Congratulations to EC graduates
Issue date: 5/21/09 Section: Opinion
Graduation is the best closure a student can have with EC for whatever the reasons that brought them to school in the first place.
For people who came back to school to get second degrees and to better their skills and themselves, walking down Murdock Stadium signifies every accomplishment earned.
For others, it could be giving school and education another chance after having a horrible high school experience, and never raising yourself to your full potential.
Getting to the point of graduation is more than just taking all the courses listed for degree or transfer requirements. It takes time, effort and a passion to finish school and make something of yourself.
Not everybody is a school kind of person.'
It really takes a certain type of person to go to school. It takes a person who is determined and has perseverance to study and be here.
Graduating from a community college, in a sense, is different from graduating from a 4-year school because of the wide variety of students we have at EC and the different paths they take to reach graduation.
EC has a mix of part-time students, full-time students, nighttime students, etc.
Some students have been juggling school, work and sometimes families, while others have been struggling to just get through all the prerequisites for their desired career.
For others, graduation is the closing of a chapter of their life and the opening to a new one, such as transferring to a university.
On Friday, June 12, students will be given three types of recognition. An A.A. in science, A.A. in arts or a certification of completion.
This year, 1,500 to 1,600 students will be honored for meeting the requirements of graduation, but only about 600 will actually take the steps to walk.
Every year, fewer and fewer students decide to walk the path outlined for graduation.
Graduation is not just a corny rite of passage; it's the closing ritual a person should be getting for investing so much time and money into going to school.
For people who came back to school to get second degrees and to better their skills and themselves, walking down Murdock Stadium signifies every accomplishment earned.
For others, it could be giving school and education another chance after having a horrible high school experience, and never raising yourself to your full potential.
Getting to the point of graduation is more than just taking all the courses listed for degree or transfer requirements. It takes time, effort and a passion to finish school and make something of yourself.
Not everybody is a school kind of person.'
It really takes a certain type of person to go to school. It takes a person who is determined and has perseverance to study and be here.
Graduating from a community college, in a sense, is different from graduating from a 4-year school because of the wide variety of students we have at EC and the different paths they take to reach graduation.
EC has a mix of part-time students, full-time students, nighttime students, etc.
Some students have been juggling school, work and sometimes families, while others have been struggling to just get through all the prerequisites for their desired career.
For others, graduation is the closing of a chapter of their life and the opening to a new one, such as transferring to a university.
On Friday, June 12, students will be given three types of recognition. An A.A. in science, A.A. in arts or a certification of completion.
This year, 1,500 to 1,600 students will be honored for meeting the requirements of graduation, but only about 600 will actually take the steps to walk.
Every year, fewer and fewer students decide to walk the path outlined for graduation.
Graduation is not just a corny rite of passage; it's the closing ritual a person should be getting for investing so much time and money into going to school.
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