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that I know what I want to study when I  graduate from school do you want to know
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really of course I want to  know what will you study
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I want to be a teacher just like you  how did you become a great teacher
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thanks for that well it was not easy son
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but I think it's important you know this  story how I got to graduate from college
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well it all began when I was at the high school  the last year to be exact ly I was not sure about  
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what I wanted to study then I mean what career  to study so I decided not to study for the moment
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I started working hard to save money so I kind  of study a professional career later I had a  
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lot of different jobs son I was a carpenter  an assistant a bricklayer a seller a waiter
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well I had to work hard for some  years but unluckily I couldn't  
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save enough money to start studying  it was not easy I had to work all  
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day to pay the rent wood and many other  different things because I lived alone  
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but one day that changed I was spending too much  time working and I could never save any money  
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I had studied in an Institute I studied  English and then I started teaching English
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but my salary was not so good I didn't  earn enough to pay the University  
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but one day I decided I was going to start  no matter what and maybe you're asking how
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well I didn't even know how I went to the  admission office and asked for information  
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about a career they gave me all the  information it was not cheap at all
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I still didn't know how I was  going to pay for my studies  
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but I took the exam anyway I mean  the University admission test  
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I passed that test and I got a vacancy I was so  happy even when I didn't know how I would pay
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Oh but before that I forgot to tell you  before I took my exam I told you I want  
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to ask for information well there was a woman  who interviewed me to know my scale of payments
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she asked me a lot of questions questions like  where do you live what do you do for a living  
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who are your parents what are your plans  for the future how much do you earn a month
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you know I come from a poor City my parents  are poor and we went through difficult times  
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I explained that to the woman who was  interviewing me she was a psychologist
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and then she told me something that was  going to change the course of my life  
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she told me you shouldn't study at this University  
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you are poor and you don't earn enough  money you should go to a public university
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I was like I didn't know what to answer she  continued you better go to a public university  
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because you won't be able to pay for this one  you will have a lot of problems you can't do it
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I was shocked by what she had told me I always  wanted to go to that University because I knew  
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it was one of the best in the country of course it  was not cheap but I wanted to study there anyway
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and when she said you can't do it I felt terrible  I felt that all my dreams were collapsing  
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that day I went to my apartment and I was thinking  about what she had told me I was so depressed
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but then I got angry just because she told me  I couldn't I wasn't going to listen to her am  
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I right well the next day I went back  to the office and paid to take my test
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as I told you before I passed the test and I was  in I was very happy but I still didn't know how I  
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was going to pay for the University I think that  psychologists motivated me to take that decision
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yeah I mean she told me I couldn't do it and  I didn't like what she said so I did it I know  
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I know I know that sounds crazy but it really  happened that's how my professional life started
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happily I had a credit card the bank had given  to me some months before so I asked for a loan  
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and they gave it to me that's how I could pay  the University but it was a lot of money anyway
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the money I earned every month wasn't enough  by my second year of college I already owed  
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the bank a lot of money so I have to find a  solution otherwise I couldn't continue studying
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I investigated a lot to find a solution  then I find out that the University was  
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given a scholarship but this scholarship was  only for the best students in the University  
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Anna was not the best in fact
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when I was at the school I failed maths many times  and I had to go to the summer school to fix it  
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I was not a good student but I had to do it this  time I had no option I had to be the best student
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if I wanted to continue studying I had to  become the best student and have high grades  
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it was not easy but I had to do it anyway so I  decided to work really hard to reach that goal
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and you know what the worst thing was that I had  to be the best student and work at the same time  
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yeah I had to keep working as a teacher to pay  the university the bank loan and all my stuff
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I spent a lot of nights studying hard sometimes  I didn't sleep because I had an important exam  
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the next morning I had to get a perfect score if  I wanted to get that scholarship it was not easy
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I didn't eat well remember I lived alone and most  
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of the times I didn't have enough  time to cook some healthy food  
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so I sometimes just fry something to it  or ordered something to eat for delivery
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but all those efforts one day ped off seriously  I worked hard and I became the best student in  
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the University I got the scholarship even  when I had always been the worst student
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can you believe it I graduated  from University and now here I am  
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I am a licensed English teacher I earn enough  money to pay the rent and everything I'm so happy
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I just want to tell you that if you want  something to happen don't just wait for it  
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to happen do something about it whatever but  try to do something you can do it I trust you
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that story was amazing thank you Dad I  promise I will work hard to reach my dreams
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I'm sure you will I trust you  don't give up you can do it  
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I hope you liked this story if you could improve  your English a little more please subscribe to  
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the channel and share this video with a friend  thank you very much for your support take care
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