With great power comes great responsibility. Tweaking the responsibility assumption just a little bit, I would say that greater responsibility is more aptly partnered with greater freedom — in college specifically. With that given freedom and the back-to-basic curriculum, my very first semester in Ateneo was just a more forgiving transitional period — an overlap, I must say — of my easy-breezy high school and the real fiery hell known as college.
Take note, back-to-basic and more forgiving don’t necessarily mean easy. Of all the transitional periods I’ve gone through so far, this would be the most unbearable…well almost thankfully. Let’s just say that my first taste of college life, on a personal note, dampened my astronomical pride way below sea level. I was shocked myself.
