forgive me for not letting this thread die just yet... :)
<begin touchy feely OT stuff>
hmmm. strangely, it took me 6 years to graduate bs-physics from dlsu. i must
admit i felt some biterness about those 6 years, but the urge to make up for
it and prove myself remained until finally i managed to get into MS-IT.
although i'm not entirely satisfied with the MS-IT program (some subjects
are tooooo shallow), i'm still doing my best, the way i should've done in my
undergrad years. i guess for me, somehow getting good grades now in MS-IT
gives some balance or closure to all those undergrad years i "wasted".
also, i dont know about you guys, but some months ago (late last year) i got
the courage to go back to dlsu and finish the requirements for getting my
diploma released. so, after... lets see... 8 years or so after graduating, i
finally got my bs-phy diploma (!!!). i dont know about you guys but bitter
or not about my undergrad years, i still felt really high as a kite when i
finally got that "piece of paper"!
nowadays, for me, getting a grad degree isnt just for getting plus 1 million
pseudo-geek-wannabe points on my resume. its just something i HAVE to do,
for myself, not for anyone else. as i said, it brings some sort of balance
or closure for me, to see that i can indeed maintain my discipline, the
discipline i should've had during my undergrad years. sure, i can always
tell myself, "oh i'm plenty smart enough, i'm sure i would'a passed all my
subjects back in college if i studied hard enough, if those freakin'
subjects weren't so freakin' boring." but unless i try being a student
again, i will never know, will i?
it doesnt matter if the subjects i'm having now arent all they're cracked up
to be; what matters is how i deal with the problem at hand. i mean so what
if some of them are a bit shallow? should i just sit on my butt and complain
about it? or should i be proactive and do something about it? i mean,
there's NOTHING that will stop me from studying further, beyond the
syllabus. but without the formal school environment in place as a foundation
for further studies, i doubt if i could focus long enough and be systematic
enough to go beyond my subjects. this is what i should've done back in
college.
again, this MS-IT thing sort of balances things out for me.
</end touchy-feely OT stuff>
just the 2 centavos' worth of someone who's been down the road of being
bitter about school.
now if only our company will suddenly change platforms from Windows to
Linux, then my life will be complete! (hyeah right!) ehehehe
joel
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Juan Miguel Cacho
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 11:15 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: OT Re: [plug] revenge of the dropouts
>
>
> En Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 05:28:02PM +0800, thad lozada escribio:
> #_ Their thesame. Both dont have the neat piece of paper hanging the wall
> #_ saying "hey you just finished wasting your 4 or 5 years of
> your life" :)
>
> In my case 7 years!! and I still don't have my diploma. Never had the urge
> to go pick it up. I hope it's still there, maybe I can sell it!
>
> Anybody for a BSME diploma from DLSU? ;->
>
> --
> Juan Miguel Cacho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Philippines
> ...the poor count their blessings, the affluent count their calories.
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