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Personal Essay: Climbing Up The Ladder

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Climbing Up the Ladder In my last year of secondary school, my English teacher told me that going to tertiary education was like climbing up a ladder. The higher you climb, the more you have to commit yourself, and the more cornered you will get. Though, once you reach the top, you will gain a better view of the world. This image has circled through my head ever since. Starting my studies in Eindhoven, I had a few goals that I was determined to realize. Not everything always went the way it was planned out, but I am really content with what I have accomplished so far. By means of this essay, I want to reflect upon my first semester at IBMS. My primary goal for my first semester was to get good grades. With the willpower and a driven attitude, I have collected all my credits so far, with at least a 7 in all my classes. To a great extent, I know it was a change in my attitude towards organization and motivation that attributed to this. I started taking notes during classes and using my phone’s agenda to organize my days. This way, I found that I could study more effectively, and that I had enough time left to spend on hobbies and social tasks. Even though I did not always stick to my schedule, I managed to finish all my assignments in time, without putting …show more content…

I learned to stretch myself in exploring different options, and making friends with people I would usually not approach. I have made a plenty of good friends at Fontys, and I think that this helps a lot in being successful in my studies. Making friends from different countries has also been a new experience for me. It has changed my view of the world, because they taught me so many new and interesting things, and I was not used to so much diversity. As I mentioned before, I improved my time management skills. To some extent, higher education forces you to plan your time more efficiently. This skill enabled me to work more efficiently outside of university as

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