I was once asked, at a party, what my course is actually about. It ended up being a back-and-forth between me and the person who asked me about what my course is all about, and why it is a course that’s being taught in university.

I started by drawing parallels between people’s misconceptions about certain college courses (IT/Comp Sci = taga-ayos ng computer; Fine Arts = taga-drawing, magaling sa photoshop) versus what they’re actually about. Then proceeded to give an overview of what my course is actually all about, as well as the different specialties within it as well as the different career choices available after graduating. I also talked about the different kinds of institutions graduates of my course might handle, and what the differences between them are. I also touched on some of the related, albeit “more esoteric,” fields.

I ended up summarizing an entire 101 course in a span of around an hour.

We only realized that we’ve been at it for far too long when we noticed that the rest of the people at our table have already left us alone.