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| Happy Graduate, May 3, 2014 |
By Laurie Epps
Something
I wasn’t prepared for when I graduated was the letdown post graduation. For the
next ten days, I’d drop my daughter off at school, and go back to bed until 2
PM. That’s really out of character for me. I wasn’t prepared for the feeling of
inadequacy, or for the feeling that I was lost and irrelevant.
When
I spoke to other graduates, many of them felt the same way. Yet nobody talks
about it, and I believe they should. Back in the good old days, students would
receive bids for their talent, and often before graduation. But today, the
graduate is in the drivers seat as conquerors of their own destiny. We’re
placed in charge of the “what’s next” chapter of our lives. However, this is an
area that college didn’t adequately prepare us for.
