After we took some pictures in our backyard, we head out to Pittsburgh. My husband did not attend the Baccalaureate mass and the commencement ceremony because he didn't want us to be there for more than 6 hours. Commencement is when all the degrees is conferred upon all the graduates as a group. Although he signed up for the reception, we didn't go to it because the location was a bit far from where the location of the ceremony is. Our daughter did not have a jacket on that day so we didn't want to walk around.
Thye commencement ceremony was just finish when we get there so all the graduates were still taking pictures in the field.
Although we have been to this campus so many times when my daughter was still taking piano lessons here, we didn't know where the location of the graduation so we looked around. The good thing is that, we had plenty of time to do it since we got there rather early.
While we wait for the people to leave and vacate the place where we were going, we stopped in front of the building where my daughter used to go for her music class, the Mary Pappert School of Music.
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Tuition cost an arm and a leg in my opinion but it is like that in every school I guess. Glad my husband used the G.I. Bill he got left in pursuing his master's or else, we won't be able to afford it. His work also offered some financial help granted he would stay in the company for several years after he graduate and that he maintain an A grade which he did.
I can tell how relieved my husband was after taking his last test for the semester. Now, he can relax and used the knowledge he learned in doing his job.
He recently assumed the roles of two people in his department because his co-team leader got transferred to another department. He said that his manager was expecting him to fail, at least they were setting him up to fail. They scheduled some presentations that my husband has to do without telling him in advance to see if he is doing his job right and he is glad that he did it without problem.
He said that his manager gave him a Not-Promotable in his review but my husband asked him what exactly the standard for promotable. He was encouraged to apply for a managerial position back then but he didn't want to do it because he doesn't want a huge responsibility so I guess the management took that as negative. But he defended himself by saying that it doesn't he did not want to apply for a certain position that he is not promotable. I am sure that when is given the right opportunity, he would take it if he think he would enjoy doing it.
Anyway, back to the graduation, we went inside the gymnasium where the diploma ceremony is going to be held a couple of hours early.
So we let him roam around the gymnasium while there is no people yet just so he could burn some energy. I just wish that my daughter have anticipated for the cold temperature inside the gym. She caught a cold after this event.
But despites all the hoo and haa issues, we are so happy that my husband is finally done with school. I was teasing him that he should go for the Phd lol. He said he is done! I don't blame him, after I got done with my master's , I will never go back to school again. Not unless it is something I would love to do like landscaping or photography.
