Themed post 6: "My Experience at University"

"Tough as nails", that was my idea about Uni back when I was a 17 year old  freshman, starting a degree in civil construction.

I had heard my father, many times, telling memories from his college years and the most common thought was that he has to study hard as hell. He even claimed one class could be as intense as one month of regular high school lessons. Imagine that!

So there I was, facing the unknown, suffering a bit from the pledges but still up to the challenge. My first class was Calculus I -engineers' stuff. And ... Voila!  Only  the first class and the Professor had already made a full revision of what we were supposed to have learnt at school.

Of course I freaked out! I had to double study. It was really hard at first but after some time I made very good friends and study groups. I started to remember and make up for the things I did not know.

At the end of the first year, I was an average student, my final grade was just a 5. And worse than that, I had failed the Calculus II course...

Even though I felt I had somewhat failed (totally) , my first experience at university was a great one, I made many friends that I still keep, I learnt tons of new things and more over, I put myself to the test, and I ended up quitting engineering and going into humanities, but then I was more mature, I had already made my way through "learning how to learn", and in the end I could become a great student!...but only when the studies meet my interests, LOL!