Here's a new story in the series "My kids grow up" dedicated to my former students. Tommaso has always been very active, lively, smart. He was a hard-working student and a self-disciplined boy, though somewhat stubborn, which is, probably, what made him successful in his chosen career.
He was one of my students for 5 years and he was certainly good at English. Only, it was not an easy task to persuade him to study English Literature. He had other ... priorities! He is an officer in the Italian Army now. And this is his story
Who I was
Hello everybody, my name is Tommaso
Troia and, like many of you reading here, I have been lucky enough to be one of
Mrs Spila’s pupils in my high school years.
In high school I was quite a good
student with a passion for swimming, Maths and Physics, who loved studying the English
language but not English poetry and literature. I particularly enjoyed pushing
Mrs Spila’s patience to the limit, which is why our beloved teacher will hardly
ever forget about me. J
I also spent my spare time playing
Magic The Gathering, and studying some computer science on my own.
My Choice
I have to say, I didn’t think about
my future much till the fourth year of high school, since I was pretty sure that
whatever was in my future, it would be great.
It was right in the middle of my
fourth year of high school that I clearly realized what my dream job was. A
tough one, both physically and mentally challenging, but with strong values and
sound rules to follow. Thus, when I
asked myself what I was going to do in my life, I clearly saw that my choice
could be no other than to join the Army. So I started dreaming of entering the
Military Academy of & HModena.
Of course, as I had made my mind, I visited
the Italian Army official website and found all the information I needed to
enlist, which is what I did. So, since first step was to pass a series of tests and exams of
different types, I started studying and doing some extra exercise to pass whatever
test I was to go through.
