When I enrolled at JKUAT in May 2007 to pursue an engineering degree, my parents were proud. They certainly thought I was destined for great things. But one thing led to another and before I knew it, I was a university dropout.
Lack of passion for my engineering course, I now realize, was the main reason I dropped out of JKUAT. I remember a day in my first year when I felt relieved because we weren't attending classes. It was a public holiday.
The engineering course was also a tough nut for me to crack. I for instance couldn't grasp a complex formula known as Schrodinger's wave equation that our chemistry lecturer had us memorize. The formula was complex for sure.
I remember, but only dimly, wondering whether the likes of Mwai Kibaki had to grasp such difficult concepts during their university years. (Kibaki was the then president of the republic of Kenya.)
Not surprisingly, I flunked a first-year unit called Material Science. I was on long holidays when JKUAT authorities informed me I had flunked the unit, and when I retook it, I flunked it again!
Had I passed all my first-year units, I'd have continued pursuing my engineering degree. But since JKUAT couldn't allow us to proceed to third year without passing all first- and second-year units, failing Material Science demoralized me.
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Dropping Out, Finding My Way
A True Story
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