Feature (Submission): Lessons College Has Taught Me
Back in grade 10 I was fortunate enough to have a choice of where to go for college -- I qualified for similar courses in UP Diliman and Ateneo and although my parents had their preference, ultimately it was up to me to decide. It was difficult, but to cut the long story short I chose UP -- chaotic, frustrating system, tough acads and all -- over the orderly, privileged, and more or less equally academically-strong Ateneo. Coming from eleven years at UPIS, I chose UP because it was familiar to me. I’d been at UP all my life so it wouldn’t be hard to adjust to college life, right?I’m in my fourth (and final!) year at Diliman now, and I realize now that I didn’t choose the easy road I thought I did when I chose UP -- it’s been a roller coaster three years for me, to put it mildly. But I also realized that college, especially at UP, is when your classes teach you so much more than academics -- it’s a preview for the real world where you’re free to make mistakes and learn in the process.
So what have I learned from my mistakes? A lot more than I ever expected.
