The other day, my doctor prescribed me some medicine and told me that I should get it right away. The thing is, this medicine is pricey without insurance and my insurance card was still on its way to me, so obviously I did not have a personal insurance card. Well, I was given a temporary insurance card and told that it should work until my personal insurance card arrived in the mail.
When I got to the pharmacy, they told me that the temporary card wouldn’t work and that I needed to have my own card. Long story short, the pharmacy ended up only filling half of my prescription and it ended up costing me $72.50. The whole way home, I just kept wondering where the hell I was supposed to learn this stuff. Was it in a class that was hidden away in my college’s course catalog? Where was I supposed to learn these things that everyone expected me to know but no one would teach me?
I’ve been a part of the Leadership Conference Committee since September and when we were discussing our theme for this year’s conference, these things came up. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one concerned about how we’re supposed to know things that nobody teaches. Turns out, it’s not some magical thing that happens. You don’t just graduate or turn 22 and automatically know how to interview for a career or what “snappy casual” means as a dress code.
It didn’t take much discussing for us to land on this as our theme. We decided that since nobody else was willing to teach us the things we needed to know, we would take matters into our own hands. So, if you’re interested in learning about all of these things so you don’t feel like you’re graduating college with no actual knowledge of the things you need to know for the "real world," you should attend our conference. It’s not magic, but it will be helpful. At the very least, you’ll have a better idea of how you should and should not dress for a “snappy casual” work event. And no, I’m not making “snappy casual” up. It really does exist.
- Naomi Wallace, Manhattanville College Leadership Conference Committee
Another tip... Always see what you school can offer you in the way of medical treatment. As an undergrad, I was told I needed a Tetnis shot before I could register for classes. I run on up (literally) to the nearest Minute Clinic, pay $40.00, then run back to our admin building and register for classes.
ReplyDeleteThe following week I found that my college offered free Tetnis shots to all students, and had been doing so since I started there.