Hello,

As far as I can remember, my learning experience was shared with a friend of mine who was like a shadow to me, we shared a lot of learning experiences which were full of chaos, anxiety, language obstacles, bad teachers, good teachers, good experiences, bad experiences, being punished for what we have done, being punished for what we have not done, avoiding any eye contact with the teachers so as not to be called upon to answer or being asked to go to the blackboard, our names were all the time on the absence sheet and we used to steal it and erase our names, we hated philosophy and mathematics in high school because of bad teachers who were trying to make us learn, which made us hate the subjects along with the teachers which had an impact on our grades, we spent most of our time wandering around, exploring different towns near our town, and whenever we were asked by the students’ affairs board we would say that we were doing some kind of business out of town, we were trouble makers, we skipped a lot of classes, always seating at the back of the class making fun of other students and the teacher alike, we rarely did homework, we gave funny answers especially in philosophy classes just for the sake of it…

Nevertheless, we were hardworking students, even if we did not attend classes much but we knew “the tricks of the trade,” we did not need any teacher to teach us or show us what to do, we were autonomous, self-reliant, and independent, that is what made our teachers and classmates respect us and admire us after all.