Graduation '07??

It's that wonderful time of the semester once again, pre-registration. I've been looking rather closely at my curriculum chart recently and it has come to my attention that I may be able to, with some finagling, graduate next semster. Finally. It's not that I have been taking longer than normal for my Masters Degree, just that I went right from my Undergrad into Grad. I don't know about you, but 7 years of anything, let alone papers, tests, summer school, 3 hour classes, etc., is too much. Having said that, I've been throwing around the idead of doing a Th.M because I'm a glutton for punishment. I've also thought about the D.Min but some schools like Talbot want you to have 3 years of ministry under your belt before they will accept you. I guess that's not a bad thing, otherwise you're giving someone a Doctorate who may never have spent day one in the ministry.

I mentioned that some "finagling" is necessary, let me explain. I am going to see about getting a class written off because I had it as an Undergrad but only got a "B" so it didn't transfer. I will have to take a class this interterm. Then I am trying to get into 14 units of classes for the Spring, two of which are Greek classes. I should add that 3 of these Spring classes are already closed, and the Interterm one may be as well. One other tricky matter is a 2 unit internship class that I can only take in the Fall, which means I have to get that figured out with my Academic Advisors. If by some chance all these things get done, then I will be graduating this Spring.

The unavoidable question arises, "What will you do after graduation"? Sadly, that is a question I am still unable to answer. I like working at the church, but will that turn from a part-time job to a full-time job? That's the million dollar question.