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First Post-Grad Job

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Landing any paying job during this pandemic feels like a diamond in the rough, but what if this diamond isn’t your dream job? Then comes the obvious questions, Is this what I should be doing? Is this enough pay for me? Am I settling? After spending four years as an English major, trust me when I say “job” and “career” are synonyms but one does not depend on the other. It’s ok if your first post grad job isn’t related to your degree. 

This first post-grad job might help get your foot into the work world, and make connections, but you shouldn’t stress about it.  It does not determine your success in your future career. 

When you make plans sometimes the universe laughs.  The typical plan we’ve all drawn in our minds is to go to college, then intern, and right after graduation climb to the top of the corporate latter. This is all supposed to be done by the age of 25. While this sounds fantastic, no-one ever does it, except for those lifetime movies. Any many grads, like myself, are proof it never happens. You can’t be so wrapped up in that plan, life happens. Sometimes obstacles and detours interrupt. Sometimes what you might find is the course you actually are going is better.

You should also understand everyone is going through the same struggles. College grads everywhere are having trouble finding a job related to their degree. During this bleak job market, You are not in this alone. 

Your first-post grad job is a learning experience. Still take time to fantasize about your dream job, and do what you love. This is not the end of your journey, in fact, this is just the beginning. 

Fraternity Fling

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Tuesday Tales told by Tyra-

One of the most important things about going to a historically black college(hbcu), aside from the education, is the “Greek life”. You hear certain songs, and you know to move because the Greeks are about to stroll. It’s automatically a rule, when you attend a hbcu. The Greeks are treated as if they are superstars, and my campus was no exception. What happens when you involve yourself with one of these “superstars”? 

Kappa Alpha Psi’s are notoriously smooth, and are known for dragging girls’ hearts along with their canes. As, a young sophomore I did not know the importance of Greek life, because I never attended parties. I did know there was a young man, that stood outside of my door everyday giving my unwanted compliments. We soon developed a friendship, and then a relationship. He showered me with affections and gifts. He was a very sweet boyfriend, or so I thought.

Months later, I rekindled a friendship with an old friend from high school. We were gossiping as most females do. “That’s my boyfriend,” I told her proudly. She shook her head in disgust, she couldn’t believe it. She admitted to me, and even showed me pictures of him with his actual “girlfriend.” She let me know this was the girl he took to all of the Greek parties, and it seemed he was very proud of her. 

I understand all Greeks aren’t the same, but that was a bad experience. I never dated anyone in a fraternity again.