I’m going to share with you one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life. It was after the first round of high school and it was a turning point in my life. I was going to decide what was going to be my next high school. I tried my best for the entrance exam of all the schools. I think it was about 10th in the ranking of best high school. That was my goal. I reached it, but I reached not only that, but I reached for the first one. I got accepted to the best high school in my country. The decision that I made was to go to that high school. It’s true that I was trying for the 10th one, but at the end of the day it was the best high school. It may be a little hardship and the best high school of course wants the best students. Of course it’s very difficult to advance as a good student in there. But I made that decision based on the environment and the people who are there. People who are studying in the best high school are of course the best and I wanted to be the best. It was a really good decision. I made it about 10 years ago. When I just started high school, I was about 15 years old. It was one of the best decisions of my life because it shaped the path and career that I am in now. The start of my career where I learned about artificial intelligence and other stuff that lead to me being a machine learning engineer was started at DATA school. It was a turning point and I’m very happy about the decision I made.
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I'm going to share with you one of the best decisions I've made in my life. It was after the first round of high school, and it was a turning point in my life. I had to decide what my next high school would be. I tried my best for the entrance exam of all the schools. I think I ranked about 10th among the best high schools. That was my goal. I reached it, but I not only reached that, I aimed for the first one. I got accepted to the best high school in my country. The decision I made was to go to that high school. It's true that I was initially aiming for the 10th one, but at the end of the day, it was the best high school. It may have been a little challenging, and the best high school, of course, wants the best students. It is very difficult to advance as a good student there. But I made that decision based on the environment and the people who were there. The students studying at the best high school are, of course, the best, and I wanted to be among them. It was a really good decision. I made it about 10 years ago. When I just started high school, I was about 15 years old. It was one of the best decisions of my life because it shaped the path and career I am in now. The start of my career, where I learned about artificial intelligence and other subjects that led to me becoming a machine learning engineer, began at that school. It was a turning point, and I'm very happy about the decision I made.
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