels hit record highs during Creative Communications and there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth, and though we may have wanted to choke fellow students metaphorically, it was NEVER literally. Kenton Larson can restore order with his Ninja skills if fights break out between students.

DEPRESSION

Sometimes during the program you wanted to off yourself. OK, maybe not off yourself but magically teleport yourself to a land of gum drops and fairies which would make your instructors think WTF is going on with this student!

FEAR

Oh those dreaded auto fails. I had as many of those as the fingers on my hands. You fear instructors pen marks and criticism though it is only to make you better. It's OK, they aren't the boss of you anymore after you graduate and they aren't watching you at home .... with the exception of haunting your academic dreams like Freddy Krueger.

ACCEPTANCE

Accept the amazement of all the work you did. Even the assignments with auto fails where you put hours of effort in should not be diminished. Because at the end of it all if you make the effort, you will learn something and that is what ultimately matters and have a career waiting for you in the future.