The Lessons

Today I am gonna share something that I have learnt/ am learning/ have to learn in my life as an undergraduate.

1. Some lecturers just don't deserve my attention. I shall stop forcing myself to listen to some input lacking lectures.

2. Sometimes your coursework grade is dependent on your relationship with the lecturers. But I am not affected by such matter.

3. You can learn nothing when you don't put your heart into learning, or when you are just trying to finish reading the chapter/ article. Learning needs strategies, plans and effort.

4. Reading for pleasure provides more info than reading with pressure does.

5. History is not boring! Reading historians' articles/ writing is enjoyable. You learn to think critically through reading.

No. 1 - 5 are actually not what I wanna tell you about. Please continue reading those that follow.

6. In university peer relationship is 100 times complicated than that in high school.

7. Some people just like to project themselves as saints. If you are the only one who sees their true colours, just keep your mouth shut because nobody is gonna believe you. You might end up being seen as a bad people who "likes bad-mouthing people at their backs", "is jealous of other people's popularity", "is suspicious of others without any proofs".

8. The person that you have once disliked soooooooo much might become your best friend in the end, and vice versa. I am grateful that I realise I had judged one of my coursemates unfairly. Thanks God he doesn't take it to heart.

9. The university should introduce a "mouth controlling" module. I have to learn to control my brain, my articulators and my mouth. Having been saying something without thinking, for soooooo many times, I have hurt many people around me. Sorry sorry sorry. Do forgive me!

10. Dealing with people from different places is much more difficult than dealing with people from the same place as you are.

to be continued...