{"id":885,"date":"2020-04-14T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramisalame.com\/blog\/wordpress\/?p=885"},"modified":"2020-04-30T09:53:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T13:53:36","slug":"the-thing-i-learned-at-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ramisalame.com\/blog\/wordpress\/the-thing-i-learned-at-university\/","title":{"rendered":"The thing I learned at university"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During my Freshman year at university, computers weren\u2019t in charge of everything yet. We had to add out courses manually by filling in a form with our counselor then submitting it to the student office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It happened that my counselor was a Geology professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I walked up the stairs of the Geology Department with some classmates, a group of Senior Geology students were making their way down. One of them looked at us and said, \u201cAw, look at those poor Freshmen. I feel so sorry for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was, of course, making an innocent joke that meant \u201cyou have so much hardship ahead of you while I\u2019m finishing up soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in that moment, and in the arrogance of youth, I didn\u2019t take it with a sense of humor. Instead, I responded to her by saying, \u201cYou feel sorry for us? You should feel sorry for yourself. You\u2019re the one who majored in Geology!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My friends and I laughed and continued on with our task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days later, at an orientation event for new students, we were chatting with one of the Senior students who were assisting the organizers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am finally graduating this year,\u201d he told us. \u201cI\u2019ve been here seven years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember making fun of him when he walked off. \u201cWow! Seven years,\u201d I mocked. \u201cHow stupid do you have to be to need seven years to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Long story short, I eventually graduated from university with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Geology. And it took me not seven, but eight years to earn my degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the universe will teach you lessons in the most subtle way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But at other times, it will straight smack you upside the head!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During my Freshman year at university, computers weren\u2019t in charge of everything yet. We had to add out courses manually by filling in a form with our counselor then submitting it to the student office. It happened that my counselor was a Geology professor. As I walked up the stairs of the Geology Department with … <\/p>\n

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