I just attended the last class of my undergraduate, and in all likelihood educational, career. I’m not sure how I feel about that yet. It has not really struck me.
I always loved school. I do not think I will ever tire of learning new things. University of Illinois certainly provided a myriad of opportunities for this. However, so much of my education has come from things I read or talk about outside of class. While it is time for me to move on, to start the rest of my life, it is never time for me to stop learning.
I pray that my curiosity never leaves me. I hope that I will still be researching my favorite baseball players’ BABIP (batting average on balls in play, duh!), searching for interesting statistical trends in data, and borderline stalking my favorite bands, TV shows, and movies late into my years.
Something tells me that I will. My education has not made me who I am. My curiosity was not artificially created by a will to succeed in school, but by a God who fearfully and wonderfully made me. While I am very grateful to the University of Illinois for the instruction it has provided me, this stage of my life is nearly finished.
I’m excited for another to begin.