The unexpected death of my academic advisor Dr. Gustavo A. Wensjoe, PhD., aged fifty-nine has served as the catalyst, which solidified a number of my future endeavors. As an undergraduate student Dr. Wensjoe was always trying to making me see that my focus on international law and international politics was too narrow a viewpoint, and that I should broaden my analysis to include a study of international political economics and development issues in order to better understand global conditions.
Truth told as an undergraduate I was far from an ideal student. I allowed my intransigence, my disability and my illnesses to adversely affect not only my academic performance these factors also diminished the way in which I perceived my self-worth to such an extent that I like many of my professors had despaired of me successfully completing the requirements necessary to achieve a Bachelor of Arts degree.
This devaluation on my part made Dr. Wensjoe very angry and frustrated with me. He called me into his office. I had never known him to be angry over the conduct of a student. However, I did not understand why he was angry with me and when I asked him why he was angry with me. He said to me Mr. Zimmermann you can sell yourself short and tell yourself that you will fail to graduate. However, I will not do so because, I still believe you can graduate. I was later told that the dressing down could be heard through whole of Tiller Hall. I did graduate by the grace of God and with Jefe's strength of will to inspire me.
It was a long and arduous path that I had to take before I realized the truth of what he was telling me, and that he was right and had seen all those years ago what I had been too myopic to notice. My acquisition of my paralegal certifications were the first steps on the path that he led me to so many years ago, The next step is to find a position and take the LSAT
Truth told as an undergraduate I was far from an ideal student. I allowed my intransigence, my disability and my illnesses to adversely affect not only my academic performance these factors also diminished the way in which I perceived my self-worth to such an extent that I like many of my professors had despaired of me successfully completing the requirements necessary to achieve a Bachelor of Arts degree.
This devaluation on my part made Dr. Wensjoe very angry and frustrated with me. He called me into his office. I had never known him to be angry over the conduct of a student. However, I did not understand why he was angry with me and when I asked him why he was angry with me. He said to me Mr. Zimmermann you can sell yourself short and tell yourself that you will fail to graduate. However, I will not do so because, I still believe you can graduate. I was later told that the dressing down could be heard through whole of Tiller Hall. I did graduate by the grace of God and with Jefe's strength of will to inspire me.
It was a long and arduous path that I had to take before I realized the truth of what he was telling me, and that he was right and had seen all those years ago what I had been too myopic to notice. My acquisition of my paralegal certifications were the first steps on the path that he led me to so many years ago, The next step is to find a position and take the LSAT
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