 LAST STATION
Being a senior has two faces. One is good: you want to fit in as much fun as you can
during your last year in university. The second is bad: you begin to think seriously about
life. I have invested so much time in university - studying for it since primary school
and through high school because university was the last station of the rose colored
country. But I have realized that there is another country where I hope there are rosy
colors, too.
Now a cruel life is going to begin: the chaos of choosing what to do after graduation.
There are two countries; you can stay in the one and continue with further education (e.g.
in my case, a master's degree), or leave the rose colored country and find a job. There
are two good things about continuing on to a master's program. One, is you move one step
forward with your education and the second, when you are unable to find a job or anything
else to do, continuing education is a shelter (at least for me). On the other hand, the
real world sounds quite interesting and there is the dream of being free. Let's leave the
rose colored world behind and begin real life and earn money: no more family support
financially but a job with responsibilities.
I hope that I am lucky enough to find a job the day I graduate, to throw my cap away and
go to work the same day. But I do not know if that will happen for me. At least I am happy
to be in the department of my choice. I feel lucky in that sense because I see that many
people accidentally chose departments that held no real interest for them. Now, even in
their 3rd year of university, they still want to change their departments. However, does
my being in the department of my choice guarantee that I will do the job that I want to
do? I have observed that most people work in areas different from what they studied in
university. Some people do unrelated work to avoid staying home and others take up
unrelated work just to earn money. It sounds scary.
I programmed myself to be a journalist for years and if the time comes when I cannot find
a job, will I start to search in the newspapers for unrelated jobs? Dreaming about being a
journalist for so long, I don't want to imagine myself that way.
Attend a master's program and be away from real life for a few more years, or find a job
that will not satisfy you... life will have difficulties either way. But the most
difficult thing is to choose one. The only thing that I believe is that we have studied in
university in different majors and after graduating, we should not sell our selves short.
We are worth more than that, with such an education. Many people did not even have a
chance to attend the university; there were many people that were eliminated. Life should
be easier for us, after spending so much time on our educations. Farewell!
Gülay Acar (COMD/IV)
howtoreachgulay@yahoo.com
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