My studies at Brunel

 My student life at Brunel


         As Albert Einstein once said, "There are two ways to live your life. One is though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle". I guess as a 24 year old student beginning my undergraduate course, I can use a philosophical statement such as this and say I can relate to the latter part of Einsteins wise take on life. Actually, I believe neither way is a bad way and the sentence is a bit of a paradox!


         I decided that my time to learn a degree had not passed me by and as late ago as 2 years, I took steps to move closer towards university. I had only a couple of reasonably good GCSE results behind me and I felt that I would benefit substantially from doing an A level part time as a home study course, while I continued to work. I managed a good result and now I am here waiting to begin the hard work!


         Some people advised me that doing a degree is hard enough for students who go straight from school and are more than acquinted with the process of studying hard, taking exams having done this the whole of their academic lives, could I possibly expect to go into university and achieve this? I had very little in the way of academic qualifications and I had been out of full time education for 6 years. Not to mention the financial burden I would be placing on myself!


        Having only just started my course, it is impossible to reply with a realistic answer yet. However, regardless of the result of my degree I feel that if you have a certain motivation and passion towards something that you feel 100 percent certain the advantages weigh out the disadvantages, you should give yourself the benefit of that doubt and go for it. I have no doubts this will test me to the fullest, but I have my heart in it and know that I will most certainly go for it!


        After all, Einstein himself as smart as he was in his profession was not an expert in everything he encountered. Everybody has weaknesses and some do not excel as well as others. But where the opportunities allow it, everybody deserves the chance to try and prove themselves. But I believe, on the condition they do it for no one else more importantly than themselves! Bring on these challenges. I look forward with great eagerness for the results that await!


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