PETER RAMPERSAD
Coming back to school is maybe the best choice I have made in my life. This event has changed my life.
Prior to being in school my life was not too much fun. At times when I was faced with a challenge that required reading, writing or spelling, I would be the first to run from it. Going through life day by day and having to depend on people to do things for me can be embarrassing at times.
In the year 2002, I went on a trip from Toronto to Trinidad. In the time spent there, I saw my old friends and the life they had created for themselves; they all have nice homes, fancy cars and well paying jobs. One day on my visit to Trinidad I went to the bank to change money; it just happened the bank teller that I went to is a girl I have not seen in about ten years. On that same day the girl and I went out to lunch and with me trying my best to impress the girl, the most embarrassing thing happened to me. She suggested since my job is cooking and working in a restaurant that I recommend something on the menu. I tried to hide it as much as possible; I could not read one thing on the menu. That's when I sat and thought for a while. I said to myself that I had to do the right thing for myself and go back to school. It felt like it was the right thing to do.
After coming back to Canada, the first thing I did was to register in a school, which is the LBS program. Then, I was faced with the challenge of school, work, bills and some of the other commitments that I have in my everyday life.