Back to reality

Last Friday night, CompuCollege/The Eastern College held its graduation ceremony and the four members of our class were among the hundreds of students who walked across the stage at the World Trade and Convention Centre to accept our "diplomas." Actually, our real diplomas will come later because we haven't finished our course, and won't be done everything until the middle of October.
It felt a little strange to be celebrating, but that's how it has to be done at CompuCollege. At the school, students are starting and ending programs all the time, so the organizers have to pick a date to hold graduation.
I was surprised and proud to have been chosen to receive the PR award, although that, too, felt odd since I'm not done the course, I won't be taking it as a cue to slack off, however. I intend to work harder than ever to deserve the honour.
So, if Friday night was fantasy time, Monday morning it was back to reality. Luckily, our instructor, Colleen, took us out to breakfast to ease back into the real world. Thanks, Colleen!
We chatted over the meal about our plans for the rest of the term. We will be creating business plans, either for ourselves or a small business. My project will be me, or more accurately, I will be making plans for a PR business. Parts of the project will be used for two of our coming courses, marketing communication and entrepreneurship. It's comforting to know that if I don't get a job after graduation, I can use my plan to go into business for myself.
After our short field trip to Cora's, we marched across the street and up the stairs to our classroom, where we reviewed our media relations textbook. Since so much of our work this term has been based on projects, it was a shock to have a more conventional lecture. It feels more like a class again, and less like a small PR firm. It is nice to have a chance to take some time to evaluate the two back-to-back projects we wrapped up last week.
Liz