It’s official! I am, finally, a graduate of Sydney University! It’s only take 7 years! It was a day with the family, the first time we had all been together since Mum and Dad broke up almost 4 years ago. Adam was probably more emotional than me on the day, and my father too I could tell was proud. Both my mother and my father told me frankly that they didn’t think the day would actually happen… with all the troubles I had gone through in earlier years, failing courses, unmotivated and depresed, they thought I would probably follow in their footsteps and drop out of uni. Even my brother had a tough time studying… he managed to span out his 3 year Arts degree into 5 years, finally dropping out of his honours year after failing twice. I did it though! Even better, I ended up with a degree better than what I studied for! Yes, that’s right, they gave me the wrong degree!!! Before the ceremony, I said somewhat cynically, that after all that I’d been through, it would be typical of the highly-incompetent Sydney University administration to mess something up, get my name wrong, not include me in the graduands list, something like that. And, lo and behold, I was proved right! According to my testamur and transcript, I apparently now have a Bachelor in Engineering (Telecommunications) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics). The all-important engineering degree was right (at least1), but I never majored in Economics. Rather, it was HR / IR (Human Resources and Industrial Relations). I was shocked, bewildered and amazed, all at once! But y’know what.. I reckon a degree in Economics is somewhat better than one in HR / IR … when was the last time you gave credibility to an HR person? So you know what… Screw ‘em, I’m keeping it!. The ceremony and resulting dinner afterwards was a culmination of 7 years of absolute hell… I put myself through the wars to get to the end, including years of full-time work combined with full-time uni (I wouldn’t suggest it!). Long-term readers of this blog will remember angst-ridden poats from long ago when I thought I’d never get here. I did it!!! |
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Written by gus about 3 years ago.
Wohoo!!! You bet I’ll be there! Wouldn’t miss it for the world, luv
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Written by Sunshine about 3 years ago.
Well done Gus! Although HR is getting quite big in the business environment these days while economics in many arenas is still seen as academic.
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Written by foucaultonacid about 3 years ago.
congrats – it took me almost 6 years to finish my undergrad, with breakdowns, almost-marriages to latin american women, and editing gay street papers, so i know what a struggle it is to remain determined and persistent, and i’m glad you were able to share the celebrations with your family, chief of whom I include adam
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Written by triggs2004 about 3 years ago.
Heya Gus. Congrats!!!!! That is awesome. I hope this next year gives you a break from all those past stresses. It’s time to kick up your heals and feel some freedom
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Written by poloktim about 3 years ago.
Congratulations on graduating! You were always going to pull it off, you seem like you have the smarts to go further, but if you’re anything like me, you’ll probably not want to set foot in a university again.
I too graduated this month! They shipped me with the arts students, but I suppose it was nice to have a change of scenery from the depressing surrounds of Computer Science (you can always tell when a bloke studies IT or CompSc, because he looks like he’s got no energy at uni, the CompSc building sucks the life/soul out of students).
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