Am I done? For real?

Yesterday my students gave their commemorative speeches. It is a speech where they praise and celebrate their public speaking experience. This is a speech that I always look forward to, because you actually get to know how they feel about taking the class.

So, they gave their speeches yesterday. Many of them said that they have enjoyed taking the class. They have learned quite a few things. They have made friends with each other. And many other things. As I was listening to their speeches, I began to realize how much they have grown in a semester. I still remember the very first speech they gave, introduction speech. Many of them didn't really know what to say. I have one student who even just smiled for the entire speech time because she didn't know what to say. But yesterday, they have completely changed. They were a lot more confident. They had a lot less UHMS! Isn't that something?

I have mixed feelings again. Well, I always do (call me sentimental!Haha)... But yesterday was totally different... I realized that this is gonna be my last semester teaching. I'm sure gonna miss all these moments. I love working with students! Maybe I need to start looking for a teaching job back home...

Okay, enough about jobs.... Today, I told my buddy that I can't believe that we're getting ready to submit our theses to the grad school. That means we're done! I just can't believe this! This time last week, I was freaking out and preparing for the defense. Oh man, I can't believe I'm through all this grad school process. I'm so done! What an experience!