When I had to choose the career to study I simply let myself be guided by everything that I am passionate about, moves, that makes me who I am, there was no shortage of the question: I can live without doing this and the answer was no. I feel that I cannot live apart from the world of letters, literature, books, art.
Two years ago I started my philology degree at the Universidad de Oriente. I felt that my place was there, accompanied by many letters and books. My expectations were very high, I always looked forward to university life and if it was accompanied by my passions much better.
After only one week of classes, the Uni had already exceeded each and every one of my expectations, it's one of those things that make you a take it now but the good ones.
I remember that it was very difficult for me to socialize because I saw everyone crazy, I came from reading a book in one day and there were those who boasted of reading one in hours, others read possessed and for me that was the cheesiest and unthinkable thing on the planet, that is, they read poetry and if necessary they died for it. The truth is, it didn't take me long to realize that I was also a crazy person.
For the same career I had to become a more avid reader. My tastes had changed, I was already reading other things that used to seem like the neverland and the craziest, I started reading poetry, I loved it and now I want to die for it too.
In a short time my classroom was like a family, and although there are always groups at the end I already felt like it, or at least my group at the end was already my pretty little family, one made up of Leibys (my little girl) and Jessebell, the weirdest in the classroom because we liked Latin.馃榿
Within a year I already loved being at the University, spending time with my classmates, giving Latin, not understanding it at first, getting stressed and from there relaxing by translating well. Within a year I already felt like a philologist and saw myself editing, and that was the place where I wanted and want to always be.
There were many beautiful moments, too many special ones and without a doubt, the best ones were every time we met a writer or some guest of the race, in those moments you were nourished even by the greeting. It's as if these people impregnated us with their experiences, because yes, we quickly became our own.
Today I don't know why I find myself missing the University more than ever, I miss every minute there, its beginnings, the laughter, the discussions in Latin, the Grammar talks, the false alarms that were set in Spanish literature, every analysis of non-Hispanic, EVERYTHING.
A few months ago I was forced to ask for an academic license, it's one of those turns that life gives you, that you don't always know the real why but what you do know is that God is in control and his timing is perfect. Maybe I can't resume now because the license is for one year, one that I lose馃ゲ but I'm sure I'll be able to join soon and in the meantime, I keep swimming among so many beautiful memories, because that year was engraved in my heart as if I had lived five.
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VERSI脫N EN ESPA脩OL
Cuando tuve que elegir la carrera a estudiar simplemente me dej茅 guiar por todo aquello que me apasiona, mueve, que me hace ser qui茅n soy, no falt贸 la pregunta de: puedo vivir sin hacer esto y la respuesta fue no. Siento que no puedo vivir apartada del mundo de las letras, la literatura, los libros, el arte.
Hace dos a帽os comenc茅 en la Universidad de Oriente la carrera de Filolog铆a. Sent铆a que mi lugar estaba all铆, acompa帽ado de muchas letras y libros. Mis expectativas estaban muy altas, siempre ansi茅 con llegar a la vida universitaria y si era acompa帽ado de mis pasiones mucho mejor.
A s贸lo llevar una semana de clases, la Uni ya hab铆a hasta rebasado todas y cada una de mis expectativas, es de esas cosas que te hacen un toma ya pero de los buenos.
Recuerdo que se me hac铆a muy dif铆cil socializar porque los ve铆a a todos locos, yo que ven铆a de leerme un libro en un d铆a y all铆 hab铆a quienes presum铆an de leerse uno en horas, otros le铆an pose铆a y para mi eso era lo m谩s cursi e impensable del planeta, o sea, le铆an poes铆a y de ser necesario mor铆an por ella. La verdad, no me falt贸 mucho tiempo para darme cuenta que yo tambi茅n era una loca m谩s.
Por la misma carrera tuve que volverme una lectora m谩s 谩vida. Hab铆an cambiado mis gustos, ya le铆a otras cosas que antes me parec铆an lo nunca jam谩s y lo m谩s loco, comenc茅 a leer poes铆a, me encant贸 y ahora tambi茅n quiero morir por ella.
En poco tiempo ya mi aula era como una familia, y si bien siempre hay grupos a fines ya la sent铆a como tal, o por lo menos mi grupo a fin ya era mi peque帽ita familia bonita, una integrada por Leibys (mi chiclecito) y Jessebell, las m谩s raras del aula porque nos gustaba Lat铆n.馃榿
En un a帽o ya amaba estar en la Universidad, pasar tiempo con mis compa帽eros, dar Lat铆n, no entenderlo a la primera, estresarme y de ah铆 relajarme al traducir bien. En un a帽o ya me sent铆a una fil贸loga y me ve铆a editando, y era ah铆 el lugar donde quer铆a y quiero estar siempre.
Fueron muchos los momentos lindos, demasiados especiales y sin duda alguna, los mejores eran cada que nos encontr谩bamos con un escritor o alg煤n invitado de la carrera, en esos momentos te nutr铆as hasta del saludo. Es como si esas personas nos impregnaran con sus experiencias, porque s铆, r谩pido la volv铆amos nuestras.
Hoy no se por qu茅 me encuentro extra帽ando la Universidad m谩s que nunca, a帽oro cada minuto all铆, sus inicios, las risas, las discusiones en Lat铆n, las charlas en Gram谩tica, las alarmas falsas que se pon铆an en literatura espa帽ola, cada an谩lisis de no hisp谩nicas, TODO.
Hace unos meses me vi obligada a pedir una licencia acad茅mica, es de esos giros que te da la vida, que no siempre se sabe el verdadero por qu茅 pero lo que s铆 sabes es que Dios tiene el control y sus tiempos son perfectos. Quiz谩s no pueda retomar ahora porque la licencia es de un a帽o, uno que pierdo馃ゲ pero estoy segura que pronto podr茅 incorporarme y mientras tanto, sigo nadando entre tantos recuerdos bonitos, porque ese a帽o fue grabado en mi coraz贸n como si hubiese vivido cinco.
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