Last week Gary & I accompanied Oscar to a University open night for the Bachelor of Creative Arts (his first choice of degree all going well). As we sat in the lecture hall and listened to teachers and professors and the Dean speak about the course requirements I could not believe that the time had come for a child of mine to be heading off to Uni.
It has been over 20 years since I graduated from the University of Wollongong and now I was listening to all the great subjects and career opportunities that Oscar will be exposed to if he gets into this course.
We toured the Creative Arts building, which was one big creative hive of activity and don't even get me started on the rooms full of macs with the graphic design classes.
Oscar got excited and what has just been something on paper, now became very real. I was very excited and wished it was me. I even, jokingly, suggested we could both apply to do the degree! After we resuscitated Oscar and the horror of that scenario had passed we continued on with our tour LOL
I don't know what is going to happen...Oscar will need a good ATAR and portfolio as part of his application, but we have our fingers crossed.
All this looking back made me go and dig out a little layout celebrating the end of my 4 years of study,
Yes, I was a blonde. I had the time back then for 3 weekly touch ups!!
Now, not so much.
Creative Arts, huh? Sounds more like fun!! I'm just in the process of scrapping a LO about MY daughter#2 and the open day at Deakin (Burwood). How time flies, and how clearly I remember my days at Uni - the good and the bad. My eldest started degree in design this year (I'm jealous of that, too!).
Posted by: Esther (aka blue_eyed_pea) | August 24, 2010 at 07:44 PM
Re: [the midnight scrapper] Esther (aka blue_eyed_pea) submitted a comment to looking forward, looking back...
Esther, one of the graduating students also gave a talk and the first thing she said was...no exams in Creative Arts. You could hear the inner cheering of the assembled students LOL Yes, it does sound like lots of fun :)
Posted by: jody [gonggirl] | August 24, 2010 at 09:58 PM
How fun! :)
Posted by: Katy | August 24, 2010 at 10:50 PM