one last peal of the bells

so this is it. the culmination of all our fears, expectations, hopes, frustrations. 17 years of academia and look what we’ve become today – experts at the art of examinations, cynical that this has been anything else but that. least of all the pure, untainted pursuit of knowledge and learning. perhaps. or i could be alone in my cynicism.

that being said, it is not at all an unemotional end. there’s infinitely more to it than simply not having to study for exams any longer. for so long one has been protected from it all by the belief that all you gotta do is work toward that one thing. so what do you do when you’ve done what you gotta do? who knows what’s out there in this big bad world. at that one last peal of the bells, it’s run and you’re on your own.

~ by may on May 23, 2008.