Good Luck 2010 Graduates!

Last week, I received a phone call from one of my AOPi little sisters notifying me of her upcoming graduation from UTSA. Wow. I can't believe my little twinsies are graduating. As I watched my Facebook news feed fill up with other friend's updates about upcoming graduations, I stopped to think about what an exciting time this is for any young adult about to get a crash course into adulthood. (Because let's be serious here. Most people are not real adults in college. Bills. 8-5, Mon-Friday jobs. Benefits packages. Paid time off. These are all foreign concepts to most college students.) It isn't until after college when people stop pretending to be adults and actually have to become one.

I wish every single one of the new graduates good luck in all they set out to do, but must remind them that having a piece of paper does not entitle you to everything, or really, anything. My first job out of college was an administrative coordinator. Did I want to make copies and send faxes? No. But I did it, and guess what? After a year of never gripping and going above and beyond, I was rewarded for my hard work and given a job that actually requires me to use some of that $30,000 education my parents paid for. Never think you are "too good" to do anything, because as a 22 year old, no experience college graduate, you really don't have much to bring to the table (not to be rude, but you don't). Be respectful of those who have put in their time to get where they are and believe me, you will go far.