In an exam room somewhere on the campus of the University of Auckland I just put down my pen. (Thanks to the wonders of blog post scheduling I can both blog and write an exam contemporaneously).
Unlike every other time I have put down my pen at the end of an exam during the long drawn out process that has been my LLB studies this time was special because this time I did not just complete my exam script, I completed my degree!
I began my law studies on 1 March 1993. I had no idea when I entered that first lecture that it would be 17 years before I saw this moment but here I am. As I shared in my post In Pursuit of an LLB, I have overcome some fairly major obstacles to get here so this moment is very sweet!
P.S. Yes, now my degree is complete blogging will pick up – this semester’s workload has been very, very full.
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Congrats Madz!
A wonderful sensation and reality for you… and well deserved. A time of joyous reflection and celebration! Make sure you enjoy the moment before moving on to the next task! Now here’s an idea… spend some moments reading a blog post by a certain blogger 😉 Okay, so it may be many moments!
If you are confused, I emailed you!
Trusting that the exam went well, CONGRATULATIONS!
well done, you completed your degree faster than Steven Joyce completed his!
Congrats hon, I am so proud of you, you have shown determination that is truly inspiring.
well done, excellent tenacity and courage
Congratulations Madeleine! With any luck, I should finish my diploma in November. In the meantime, I have a structural theory exam I should be studying for and not reading blogs 🙂
Thanks everyone – I am physcially shattered, my pain levels are really bad as it was an intellectually demanding exam so I was not able to pace myself at all physically but I feel awesome even if I cannot move from my bean bag.
Jonny I saw your email, I have not read it yet but I will now.
Glenn I am not sure it went well but I definitely did enough to pass.
Dave good to know I am not the slowest person ever to complete a degree!
Matt I could never have done it without you – literally – I would have failed the year I had the car accident if you had not attended all my lectures, taken notes and taped them for me.
Thanks Gavin, it has felt like an ordeal at times but I was not going to quit.
Ciaron all the best with your diploma studies and your upcoming exam.
Great work Madeleine! I just wish everyone had your committment, motivation and courage. Keep up the fantastic work!
Well done, Madeleine.
Well done… Both of you… It was a team effort in many ways!
Congratulations Madeleine.
Tim W
Well done, it’s a fantastic achievement to have gone back and finished it after so long, and with such obstacles to overcome.
Congratulations.
I remember finishing my MBA…was a real anti-climax, I don’t know why
But it’s a great feeling of some sort of relief that it’s over – and that ‘you won’
🙂
Congrats
Congratulations Madeleine! I’m sure that the degree with serve you well.
Well done, Madeleine
Chuck
We are trying to blog but we have a technical problem – our publish button has vanished. No publish button, no new blog posts….
I have tried three different browsers and trying to adjust the column view in the screen options menu (I have tried that repeatedly in all three browsers) to no avail.
We have tech working on it….
In the mean-time you can view our latest blog post in preview mode here: http://www.mandm.org.nz/?p=3151 not sure if you can comment on it given it is not officially published but you could always try…