In an effort to improve and bolster the results of my never-ending new job quest, I have decided to go where many washed-up, late-20-somethings have gone before… back to school. Sure, at this point I am only registered for classes that won’t start for an eternity (September) but hell, it’s a start. And it’s not as if I have been out of school forever. It’s only been two years since I took my last class. Luckily, I am also effortlessly able to blend in with the 18 to 24 year-old crowd thanks to my oh-so-youthful appearance (if only they knew I have the mind of a cranky 75-year-old).
My return to school will be the fourth in my illustrious on-again-off-again college career. And when I return again in September, it will be the TENTH (not second, not fifth, not even eighth) ANNIVERSARY of my first day in college. TEN flippin’ years at one flippin’ school. And all I can think of is how different life in general is since I started there. Let’s take a trip down memory lane, shall we?
Major events of 1998:
Politics: In 1998, the country was embroiled over the Monica Lewinsky Scandal. Nowadays, in the post-9/11 world, we’re bombarded with a stale economy, a war in Iraq and an impending presidential election. In hindsight, it’s almost comical that this was the biggest political news of the day.
Internet: I’ll admit it… in 1998, I used AOL to get online. Don’t laugh because I’m sure you did too. How things have changed. In fact, Google didn’t even exist when I started college!
Music: When I was just a few weeks into my college days, Britney Spears’ first single “Baby One More Time” went to #1. It’s been ten years of her, too?!
Sports: The dreaded Yankees won another ring, the Bulls won another championship and the Broncos were on their way to successfully defending their Super Bowl title. Yes, life in Boston sports was drastically different back then. Nomar Garciaparra and Drew Bledsoe were the best things we had to offer. Tom Brady was battling Drew Henson in Michigan, Manny was in Cleveland, and Joe Thornton hadn’t gotten good enough for the Bruins to trade yet.
Movies: “Night at the Roxbury” was premiering. ‘Nuff said.
Anyway, let’s just hope that it’s not ten years until I’m finished. Because, by that point, I’ll really just give up.
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I'm Angela - I'm staring down the barrel of my 30s (gah) working as a production editor
(office bitch) for a small newspaper. I'm consumed by my endless devotion to
the New England Patriots and have recenty taken up knitting to keep busy until September. Oh yeah, and I have a really whacky boyfriend to keep me amused.
Thanks for that…I don’t feel so bad now, I was just thinking the other day how I have been going to school for 20 years and I’m not done yet, but I’m not quite to 10 years of college yet…getting awfully close though.
No need to worry I think many more confused 20 somethings are heading that same direction. Trust me you are not the only one and as this economy shits the bed a little further I think school will be an option that many of us will look at a bit closer.