(University of Rangoon (Hlaing Campus) I had studied for 2 years.)
The road to Honors Degree was not smooth. There happened
student riots because of withdrawing kyats 25, 35, and 75 notes from
circulation on September 1987. To avoid them bigger, Universities were closed
for a while. At that time we had not finished the final examination. There were
six or seven including two major subjects remained to sit.
I remembered it was a difficult time for us. A few months
later, we were back to sit the remaining subjects at the Hlaing Campus. As I
told before, I was allowed to attend the Honors
because of having distinctions in two major subjects. I was
now eligible to attend the honors class.
My friend
applauded, ‘Wow! Your father’s training finally paid off after all!’
No, no, on the contrary. It’s by doing just the opposite of that my
father trained me to do that I got what I wanted. I replied alone, ‘By doing
what the Romans do.’ If you ask: by doing what exactly? It’s easy: by learning
by heart the problems and solutions which my father had branded as useless, and
writing them down in the examination without understanding them.
(By doing what the Romans do.', I was now eligible to attend the honors class.)
(Picture Blackboard Credit -
http://www.flaviasrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/when-in-rome.jpg)
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