Since I left home, I haven’t been really making an effort in linking up with classmates and teachers of my elementary school/high school back home. I attended the reunion gathering for the first two years after I left home. Everyone was busy updating the rest of what course and college they were studying. At that time, I was enrolled in a dual degree program. One of the degrees was in Biological Science. Almost everyone who found this out was shocked for a moment of two, especially my Chemistry teacher (who was my class teacher for 2 years of HS).

Why were they so surprised that I was studying biological science? Well, to tell the truth, I wasn’t a brilliant student during my 2 years of HS. I was top 10 students in my class, well; I mean top 10 from the bottom! What’s more shocking to them was I was doing a degree in biology-related specialization. Whoa?! The only student who failed Biology in the class was studying human genetics?! This is so unbelievable! Yet, this was not story and it did happen unfortunately. How embarrassing!

Last year, I attended the reunion lunch. I haven’t seen my old classmates for many years. My Chemistry teacher was there again. When they found out that I am currently pursuing Graduate School in a biology-related field, everyone’s jaw dropped. Believe me, if my Biology teacher were there, she would be the first person to fall from her chair. Even while I was in HS, I would have never imagined myself doing a degree in human biology because I was struggling with the subject and barely passed the subject throughout those two years in school.

You and I may not be good in certain things, but if we work hard on it, who knows we can still do pretty well in things that we like and enjoy. Where there is a will, there is a way.