Life in UMak

     When I was still in my 10th grade in Benigno ‘Ninoy’ S. Aquino High School (BNAHS) and during the span of picking a school to go to for Senior High School, my mind was set to go to Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) because UMak doesn’t have the course Architecture. I know that it was still for SHS but I wanted to not have to move school if I take up Architecture, so I was really into PUP.

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Then my best friends chose UMak, they were the ones who pep talked me into choosing UMak for SHS, and there’s this particular best friend of mine who really encouraged me to pick UMak. She told me that make UMak as my training grounds; check it out, see if you’ll like it and train myself to move into a University that caters about 8000-10000 students – from SHS students to college students, and let myself adjust, so I did. I did chose UMak.

  At the first step I took upon entering the premises of the school, I was overwhelmed, since I wasn’t there for watching another play or whatsoever but I was there for education, for learning. I was stepping in to be another student of the school. I heard a couple of talks and rumors that professors in UMak wasn’t very keen on their attendance, that they don’t usually attend their classes, but I wasn’t there for that reason. Even though with those rumors, the professors they have are best at what they teach, that it was certain you’ll learn something and that was what I witnessed. I began to like UMak and I am certain that it’ll be soon to make me say I love it here.

     For my first year there as a grade 11, I experienced lots of things to add to my ‘achievements’, though not in terms of acquiring medals and such but for experiencing new things in the field of learning. The track I picked is Academic then the strand is STEM, even though I chose that, I was still scared of how it will play out since I am bad at math… but I want to prove myself towards that subject. I dreaded the subjects on that strand but when we began on exploring the subjects, I became less afraid to face them head-on. The teachers are really good in terms of teaching and personality. The time I spent learning in UMak was great, there are just no times that I will not laugh because they teach in a fun and engaging way to keep us on our toes and keep us listening. All-in-all, my life in UMak is looking great and refreshing.