Hello, I’m Emanuele and Mrs Spila was my English teacher during my high school years, so I’m
really proud to write a post for her blog.
Let’s see what happens when I try to sum up my whole life in a short post... Well, let’s start from the beginning. My high school career wasn’t that brilliant, mostly because I
spent those years playing the guitar, listening to music and reading fantasy books. I was quite weir and it was really hard for me to study something I couldn't find cool, exciting or useful. So, I have
to admit, high school was really boring for me.
After leaving school I had no idea of what I was going to do in my life so I enrolled to University, Computer Science Department of La Sapienza, in Rome.
The first year was a
nightmare! I couldn’t pass any Maths exam because they were so hard for me and I had no skills for
programming. Till then I hadn’t written a single line of code in my entire life. I started
feeling really frustrated and, at the end of the first year, I started thinking that computer science
wasn’t the right choice. However, I decided to resist just another year before quitting definitely.
Guys, guess
what? My second year was amazing!
I started studying hard, I totally changed my attitude and,
finally, I discovered the creative and fun aspect of this world.
I clearly remember those years, they were tough but, at the same
time, challenging. I studied a bunch of new things every day and all classes where
based on cutting edge technologies: algorithms, artificial intelligence, micro processors, data bases
and other nerdy stuff I’d always loved!
