Rec | GRADUATING WITH A B.A. IN ENGLISH

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bc it’s what I originally wanted when I first went to college at 17 but I was scared to make writing my job and got a B.S. in Nutrition instead lol
Now the goal is an eventual PhD in Victorian Literature but I’m just happy to have made it through this part at 32!
Stacked is everything I read in my English courses—barely pictured are the 5 stuffed accordion folders of other reading materials under my chair haha

@thickrimmedgirl

May 16, 2024

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@mouse

Congratulations!!!!!

May 16, 2024

@thickrimmedgirl

mouse thank you!!

May 16, 2024

@turkeyhouse

Sometimes I wish I'd majored in something like English or literature, because since getting my degree 17 years ago, I've worked in a field related to my major for . . . less than a year and half. Kudos to you for going back to school and making your dream happen. I'm not so disciplined, so I stick to educating myself here and there where I can.

May 16, 2024

@thickrimmedgirl

turkeyhouse educating yourself however you can is totally a discipline, even if it doesn’t result in a diploma! I was in the same boat (working less than 2 years in the Nutrition field) and it just happened to be that my dream required a lot of traditional academics for entry so not many choices as far as educational path goes lol. But you’re doing the work too and I wish you luck on your journey!!

May 16, 2024

@babadookcanterbury

Congratulations!! So happy for you!!

May 16, 2024

@thickrimmedgirl

babadookcanterbury thank you!! 🥹

May 16, 2024

@tabitha

Congrats on going for what you want! There's no time like the present

May 16, 2024

@thickrimmedgirl

koefka thank you!! absolutely 💯

May 16, 2024

@catpants

👏👏👏

May 16, 2024

@thickrimmedgirl

catpants 🩷🩷🩷

May 16, 2024

@lucius

PROUD OF YOU MY DEAR FRIEND

May 16, 2024

@thickrimmedgirl

lucius 😭😭😭 THANK YOU MY DEAR FRIEND 🩷

May 16, 2024

@julesadx

Congratulations!!

May 16, 2024

@thickrimmedgirl

julesadx thank you!! 🩷

May 16, 2024

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FINISHING MY UNDERGRAD

double the major double the time double the fun… took me nearly 6 years. in these few years I lived through a global pandemic, got diagnosed with ADHD, dyed my hair blonde, red, & black in varying lengths and tones, fell in love, travelled to europe, aligned more deeply with my queerness, moved out of home, and ended my veganism only to end up with celiac disease. I started this degree when I was 17 (late bday) and finished it at 23 with tiramisu and a lot of vodka.
I am very loved and cherished. There’s nothing that made me deserving of the privelage and pace at which I move through the world. I am the first brown woman in my mom’s side/ immediate family to be in her early twenties with no familial or martial burdens to carry. I am so so blessed!! shoutout to my parents for funding this hopeful little artist 🎓
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