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Actually, I did about a sixth of my degree in spring and summer terms.\u00a0 Some were condensed courses, offered May through June at double pace.<\/p>\n
I always enjoyed spring and summer terms.\u00a0 Of course, I like school in general.\u00a0 However, there seems to be a different dimension to summer learning.\u00a0 It’s like a vacation where you are in courses.\u00a0 Somehow, the point of view is different.\u00a0 Summer courses seem separate from the main year ones, even though they go on the same transcript at the end.<\/p>\n
In my present reality, everyone around me is in school, while I’m not.\u00a0 I function as the support person:\u00a0 I make breakfasts, pack lunches, and sometimes leave dinners to be eaten by the students later that day, when I will be away.\u00a0 I help with homework.<\/p>\n
When I was in university, I never imagined the life I have today.\u00a0 Getting my degree meant everything.\u00a0 I had to metamorphize.\u00a0 I wasn’t good enough until I got that degree.\u00a0 That’s what I’d been taught since I was a small child.\u00a0 It’s not what I believe today, by the way, but I’d been brainwashed.<\/p>\n
While getting the degree didn’t solve all my problems, it qualified me to have a family.\u00a0 Now, I gently guide them along like a slow current.\u00a0 It’s not the manic all-nighters that I spent at university.\u00a0 We live in a gentler time now.<\/p>\n
I’ve been told many times that university is a place you go to get a degree, then you return to life.\u00a0 I’d love to go back to university sometime, but right now I’ve got this other life to live.<\/p>\n
As a support worker, you get some leisure time.\u00a0 You can take up a pastime like drawing, for instance.\u00a0 You can observe the world around you instead of always having your nose in a textbook.<\/p>\n
Here’s my latest experiment.\u00a0 I’ll be back.\u00a0 Cheers:)
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