I went to public schools in Northern Virginia until I came to college at UNM. I was fortunate to go to schools in an excellent district and I generally liked my teachers, but was not an outstanding student. When I went to college, I resented being forced to take subjects that were of no interest to me, and took all my electives in my major and minor, so I guess I was a pretty lazy student. My interest in certain subjects was what motivated me, not external pressures or much of a plan for the future.
Although I subscribed to the idea of a liberal arts education in theory, when it came to practice I did not apply myself, as mentioned above. As time went on, I began to see the virtue of extreme specialization as a way to become "indispensable" in the job market---but, again, I did not follow through with that either.
In short, my belief is that I had a lot of positive educational opportunities, which I did not fully appreciate at the time. If given the opportunity for a "do-over" I would definitely take my education more seriously and put forth more effort in excelling as a student.
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