I’ve attended only one college — the College of Mass Communication at UP Diliman — where I got my bachelor’s degree in journalism and almost completed my master’s degree (I didn’t proceed to writing a thesis).
Studying journalism was fun. I was a regular student who burned the midnight candle the day before a big exam. I didn’t obsess about grades; I joined a journalism club; I volunteered to tutor kids at a nearby elementary school. Somehow I managed to graduate cum laude.
Taking my MA in communication research spanned many years, since I was already working full time then. I took one or two courses each semester. This time I was more serious about getting good grades. I enjoyed the more intellectual discussions I had in class. Plus there was a three-year period when I was also teaching at university while I was taking the graduate classes; this greatly stimulated my thinking.
The best part of attending university, of course, is visiting libraries and borrowing books. Walking through library aisles always felt like going through caverns with treasures stuck in the walls: a little scratching and some nudging are all it takes to find jewels. If only all workplaces have cavernous libraries as well!
Daryl Zamora 
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