It's 3am and the lights now look yellow, you have gone through the handout 3
times, the text now look alien, you have underlined with a red pen, highlighted
with a green pen, taken side notes with a blue one, and now you are searching
your pouch for the black one...in search of clarity. You are stuck and you know
it!.
Then you get a text from your classmate on the issue, and just like
that everything plays back and it all makes sense. This is an academic
friend. This are the people who sort you out when no one else can, not your
family or significant other. It is with them that you keep the coffee pot
boiling and pull all nighters and then some.
If you observe university students, they always seem to be happy to see each other, the sharing of minds and scholarly troubles creates a warm and close relationship between them. A platonic yet powerful bond is formed. These are the friends whom you have no trouble telling that you have no idea what the unit is about..yet its mid-semester, because you know they will help you catch up. Valuable, this people...and rare too.
I take this opportunity to
express my appreciation for all my academic friends. Those who have
pushed me to do better, to toughen my arguments and achieve as much as I
have. Through them I have come to appreciate the power of support!
True, i like the part where u highlight and re-highlight,stand up ,stretch, walk around.nitakam kitu 3am hivi..........memories hahahaha
ReplyDeleteOh I had forgotten the 3am discussion groups! Wah...them days. I tell u it builds character.
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