THE TERM IS OVER
What started as an endless journey has finally come to an end. I will not cry nor mourn for this is not love gone sour nor a marriage gone to the rocks. This was a ‘pass out’ parade for sterling soldiers ready for battle. The tough training has made me hardened and skilful in jungle manoeuvres. Yes, I am a soldier ready for battle.
Indeed I found the course challenging and terribly tough and at the initial stages I wondered whether I was doing the right thing or simply wasting my precious time and sweet sleep. I used to wake up at 4.00 am or earlier to read things that I hardly understood. My problem was compounded when colleagues asked me what I was doing and I found it hard to explain. Was this course going to bring me promotion? They teased me. Ironically, the more they teased me the more I felt the urge to forge ahead .I started working with my laptop in the office any time I was free and my departmental colleagues started appreciating the gravity of the matter and thought maybe some promotion was imminent.
The good thing about the course is that one does not need to be an expert in computer -to echo Robert’s words- as long as one has friends to consult. Robert was a big inspiration- a teacher par excellence. The classmates were selfless and shared their knowledge freely and all one was required to do was read comments from those in the know and get the right direction. It was very wise of Robert and University of Oregon to admit students of different levels of technology qualifications for as they say a blind cannot help a blind to cross a road.
To new students my advice is; the road may be bumpy but as long as there are Roberts behind the steering, there is nothing to fear.
My final words: I will not regret going for nights without sleep and skipping lunch sometimes, for I am now ‘reborn’.
Thank s to Robert and the university,
Thanks to all colleagues for being wonderful sons and daughters of God
God bless all.
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