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[whozeya]

✨Diarist✨

I claim that introductions are for me and I would like to narrate myself as creative as possible.

To start, I would like to share a quote by Virginia Woolf from her book, A room of One’s Own:

"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind". This qoute greatly inspires me to believe in my glamor in Literary Life. We write best when we choose to take our inner rhythm than discipline.

I am a graduate of AB English Language at VSU, life way back in college was a tough academically, to tell you honestly, I failed miserably in my studies many times. I was a lazy type student, and I settle only for an average grade. Most of my outputs are submitted in last-minute deadline, and I focused much on parties in every special event in school that has nothing to do in upping my grades.

Back in the day, there was no clear path for me on the course that I want to take. Even took me six years just to finish college for the reason that I shifted course thrice.

In my opinion, most of the students failed horribly by not choosing their best at; their passion.

Academic was harder when I choose Marine Biology as my course. A premed course. I remember choosing it because, I got fascinated by my roommate’s collection of swimming gear and equipment that you often watch in national geographic and discovery channel.

Growing up a lover of the sea, I also love the idea of becoming a marine scientist that is way look cooler to the eyes of the people. Little did I know that, choosing biology will hit me to a big realization; that picking a course idealistically but don't fully match with your potentials is dangerous. Biology, as I only perceive as the study of life is difficult and linked with mathematics. There I failed horribly, retook the subjects many times and got left behind by my classmates.

One day, I was look by our department head, she advises me that it would be better for me if I shift to AB English. She reviewed my past subjects and she figured that I am doing very well in English and Literature. Pursuing biology as a third-year student would be more difficult in my part because I failed in my pre-requisite math subjects. My batchmates are now doing their thesis writing and I am not.

The consultation left words of encouragement that strengthen myself: Maybe I am better doing something else.

It went a lot of process and courage in starting all new. Finally, I made a decision that would put me into the right track. Shifting to AB English was great move, I discover my love for pleasure reading, my passion as an authentic writer and I am now getting good grades in my major subjects. I also met fellow shifters who had similar stories with me in their academic struggle. I learned a genuine kind of empathy by hearing stories that you not only read from the books.

Years went by, I successfully reach in my last year in college. I graduated with flying colors and received an award for my thesis. I was listed as one of the best paper awardees and most fulfilling of all, is that you contributed your research paper into the academe world.

This is the best part: right after I graduated, I got hired immediately as a part time instructor in my hometown. The failing student back then suddenly became a paragon. There I teach Literature, Arts and English to the college students. I became the instructor that equipped my knowledge with my real-life experiences from college. I teach Literature in most authentic way by applying the readings in the older times and relate it to the modern world through fashion and interactive storytelling. Students nowadays find a hard time concentrating to reading, it is the main goal of a teacher to find out for a solution to bring back the lost spark of pleasure reading just like when we're younger; enjoying children's book full of images and short texts.

Most of the time, we really haven’t figured it all out yet. Our past mistakes are not the definition that will sum our totality as a person. Everything that happens to me was purely acknowledging mistakes then work on the next step to be better; It is true they say, that magic really works when you never stop working about doing what you love🤍🤍🤍

I want to end this writing with this quote by Dani Shapiro: If we have learned the lessons the years of practice have taught us, when this happens, we endure. We fail better. We sit up, dust ourselves off, and begin again.