My education is worth more than I’m spending obtaining it, I’m sure. But as of yesterday, my days of spending any more money on grad school are officially done and over. I wrote my last check to CMU. I thought about making Giggy take a picture of it, but then I decided it would be too much. (Giggy is a fellow grad student and my great friend.)
Yesterday I forked over $20 to Staples to print two copies of my thesis on special paper with a laser printer. Then I went to the CMU print shop with my thesis and the two copies and wrote a check to printing services for $100 to have the two copies of my thesis bound. I will not get either one of those copies. One goes to the department and the other goes to the CMU library. I do, however, have an extra original signature page, so if I want to get it printed later, I can. I’m still undecided.
And with that check, I am done paying CMU. Even more importantly, I am done chasing here and there getting proper signatures on various forms. After the very nice woman at the print shop signed my final form, I returned the form to the grad office, and that makes my graduation audit free and clear. I will definitely be receiving a diploma in August, which is just three months later than I originally expected.
I also want to give my friend Giggy a big congratulations! She was hired full-time at a four-year university. She’ll be working with developmental readers and writers starting in August.
