Spring break is a time synonymous with doing everything opposed to being productive. Instead of reading a textbook students will read gossip magazines, they’ll trade sitting in a classroom with sitting on a beach. However this glorious vision of spring break isn’t always reality.
For me, spring break has been a time for work, not play. Starting the first weekend of break I was responsible for running a two day, 20 team, Ultimate Frisbee tournament called The PLU BBQ. In between roughly 5 hours of sleep I was setting up fields, reporting scores, cooking burgers for 600 people and competing in the event. Our program hosts the event every year and this year was one of our best. With teams coming from Canada and an Alumnus flying in from London to attend, it helped to make this a truly international event. However my work didn’t end there.
Moving into the week I have picked up hours working at my summer job as a Manager with Regal Cinemas. This means I’m responsible for a number of things but primarily the buildings day-to-day operations. So why would a 22-year-old college senior choose to spend his final spring break in such a less than glorious fashion? The answer is simple, to make ends meet.
Perhaps all isn’t lost, instead I have gained an insight into what life after college might entail. Maybe it won’t be running a tournament or managing a movie house, but it’s life without a classroom, it’s life without walls. There are roughly 2 months till this world which has seemed so distant becomes a reality, ready or not world, the class of 2009 is coming.
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