To do what I should have done this past Sunday is to update you lovely people on my non exciting life as a
university student that you guys are all waiting to hear what will happen next. (Sarcasm). To be honest something did happen that is new and exciting. One Tuesday morning I was co-hosting the Indie Wake Up Call on Queen's/Kingston's local radio station. It was a lot of fun and it was my first time on the radio. Gladly and thankfully I didn't embarrass myself on air which was a relief but I spoke on live air. At first I was nervous to talk but after a while I got comfortable and spoke for a bit. Now it was a music show so it was mostly the host and I playing indie morning music but since there is a policy that we need to have a certain amount of spoken word we did exactly that. We talked about new music coming to Kingston, we talked about some of the bands that we were playing, we played some advertisements and pro mos for other radio shows happening that day and just had a blast. I think now that I am a volunteer at the radio station and have been on live air the ideas have been moving in creating a possible radio show. I might not have one this year but maybe the following year. Who knows.
I have finished classes for this semester so I have been studying for my exams. I don't have that many which is nice and once they are over I get to go home and not worry about having assignments due or anything at all. I am in need of a break because it is just that time where I want to be with my family and spend time with them. If I didn't have a break I would most likely have a mental breakdown and go crazy from the pressure and stress to perform. I understand the importance of getting good grades and the reward of getting those marks but pressure is unbelievable. I'm not saying that I don't appreciate of having an education but we are only human, we don't know everything. To be fair having the pressure on our shoulders is yes, a bit unbearable but it teaches the value of hard work and knowledge. I think the pressure is there to not only is to remind us of the value of knowledge but is there to remind us of how easy life will be once post-secondary education is finished. Most employment positions these days requires you to have not just to have completed high school but also a post-secondary/college degree. It was just a high school education but because of the process and production of technological demand and how we are now dependent on this new technology people need to be able to understand and use this technology which is complex and requires a high knowledge base to do just that. It is amazing that researchers of any kind are finding new ways to improve life but at the same time making it more and more complex. With that high complexity I know that I will be ready to enter the job market knowing that I have the knowledge that is required for my field of interest and because of that I will succeed. As of right now though, I want to stay in bed and binge watch Netflix but don't we all? That devil of a thing.
Merry Christmas!
Till next time,
-S.R.H
