We often get excited whenever
we are newly admitted to the university. We stuff our bags with nice clothes
and rush to school like someone being chased by a dog.
The feeling of becoming
an undergraduate swirls in our minds as we resume school to begin a different
phase in our lives. Soon, school stress and all starts to creep in and then,
after having spent a year or two in the university, we become impatient and crave
for that day; the day we are going to do our convocation and finally be called
a graduate!
While in the
university, we dream about the things we wish to accomplish after we graduate.
Thoughts about going for our Masters, getting a stable job, making enough money
to fend for ourselves or even getting married often float in our minds.
“When I graduate, I’ll
finally get the chance to visit different countries. I’ll get a nice job and
make lots of money,” my friend had said, grinning widely like she had just won
a golden trophy. Thing is, there are stories and facts left untold.
Stories no one told me
before I had to face the unexpected events. I spent most of my years in the
university believing the thoughts that twitched in my mind and clouded my
memory like a haze of smoke.
After my graduation, I
got to know that reading and learning do not end in the university. In fact, we
are expected to learn more things beyond what we had been taught in the
university. It is important even in terms of seeking a job.
The world itself is
highly competitive and may tend to be harsh sometimes, so we must acquire much
knowledge as we can.
I remember vividly back
then in school when I used to sog my legs in a bucket of cold water just to
stay up at night to read. I drank coffee
tire! I had the feeling that university was the peak of learning and so I
gave it all my best while in school.
The necessary skills I
should have cultivated, the things I saw to be unnecessary to read, the online
courses I never registered for and the educative programs I never attended
finally haunted me when I least expected. I got to know that certain skills are
necessary to cultivate before we graduate.
Truth be told, learning
continues as long as we breathe. I realized that a person who leaves his brain
dormant is similar to a torchlight that does not emit light through its bulbs
and so, has no means of knowing what goes on around it.
Having neglected so
many things I should have done in the past, I have been taut on stitching up
and acquiring all that is necessary for me to know. And that is one of the
things no one told me before I graduated.
-Anonymous.
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