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title: "What I learnt in Computer Science"
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I dropped out from an undergraduate course in Computer Science (CS, for short).
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While I was attending CS courses, however, I learnt how to detach myself, or abstract
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myself, from technological tools, which, as a so-called 'digital native' may
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know, changes ever so frequently.
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I learnt that if I have a fundamental skill, or what
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[(one of)](https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~bleong/)
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my lecturer(s)
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called 'first principles', I can solve a given problem, regardless of how
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seemingly foreign the problem may be.
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Applying this concept in another context, it could be said that if I know
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the fundamental skills in social dealings, then regardless of which country,
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or culture, I find myself in, I can thrive (and not merely survive - but
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that's a topic for another time, perhaps).
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That's powerful. That's empowering. (As the saying goes, "Give a man a fish,
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and you feed him once. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a life-time.")
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And it gives one confidence. It
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certainly gives me confidence.
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But of course I credit all these lessons and benefits, or perks, to
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[my god](http://phtan.github.io/religion.html) and his kindness and goodness.
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