Vanity post alert!! Pic of me...the recent college grad!

[Reverend_Smitty]

My mom just e-mailed me a bunch of photos she took at my graduation on Friday so I thought I'd share one with you guys

[Mutley]

1. Congrats!

:bounce:

That'll be me in August. :D

[SeattleGirl]

2. Woohoo!!! Congratulations Rev Smitty!

Thanks for sharing the picture. You look happy happy happy!

:toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast:

[Call Me Wesley]

3. Congratulations!

Great picture! :woohoo:

[Beaverhausen]

4. Congratulations!!!

Isn't it a great feeling? :applause:

[Reverend_Smitty]

7. Thanks!

It is a great feeling knowing that 4 years of hard work really paid off...now what I'm going to do with the rest of my life is another story entirely...lol

[wildhorses]

5. congratulations on a job well done!!

:party:

[xchrom]

6. congrats -- good work!

[swag]

8. So cool. Congratulations to you.

[bigwillq]

9. Congrats!

WOO HOO! :party: :toast:

[fight4my3sons]

10. congratulations!!

:toast:

[flamingyouth]

11. Congratulations!

:toast:

[Lady Effingbroke]

12. Congrats!

What degree did you get?

[Reverend_Smitty]

14. My degree is in Athletic Training

I have one more hurdle to face when I take my certification exam in June in order for me to get licensed and practice my profession legally

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Hey, I have this pain in my left wrist...

That's seriously cool, girl! I've done a couple stories on trainers, which made me understand how much education and practical experience they have to have before being certified. As one of 'em put it, it ain't just takin' care of the jocks and socks anymore.

What do you want to do? Work for a pro team or a college, or...?

:party:

(A rather redundant smilie in your case, I understand.)

[Reverend_Smitty]

19. It's definitely a growing profession

and we have just as many rules, regulations and training as many other health care professions. Right now I think I'm going to take a year off do some menial job in the mean time and then go back and get my masters in AT. After that it's pretty much open...it would be great to work for a pro team but you have to be really lucky and unfortunately a male (although females are making great strides in that department in recent years). I wouldn't mind working at a college possibly getting my PhD so I can become a professor when I get burnt out. But I'll probably end up working at a high school which is fine because here in NJ we are paid on the teacher salary scale which makes us the highest paid athletic trainers in the country

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. Another plus:

There are loads of high schools out there. The trainer at the high school here became the AD for awhile. :thumbsup:

Still, it's a lot better to be with a college or pro team. That way, when somebody gets hurt, you're on teevee. :bounce:

[Reverend_Smitty]

21. the only downside...

the travel schedule can be tough...but personally I love to travel and I don't have any family obligations right now, it's kind of the reason why I want to go to a big DI school for to get my masters. Where I went for my undergrad was a small DIII so I didn't get much opportunity to travel far, so I would love to have the experience

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. I think I'd kinda like a D-III school

if I were a trainer or otherwise associated with sports. They play just as many road games (half) and they go to such fascinating, little-known places as Doowadiddy Tech in Toenail, Wisc.

But they don't get on teevee as much, except maybe on tape-delay at 2 a.m. on Ed's Sports Channel and Electric Bait Shoppe.

[MnFats]

23. I tore my rotator cuff; had surgery...

and it's never been right since. free advice?

by the way....waytago!

good for you!

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Woohoo!

[WCGreen]

16. Cool Beans......

[reyd reid reed]

17. Congratulations!

That's quite an accomplishment and now the whole world's at your feet...

YAY!!!!


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[u4ic]

18. Way to go, Reverend_Smitty!!

:bounce: :toast: :bounce:

Congrats on your graduation - you're just beaming in that pic. All the best for your future!!:bounce: