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My name is not Google and I don’t know it all<\/strong><\/span>. This thought was enough to start my quest for learning. Well, I haven’t gone to school in 13 years and I complete my 25th work anniversary this year. Nothing beats Harvard summer school. The reasons kept adding for going back to school. Hence, this summer…. Harvard<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n One day to go! I have not stepped into the school yet. Yet, the pre-schooling started almost four months back with the registration – choosing the right course, In\u00a0a class which took only 35 students, getting wait listed was not an option for me. I had to show the required agility and pro activeness in locking it. This was followed by eligibility tests – both for English and Health. Phew! I never thought an English test would scare me. And, I can almost write a thesis on immunization- explaining to my doctor what I needed\u00a0for Harvard.<\/p>\n When the visa queue is full of students half your age, you get lonely and scared. And, then I told myself – “what an opportunity to study with Millennials in the same school and class?” The visa officer was amicable and asked me “How would this course help you in your job?<\/em>” Well, I never answered this question explicitly to myself. I consolidated my thoughts and explained her that it would expand my knowledge base – I am going to undertake this to quench my thirst for learning and hopefully, the learning will not go waste. And then she asked “Why Harvard?<\/em>” And, I replied, “I did not want to choose second best option”.<\/p>\n The constant updates and emails from Harvard!s DCE have kept me engaged for the last three months. My learning has already started. I am a HR leader and truly appreciate the importance of pre-joining engagement. Getting 2 or 3 communication emails made sure the school wanted me as much as I wanted it. I have a complete view of my housing, classroom, university, guide-book, libraries, course schedule, assignments, dining halls and places to visit in Boston. We have also been introduced to our class-mates.<\/p>\n The phase of excitement is over! At this time, the road ahead seems lonesome – to leave\u00a0my home, office and country (albeit short period)! Yet, there is hope and curiosity on what lies ahead.<\/p>\n I don’t know it all…<\/strong> <\/span>– Have you been able to say this? If not, then think. The statement is powerful and will lead you to a discovery of self!<\/p>\n More in my next blog… I am rushing to complete my assignment due on second day of start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My name is not Google and I don’t know it all. This thought was enough to start my quest for learning. Well, I haven’t gone to school in 13 years and I complete my 25th work anniversary this year. Nothing beats Harvard summer school. The reasons kept adding for going back to school. Hence, this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8772,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/vimmichachra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/vimmichachra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/vimmichachra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/vimmichachra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/vimmichachra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/vimmichachra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/vimmichachra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/vimmichachra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/vimmichachra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/vimmichachra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}