Syllabus for life
Some times I wonder, is there a syllabus for life? A two to three pages guide that helps you understand everything that will come to your life. But what if it fails, like it happened to me the first time I encountered one? The first syllabus I got was in university and I didn’t understand its construct. It gave a set of instruction that guide me through the class but why I needed to see that information. Thought, Why are they giving me instructions? The professor should teach me all the needed information to pass the class. Why would I need an index that tells me what he is going to give me? But then I encountered life, and I found myself lost in a sea of knowledge that went beyond my imagination. Then I needed even more instruction to find my first love, got my first F, finding myself.
What is the Syllabus?
But like a puzzle, I saw the big picture. Learn to learn, but without a syllabus of life, how could I swim thru this sea of ideas, of feelings and emotions. Let’s find together what is there to learn of the syllabus of life.
The syllabus is like a contract that’s the saying, like the ones when we buy our cellphone plans, the term of service we sign without reading it twice. It gives you instructions on who to contact and what are the terms and conditions to pass the class. But as told you before, I didn’t read it twice. It took me getting help from a professional advisor to get it. First is the course description, then it gives you time and place on where to find your professor. It continues by giving you the themes and practice problems. That is something that all of us see but never think twice about it. I like to think that I could see a note in the past that let me see what are my faults were.
The course description is more than that, is the first impression and description of the course. It lets you see what you understand what you can learn if you take part in the class. The contacts are the way to get to know your professor because there you can ask if you have a doubt, but if there is no connection. How would you ask in class? If doubt arises in class and you don’t have even an introduction to or a shake of hands, one hello my name is ______. Then it comes; What if they think I’m stupid? Is my question too easy? There are no stupid questions they say… but there are irritable people that have lost the complexion of their classes they give, and can, with or without knowing, hurt you, then there will be no more question to ask.
Lets go in a journey!
But today I’m empowering myself, that young kid that took all those classes without knowing the concepts of life. Now that’s we understand the concept, the description and the connection of what it all meant. Why I need the themes and practice problems? Well, the professor will give me all I need and the class is too easy won’t be part of your vocabulary after doing those. I imagine the problems will be as easy, for the professor, Yes!, those are easy because he has been doing the same problem a few years of his career, and if an instructor or an assistant professor he is so preoccupied in all the things he has to do that he is giving you the sample problem nothing more. That is why we have to go beyond in life, let go on an adventure and find the solution to this age-old problem, a Syllabus of life, where the questions are the solution and the solutions get us to our goals and destiny.