One of my most unforgettable happy moments in Law School happened during our class in Negotiable Instruments. Our professor returned the papers of my classmates after our quiz. I was smiling at that time because our professor was disgusted with the result of the quiz as she returned my classmates' papers while I did not receive my paper back. I thought I passed the quiz. I never thought that after our class with her, I found my paper on the floor crumpled. I realized our professor could not read my answers because of my bad handwriting. Anyway, I got a passing grade on this subject after the semester.
In 2012, I decided to stop my studies in Law School. I was assigned as a parish priest at San Lorenzo de Mla Parish in Camaligan, Batan, Aklan and I had to give up the Law School to shepherd the said parish. I saw how my classmates enjoyed their last year in Law School while I was struggling to be a good parish priest (as it was my first time to be a parish priest). Neverthless, I never regretted my decision because priesthood is my first vocation and I must be a priest to my parishioners.
After a year, I went back to Law School to finish what I started. I made it sure that there was no conflict with my schedule in the parish and in the Law School. If ever there was a conflict, I made the parish my priority. The bad part of my experience in my return to Law School happened as I failed in our Final Exam on Taxation. Dan Tejada who was my classmate then and (is now a lawyer) informed me that I needed to take the "removal". I did take it but I knew I failed again. I said to myself, how could I know something about taxation because I never paid any income tax since I was born. I admit, Taxation as a subject was my greatest stumbling block before I finally graduated from the Law School in 2014.
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