How I have changed my perception towards a degree pursui

        

    It was back in the year 2008, where I have just finished my Business Foundation in Taylor’s University College. I was invited by a friend of the same course to a “business opportunity” which deals with Islamic insurance product, or Takaful as it is known. From there I was introduced to an important mentor that had taught me various knowledge as well as life lessons, which has led to an important change in me. My mentor would always comment on how useless a degree would be, and about the amount of graduates struggling to find work ultimately only pays peanuts in return. Slowly and steadily, I was led to believe that a degree was only but a passport that would lead you to where the corporate ladder was, that it was just a piece of paper that proves no other additional merit. Many years later to the present, being a sales advisor for automaker Toyota, it dawned upon me that any managerial position would require a degree as a minimum prerequisite. Thus, I joined Inti’s evening class as I would be entitled for a discount as my sister was also working there.

            Being taught by Dr. Tan in the Business Professional course can be considered as an eye opening event in my degree pursuit. Frankly, it wasn’t much about the slides or the lessons taught, but it was more about how Dr. Tan taught us about the different ways that we can use to approach certain issues, and how we can tackle assignments and case studies effectively. His class are different from others and actually energizes us mentally. I can actually find myself to have more fun in degree classes.