by Rod
14. October 2008 10:37
I did my first year of computer science in Lebanon.
Unfortunately a country where connections make all the difference.
You could be the best student. The student that works the hardest and have all the intelligence to show for it, but there will always be someone that will be able to get the same result as you or higher if he has the right connections.
It's really sad because there is always this feeling of corruption, not only in politics, but everywhere.
Although I really enjoyed my year in Lebanon, learned a lot, met a lot of interesting people and I don't regret it, but I knew if I wanted to make a difference, be successful, I had to leave.
A lot of people still hang out there because they believe that Lebanon can change. They believe it can rise up again in a couple of years to be a country of opportunity. I don't blame them. Who knows they might be right.
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