The greatest lessons in life are learned outside the classroom. A classroom confines you to four walls, lights that shouldn’t shine on early mornings. Sleep deprived from the previous night yet you make the effort to go and actually learn because it is a step forward. The teacher comes in and one of the greatest disappointments is when a teacher can’t teach. You can tell when a professor is passionate about his/her subject because it transcends from their soul. They know the information from the top of their head and are quick to their feet when a question is asked. Multiple perspectives are voiced or reserved yet as I’m sitting there, I ask myself, am I really learning? Sadly, most of the time the answer is no or on the verge of yes, but not quite. I was looking outside the window today and i was looking at the trees, how they sway back and forth while the leaves fall and I sat there wondering how in this moment in time, I’m sitting here while so many things happen outside the walls. The sun radiates its heat on sunny days, but we learn the greatest lessons when we’re down on the rocks. When the cloudy days overtake the beams of light. It’s like the hope starts to evaporate and all that is left is the lesson learned or to be learned. You acquire the skill of becoming a fighter through a struggle once something didn’t go your way and you have to rise in midst of all the pain. You become knowledgeable on what it is to be optimistic once you were pessimistic. You have to look forward to the next sunny day.
