VSU: Sharing footprints with excellence

Since I just live stone throw away from the Visayas State University (VSU), I am not a tourist there anymore.  I strolled there, I climb those trees, I laughed there. Simply put VSU has been a part of my childhood.

Thus when I went to college, I was not so excited knowing that same scenario would face me again. All memories resurfaced until I just found myself knowing VSU beyond what I experienced before. The premier university in the country made me strive for excellence in any endeavor I take.

With my newfound friends, I never imagined I would have plenty of memories to cherish. It was a good hodgepodge of school works, free time, laughter, and causeries. I had enough yet I know that my quota of nostalgic moments is not yet filled up. I am still open for more.

Who would forget that IT Building where I had my enrollment? It was an endless agony from the long line, heated pressures from those who are on the last, hot environ, many paper works, and the “Pasingita ko be kay nagdali ko.” Nonetheless, it was all fun and the best part is when I get hold of my Certificate of Recognition (COR).

The gazebo, the eco-park, the classrooms, everywhere—those had best memories in there. I chatted with friends there. I had fun there. I copied assignments sometimes there.

Moreover, I had another fair share of memories as an education student. The classrooms in the college of education had been a standing testament of how I went through the ups and downs of a college life.

I would say an education student’s life is so mundane like any other. I had to do my lesson plans. I had to write my assignment. I had to participate in class discussions. I had to deal with teachers. Though most of the times I am at the acme of boredom, I just think of it like I am in an ordeal to determine my future.

 Thus to break free from this dreary routine, I make sure that I create something new from my classes. It is like I bend up the ordinary moments to extraordinary. What do I mean? I complicate simple assignments. I scribble some stuff on my notebook while the instructor is giving lecture, among others. These things are what other students do, I guess but for me they are good ways to free up stress.

VSU, particularly my department in the College of Education (CE), is not only the “knowledge-ground” for me. It served as the soil where I anchored my roots that I may bear fruits. It served as haven of different memories worth treasuring. And the experiences I had with it would be a friendly reminder that once I was a stupid yet amazing student who passed through its portal of excellence; and now ready to change the world.

I will be proud to shout to the world that I shared with the footprints of the great in the country.