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A new academic year is starting ... some of us are tired, some are excited, some are confused, some are confident ... regardless of our mood, it is a new beginning, a new chance, a new day. Let's make the most out of it.

"Come when you like, leave when you like" - this was Leo Tolstoy's motto for his school for children. I like it because learning should start with your desire to learn. If you want to know more, if you want to learn more, come, come to class, study hard, ask questions ... and in the end you will smile. There is no other way to academic success.

Welcome back to all of you.

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