On being back to school

First day of school, Jan 4^th, 2005, after 2 years without stepping into a classroom, I was unbelievably overexcited about going back to college, like a six-year old going for the first time to learn how to read. The anticipation of opening the last gift, annoyingly wrapped too many times to make your life harder, the ecstasy realizing it is the much expected toy. Ahhh, how happy can a six-year old be!

You should have seen my disappointment, though, when on that same morning, I find out that it had snowed a lot-A LOT-during the night. I called the college, and the recorded voice confirmed my worst fear: it had closed because of the snow storm. The world had just ended: the new toy had no batteries!

With nothing better to do, I patiently waited the day to be gone, minute by minute. The sun slowly creeping down the horizon, like a video of an unhurried turtle, played in slow motion, lazily walking towards a never-ending corridor.
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But all’s well that ends well. School started the following day, and it has being going great ever since. I loved all Business classes I took, but one. Which is a good rate, I think! It’s way better than the rate for my first degree. Don’t get me wrong, I love what I do. It’s just that I had to study so many different areas (and I didn’t care for a lot of those) and some of the professors didn’t have much teaching skills… or maybe it’s just me who has changed. I’m 7 years older than I was when I started my first degree. Knowledge is a privilege… and much more expensive in this part of the world. I consider myself more mature towards education, and not only because now I have to pay for it. How many times I asked myself: why didn’t I pay more attention on class X when I was a Computer Science undergraduate? When you are a freshman, just out of high school, you take a lot of things for granted. If only I had paid more attention. If only I had studied for that exam. If only I had been more involved with school. If only!

I want to use what I’m learning now in the business life. And I know, when my time arrives, I’ll do things in a better way.

In whatever area you choose to be, be an entrepreneur. Question how things are made, suggest how to improve it, but most importantly, do something that you like to do, and I’m pretty sure you’ll be darn good in it!

“Live as if you were going to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were going to live forever!”