I think it was first the emotion to having understood some contents, and in second phase the usefulness and joy to know these contents. 

Dear @Montserrat, thanks for sharing the question. You should share it with more people in order to get responses. 

I am in Higher Education for 36 years. Many memories, of course, some good, some bad. 

The bad one happened in 1979 when I was not employed at University of Belgrade because I was not a member of a Communist party. 

The good one was when I got my Ph.D scholarship by Fulbright foundation. After, I have joined the University.

I have felt nice when I have established and developed laboratory for industrial automation!

I am happy with my career as many of my former students are recognized researchers and professors all over the world.

Thank you so much for answering my question, but much more by the quality of the answer.

I  think that gives us some embarrassment recognize that after the researcher is the person, with his/her achievements and failures, and what really defines us is not all that we know (which is important) but what we do with that wisdom and how we transmit.

Thanks for sharing your difficult moments and your spectacular achievements in this question. At the end, the emotions associated with such moments are that help us evolve.

Best regards!

I think it was first the emotion to having understood some contents, and in second phase the usefulness and joy to know these contents. 

Thank you Hanno. I agree with you: first the emotion!

In my Post Graduate class I learned many things. But when I could apply my knowledge to solve a research problem I felt the joy of learning. I could realize learning  does not only mean to know some thing but also to realize the same may be with emotion.

Thank you Anup Kumar for answering my question.

It was the excitement of learning new things in different parts of the world in a variety of environments: First in mining situations (surface and underground), then in mineral exploration situations (surface and jungle). Have very fond memories of whatever I gained during those years. Although many more situations came later, the higher education years had the best, probably because they were the first.

You are right, Michael. Thank you so much!

This is interesting, dear Monserrat.

I might suffer from selective lack of bad memories, dear Monserrat...

But I do remember the funny part of some bad memories. I remember I failed one of the very first oral exams I had as a fresh first year student, because the Professor was kind to offer me from a box of biscuits he was having for tea. I immediately filled my mouth with so many  biscuits that I was unable to produce a single oral answer to the several questions he proposed... (the more nervous I got, the more biscuits I put into my mouth !)

Nowadays, I often recall this ridiculous misfit to my present students, as an example not to follow, and they find pleasure to discover that their present professor is a normal defective human being who loves biscuits.

As a totally positive experience, from my University years, I recall the fact the I soon learnt that everyday is good to learn something new and that there is always something new to learn, whatever the subject.

Thank you for your lovely question, dear Monserrat. 

I wish to learn something new here.

Hearing the congratulations of my doctoral committee after my oral defense that I passed. I felt confident that I could undertake to do academic research.

Many thanks,

Debra

Dear Montserrat Hernández-López:

A many great moments that i've lived in my average education, i remember when i wake early at 04:00 am to prepare my exams and all my family are sleeping, and every time i say to my self i should patient because it is just a few moments and i'll get the success after.

And the big moment is when i've got my Phd, it is my amazing time.

Regards.

Dear Montserrat Hernández-López:

Thanks a lot ! It is indeed interesting question and I am sure certainly answer key is in your hand. Higher education itself is the independent individual choice .I remember those learning in which I consciously put an emotional tag and stored which later practice situation I shared with my students or fellowman.Best memories lies not in learning but interpersonal sharing with my team members ,Even professors assessing a critical  patients with extra ordinary skills and expertise..

There are lot more to share down memory lane

Kudos to question creator!

Regards

Dear Montserrat Hernández-López

I am writing to tell you my answer. From my point of view  the best memory at that time was my exam preparation from the Theory of school. For that exam I was prepare three times, but can not seem to get out of the exam, lastly I surpass, so I left that exam in my long-term memory.

Best regards,

Andrija

Dear Maria:

I do not know where to start, but as advised, I'd better start at the beginning: I'm sorry. I apologize for delaying my appreciation for your precious answer. I've been in times of exams, corrections, and others, and is now, at holiday time, when I'm catching up and taking time to RG. I am really sorry.

As for your answer, as always, it is a very nice answer always comes from your heart and that is especially noticeable.

I enjoyed reading it and feeling like mine, that "biscuit time": the nerves are treacherous and can get to appear in us an unknown side. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Much love and thank you very much!

Dear Debra:

I apologize for delaying my appreciation for your precious answer. I've been in times of exams, corrections, and others, and is now, at holiday time, when I'm catching up and taking time to RG. I am really sorry.

As for your answer, as always, it is a very nice answer. The truth is that the time when doctoral committee after my oral defense gave me the cum laude was also a special moment in my life as a student.

Many thanks for sharing your experience.

Kind regards!

Dear Lotfi, many thanks for anwering my question.

Undoubtedly, those sleepless nights studying may not be good memories, but I guess we'll agree that when we overcame a test with that level of sacrifice, lost sleep was easily forgotten.

Sorry for my late answer.

Regards.

Dear Chanu,

I must start by apologizing for my late reply because I wanted to read your answer with calm and properly answer. I've been in times of exams, corrections, and others, and is now, at holiday time, when I'm catching up and taking time to RG. I am really sorry.

As for your answer, as always, it is a very nice answer always comes from your heart and that is especially noticeable. I totally agree with you when you say that Best memories lies not in learning but interpersonal sharing with my team members. In general, even the most difficult moments become the best occasion to learn if the person who corrects you do it with respect and elegance.

Regards!

Dear Andrija.

18 days  ago you gave an answer to my question. But it is today, during the holiday period, when I'm catching up with the questions / answers in RG. I hope you can forgive the delay due to the exam period, corrections, hours of attention to students, etc.

As for your answer, I think inevitably, our memory stores that activity we learned and that is often associated with an apparent failure. And I call "apparent failure" because it is not: in fact, it is the  the best mechanism for learning and our memory saves it to help us stimulus for further learning, is not it?

Best regards!

My best memories are on one side to pass the only exam I had to repeat that was Mathematics. On the other side, the professors that make me believe in myself - not more than one or two, are an amazing memory 

Thank you, Javier.

I am also remember more emotions than successes / failures.

Regards!