why grad school?
a funny thing happened to me on my way to UST that day.... i found myself grinning like a cheshire cat...it was kinda automatic. i think the corners of my mouth defied gravity as soon as i set foot on my former alma mater...and so i decided to study there....but i'm getting ahead of my story...
why grad school?
eversince i can remember, two or three department chairs ago, i have been constantly badgered with request from these good people to enrol myself to grad school. actually, i did, about a decade ago, when teaching and what it entails was confined to the day. i mean, i never had to bring home some more work to do at home...and so i had time in my hands so i enrolled myself in Ateneo, MS Biology! hah! for someone who is an educ graduate, that course is so way out of my league..... well, 12 or 15 units after, i found myself flooded with so much work in grade six that a week is no longer enough so i abandoned it grad school...
fast forward to 10 years later and again i found time...sadly, that time was just a month as it was summer vacation. well, it was long enough for me to get bored and get funny ideas...such as enrolling in grad school..... and so there i was, the edges of my brain fried to a crisp, banging the academic doors of UST for a slot in their graduate school. the gods must be smiling (strains of "...i must have done something good.....") so i was granted a slot with nary an interview and an entrance exam (was it the recom letter of mrs dairo or ms caralipio?)
but still, this question was not answered...why grad school? well, just like this blog, i dunno why...the only thing that pops in my mind is....why not?
why grad school?
eversince i can remember, two or three department chairs ago, i have been constantly badgered with request from these good people to enrol myself to grad school. actually, i did, about a decade ago, when teaching and what it entails was confined to the day. i mean, i never had to bring home some more work to do at home...and so i had time in my hands so i enrolled myself in Ateneo, MS Biology! hah! for someone who is an educ graduate, that course is so way out of my league..... well, 12 or 15 units after, i found myself flooded with so much work in grade six that a week is no longer enough so i abandoned it grad school...
fast forward to 10 years later and again i found time...sadly, that time was just a month as it was summer vacation. well, it was long enough for me to get bored and get funny ideas...such as enrolling in grad school..... and so there i was, the edges of my brain fried to a crisp, banging the academic doors of UST for a slot in their graduate school. the gods must be smiling (strains of "...i must have done something good.....") so i was granted a slot with nary an interview and an entrance exam (was it the recom letter of mrs dairo or ms caralipio?)
but still, this question was not answered...why grad school? well, just like this blog, i dunno why...the only thing that pops in my mind is....why not?
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