At the meeting today, with the entire Chemistry and Biology staff at the University, I was informed that I was going to win this year’s White Dove Award. It’s an award that has graced students since 1948. Every year, a nursing, pre-med or med student is picked to win the award based on academic and community achievements. I guess that battling a chronic disease that left me bald last year while maintaining a 3.57 GPA is worthy of the White Dove. To be honest, I don’t think I deserve it on my academic achievements alone. As for the cancer thing, that was just a thorn in my side. It wasn’t really anything that influenced my grades. When I am in pain, I over dose on pain killers. I have amnesia after, but I can do my homework.
I was nervous at the meeting. I ate three of Professor Sal’s Tootsie pops that were sitting on his desk, before the Dean of Chemistry told me to stop eating. This was all before the meeting.
You know your eating is bad when you have someone tell you to stop.
One of the reasons I don’t think I deserve this award is the because I dislike school so much. I’ve always disliked sitting in a classroom with my nose in a text book and a pen and paper, taking notes on something I barely can grasp the concept of.
I can just imagine my acceptance speech…
“Say something inspirational! How’d you get where you are today?”
“I hate school so much, and I’ve wanted to drop out since the fifth grade, but I make A’s and B’s because I don’t want to do this ever again!”
Real inspiration, there, huh?
Graduation announcements are in. I’m graduating the first week of May. We got 100 free announcements, mixed, and therefore if anyone wants one and they know they won’t be going to the graduation, but they want one for the sake of having it, let me know through Email or something. There are two types of announcements, ones with a little card to get into the graduation and ones that are just keepsakes and not intended for someone who is not going to the graduation. So if you’re at least 90% sure you’re not doing anything the first week of May and you want to see me walk with my class, let me know, and I’ll be sure to send you an invitation with a card to get in.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to have lots of people come and sign my guestbook and take pictures and things, but if you know you can’t make it, that’s ok too. Just be honest about it, ok?