I would like to describe a time when I had to make an important decision. So basically I started thinking about one problem about two months ago and it was related to my school education. So basically now I study at Nazarbayev Intellectual School. And in our school system we have to study until the grade 12 like other schools overseas. However, at our government schools in Kazakhstan, like education system lasts only 11 grades. So basically what I couldn’t really decide between was. So basically if I had to stay, if I was able to stay until the grade 12, I would have an opportunity to get into universities overseas because I know my potential. I know my extracurricular activity is a words list and uh, um, coming up essays. I’m pretty good in the. Kind of exceptional at them, I would say, because I’ve been preparing for them for a long period of time, honestly. However, if I’m going to leave after the Great ten, then I would probably like. Then I would probably study in universities in Kazakhstan, which I didn’t really want. However, this path was much easier than staying and grinding myself in an environment. On top of that, my profession was related to political science and international relations. So studying until the grade 12 in an uh, environment where it focuses heavily on. On science subjects, it was actually like really hard for me to make a final decision. By the way, I’m still figuring things out as I go along. Yeah, I didn’t make this final choice yet, however. Yet.
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I would like to describe a time when I had to make an important decision. I started thinking about a problem about two months ago, and it was related to my school education. I study at Nazarbayev Intellectual School. In our school system, we have to study until grade 12, like other schools overseas. However, in government schools in Kazakhstan, the education system lasts only 11 grades. What I couldn't really decide between was whether to stay until grade 12. If I stayed, I would have the opportunity to get into universities overseas because I know my potential. I know my extracurricular activities and my ability to write essays. I'm pretty good at them, I would say, because I've been preparing for them for a long time. However, if I leave after grade 10, I would probably study at universities in Kazakhstan, which I didn't really want. However, this path was much easier than staying and pushing myself in an environment that focuses heavily on science subjects. On top of that, my profession is related to political science and international relations. Studying until grade 12 in an environment that focuses heavily on science subjects made it really hard for me to make a final decision. By the way, I'm still figuring things out as I go along. I haven't made this final choice yet.
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