Graduation '9Q
On facing the ‘dreaded question’
Over spring break, my
parents had a party to
which they invited
many of their neighbors, most
of whom they had never met
before — nor had I But be
cause I was home for vaca
tion, I had to hang out and
talk to these people and ap
pear hospitable
Unfortunately, every time
my parents introduced me to
one of these people, they
would start out by saying.
This is our daughter, who is
graduating from the Universe
ty of Oregon in June "
The inevitable response
would be: 'Oh1 How exciting1
What are you going to do after
you graduate9"
So many people asked me
that question that I've resort
ed to giving unorthodox an
swers to confound these curi
ous types, in the hope they
will leave me to wallow alone
in my own confusion over
what direction my life will
take after I step out of Autzen
Stadium on June 10. They |ust
can't take I don't know for
an answer
I told one man I was plan
nmg to move to Alaska to
grow poppies in the tundra
He looked at me as if I'd had
too much to drink, which I
had, but still, it wouldn't have
mattered what I told these
people They wouldn't believe
anything I told them unless it
was something as sensible
like planning to go into real
estate acquisition and devel
opment
My friend Adam seems to
have discovered the same
thing One day I found him sit
ting on the curb in front of the
University Bookstore staring
off into space while eating a
slice of pizza. Out of curiosity
I asked him the dreaded ques
tion: So Adam, wtiat are you
going to do with your life'7
He looked me straight in
the eye and said without a
blink. "I'm going to Africa to
gather frogs "
Have you ever noticed how
grownups have a never ending
supply of advice for you when
they discover you are getting
out of college and going into
the so-called real world7
Back at my parents house,
one woman who recently sent
her "perfect child" off to Port
land's Lewis and Clark Col
lege, where the library is open
24 hours a day asked me
what I was going to do after
graduation I told her I
planned to run a chairlift at a
ski resort for a while, so I
could perfect my slalom tech
mque without having to pay
for lift tickets
Rather than do the polite
thing and accept my answer,
she reacted violently and in
Stephanie Mencimer
formed me that my parents
did not pay for me to go
through four years of college
to run a chairlift!
While I was using most of
my energy to avoid grownups
of this sort at my parents par
ty, l had a sudden flashback
of Dustin Hoffman in The
Graduate I kept waiting for
some guy in a pin striped suit
to pull me aside and whisper
in my ear, Plastics, my girl
Plastic is the future "
But the only thing people
felt inclined to tell me was
that awfully surprising fact
that there is no money in |Our
nalism No, really7
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