Taking Education For Granted ft. Daniel Ruiz

College? Career? Confused? These are normally what students face during highschool, especially having the pressure on making your parents proud and being successful in what you do. In today’s episode, Daniel Ruiz joins the slackers in discussing his journey pre- and post-highschool in choosing what university to go for and what degree to major in. Being a selfish and careless person that he was back in highschool, he was not really focused on his studies which got to the point where he was taking education for granted. As time goes on however, he realized that nothing in life comes easy and thus, his ultimate goal in life so far is to give back to his parents one day and make his parents proud of all the achievements he has yet to achieve. So listen along today’s episode as Daniel Ruiz talks about a topic that most students face in highschool and find out how he became the most hard working person that he is today.

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Timestamps:
(00:17) - Episode Introduction 
(1:54) - Top 3 worst knock-knock jokes 
(4:18) - Guest Background 
(5:09) - Choosing Sustainable Energy Engineering 
(6:42) - Experiencing a midlife crisis in highschool 
(10:48) - What is something you would want to change in your life? 
(12:05) - Does studies mean anything? 
(16:12) - Should you take studies for granted? 
(18:41) - Hot Seat Questions 
(23:28) - Episode Sign Off