A risk I’ve taken in life is, uh, the stream that I’ve chosen for my higher, secondary of schooling. So what I’ve chose was the maths stream, and I was really confused if I should go for maths of Commerce you know, I spend a lot of time thinking about it. I even went to teachers, spent time with my parents, ask consultants if I should go for maths or commerce. I was reading a split mind. Uh, since the young age, I’ve always wanted to do mechanical engineering, go for more design. And for that, maths was really important, but at the same time, I knew for a fact, math would get harder. And then commerce might have a scope in the future, and then it might be a little bit easier on me. Uh, it won’t take us told him my stress. But then 2 years later, I’ve, you know, I’ve passed my 12. I’m gonna start college I would say that, yeah, it was worth the risk. I can do what I I want now. I can pursue my career that I’ve always had an interest in. That was designing, and then I didn’t have to change my course entirely over that one decision. So, yeah,
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A risk I've taken in life is the stream that I've chosen for my higher secondary schooling. So what I chose was the maths stream, and I was really confused if I should go for maths or Commerce, you know. I spent a lot of time thinking about it. I even went to teachers, spent time with my parents, asked consultants if I should go for maths or Commerce. I was really split-minded. Since a young age, I've always wanted to do mechanical engineering, go for more design. And for that, maths was really important. But at the same time, I knew for a fact math would get harder, and then Commerce might have scope in the future, and it might be a little bit easier on me. It wouldn't take as much stress. But then 2 years later, I've passed my 12th. I'm gonna start college. I would say that, yeah, it was worth the risk. I can do what I want now. I can pursue my career that I've always had an interest in, which was designing, and then I didn't have to change my course entirely over that one decision. So, yeah.
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