Spring Break
Memories, people define college life
Kirby McBride
Issue date: 4/22/08 Section: Viewpoints
With graduation closing in, I have been reminiscing quite a bit lately about the time that I have spent here at UT Martin. There have been good times and bad times, mostly good though. The memories that I take from this place will stay with me for the rest of my life. But it's time to move on to bigger and better things, mainly grad school (gulp).
With all this reminiscing, I know the things I will miss the most are evenings spent in the living room of either the dorms or the apartment watching all seven seasons of Buffy with Megan, Audrey and Sarah, canoeing down the Buffalo River and spending time working on papers. Yes I will miss the papers, weird, I know.
The time that I have spent here has allowed me to realize just exactly what I want to do with my life. Many people over the five years that I have been in college have often asked me what I would do with an English major. When I first started I didn't really know myself, but within the past couple of years, mainly after my first Communications (Communications being my minor) class I realized that I want to work in copy editing, at a newspaper or publishing company.
This past semester has been one of the best learning experiences that I have had. Working on The Pacer staff as copy editor has helped give me a good insight to the job that I want to do for the rest of my life, and surprisingly I have fun editing the columns that go into The Pacer. The influences that I have had from the English and Communications Departments have helped to make me into the person that I am today, and I want to thank everyone for their influences and help.
I'm going to miss UT Martin and the people that I have met while here, but I think that it is time to move on and get out of here. All I have to say to everyone is: "So long and thanks for all the fish."
With all this reminiscing, I know the things I will miss the most are evenings spent in the living room of either the dorms or the apartment watching all seven seasons of Buffy with Megan, Audrey and Sarah, canoeing down the Buffalo River and spending time working on papers. Yes I will miss the papers, weird, I know.
The time that I have spent here has allowed me to realize just exactly what I want to do with my life. Many people over the five years that I have been in college have often asked me what I would do with an English major. When I first started I didn't really know myself, but within the past couple of years, mainly after my first Communications (Communications being my minor) class I realized that I want to work in copy editing, at a newspaper or publishing company.
This past semester has been one of the best learning experiences that I have had. Working on The Pacer staff as copy editor has helped give me a good insight to the job that I want to do for the rest of my life, and surprisingly I have fun editing the columns that go into The Pacer. The influences that I have had from the English and Communications Departments have helped to make me into the person that I am today, and I want to thank everyone for their influences and help.
I'm going to miss UT Martin and the people that I have met while here, but I think that it is time to move on and get out of here. All I have to say to everyone is: "So long and thanks for all the fish."
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