Alumna

This pet is dedicated to my growing list of academic achievements. I graduated from high school with high honors as a member of the National Honor Society and the National Art Honor Society, President of the Creative Writing Club and Vice President of the Anime Club back then (: After that, I went to community college for a few years before graduating from there with an Associates Degree. After that I transferred to one four year college, and then to another one that had a better program for the track I decided to take for my future career. It required more courses than I would have had to take at the first college, and so it took me a few more years to complete all of them. Then the virus that shall not be named (circa 2020) hit and I was forced to take some time away from my education due to the unforeseen circumstances and my immediate family members being too high risk for exposure for even me to go out and potentially bring anything back home.

Now that things are getting back to normal, however, I have managed to pick up my remaining courses and am now officially a holder of a Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education! My studies aren't entirely over yet, of course--I intend to pursue a Master's Degree in this field and I have to take some Praxis exams in order to obtain my teaching license/certification. However, every other thing--from CPR and AED training to Dyslexia Awareness training and more--I now have under my belt and I have the confidence to start teaching very soon, assuming everything goes smoothly from here. Luckily, I think things will!

The Graduation Ceremony was actually held yesterday at my college, so the creation of this pet is a day late for the celebration, but in all the hype I forgot to make her as I planned on the date! Alas, May 7th isn't a bad birthday for a pet (: And it's certainly close enough. My actual degree paper will be coming in the mail next month, anyway, and in truth--I didn't walk the stage because my extended family and friends weren't able to come, so it didn't seem worth all the fuss. But I had a lovely celebration at home with my family and got a few sweet gifts and cards so that was wonderful.

I look forward to being a teacher and hopefully helping kids learn to read, write, and more! And I'm so happy to have finally hit this milestone as it means I can finally launch into my career! Hooray!