After having lunch with a friend who is completing his degree at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, I decided to take a walk on the campus. The brick red walls and students hurrying between classes bring out a nostalgic feeling of something I didn't realize or thought to be so significant when I was in school.
The day to day worries as a student lies in completing the upcoming assignment that is due in a day, or in scoring a nice presentation that impresses the professor. Success seen in our eyes as a student is, of course, getting an A. And the criteria of success is in how you think. You are rewarded for thinking out of the box, for examining the object in question in relentless detail, for displaying a spirit of intellectual honesty.
This criteria for success, after graduating from school, is an incredible luxury. Because outside of school, nobody except for the people closest to you give a damn about how you think. They are only remotely concerned about it only if it can help them make money. This is what makes school special. And this is partly why I think many of us like to keep blogs.
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