When I read the question, um, the final exam called Baccalaureate in my country just popped into my mind. Uh, so, um, in the final year during the final year of secondary school in my country, we have to take the baccalaureate exams. And after that, uh, you uh, you go to university. So, um, it’s very important for, uh, your your future because it will determine, uh, to which university you will go. And it was 3 years ago, uh, when I were when I was, um, eighteen years old, uh, it was hard because, uh, it was highly competitive. Uh, there were many good, uh, students uh, that were they were working hard to get scholarships and to get, uh, good scores to to to enroll in, uh, in in the best university, like, to to to study medicine, uh, to study to have to to have health studies or study engineering. Uh, so, uh, in that period, I tried to get up early, even though I’m not an early bird, I tried to, uh, to to make a schedule and organize my day. Um, I worked really hard. And finally, I had quite a good results, and I was really, uh, delighted about that. Uh, because it really causing me a normal leg.
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When I read the question, the final exam called Baccalaureate in my country just popped into my mind. In the final year of secondary school in my country, we have to take the baccalaureate exams. After that, you go to university. It's very important for your future because it will determine which university you will go to. It was 3 years ago when I was eighteen years old. It was hard because it was highly competitive. There were many good students working hard to get scholarships and good scores to enroll in the best universities, like studying medicine, health studies, or engineering. During that period, I tried to get up early, even though I'm not an early bird. I tried to make a schedule and organize my day. I worked really hard and finally, I had quite good results. I was delighted about that because it really gave me a morale boost.
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