My daughter Sophia has just started studying French at the University of Havana, which is almost 300 years old. He asked for it as a first option when he finished twelfth grade at IPVCE Luis Urquiza Jorge from Las Tunas. His dedication meant he gave up his comfort zone to camp in the unknown. He willingly accepted the challenge and is already walking around the city, rejoicing at how his dream is blossoming.
As he tells me in his reports, among his priorities is adapting to the complex context prevailing in the “capital of all Cubans.” Some of his problems, such as buses, prices, queues and shortages, are familiar to him because they are endemic to the national territory. But others have an incentive to do what they aspire to. Join Alma mater it becomes a luxury franchise. And to learn the language of Molière, the opportunity to absorb unprecedented knowledge.
I have never seen her so excited as now. “Don’t haban me and say “kabbon” instead of “coal,” I told him jokingly. And we both laugh merrily. To my peace of mind, I learned that he began to put certain dishes in his mouth that were never on his menu. This was good news. In times of depressive gastronomy, taste cannot afford to be demanding or selective. He is ordered to accept what is offered to him, not paying attention to whims and nit-picking.
Sofia brought her passion for reading to Havana. As for “genius and figure…”, one of her first stops was the National Library, in the zones of which she processed and received her reader’s card. He often goes there to make inquiries or to borrow the title from his favorite authors. She tends to always walk around with a book started and another to start.
She is convinced that from now on her daily routine will change. The scholarship and the house are not alike. But rigor and habit will nurture it from day to day. Sofia will discover charms and novelties. And you will acquire obligations. Now she has to dry her wet towel, straighten her slippers, make her bed, tuck in her pens, limit herself to a mobile phone, put her things in order …
He will also make new friends, for which he seems to have an unusual ability. In the apartment she shares with her fellow students, she will learn how to complete tasks that are typical for collective life and how to leave sheets on time so as not to be late for class. You will take part in various events, visit student events and see that higher education entails deprivation and sacrifice.
Like my Sophia, thousands of Cuban students are attending university classes for the first time to experience an academic adventure with unforgettable nuances. This is a new stage in the learning process that never ends because knowledge is endless. The reliability of their learning will depend on the interest they take in every bell in the class and the desire to improve.
Sophia will take the lead because she suggested so. He knows what he wants and that’s the main thing. In a few years, she will become a competent specialist. Although I feel overwhelmed with nostalgia for their separation, I think it is the law of life that children take off when they grow wings. They are like small trees which, once planted, strengthen their trunk, bare their leaves, and take root.
Source: Juventud Rebelde