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bluedragon · 10-31-2009, 03:34 PM

Do not be afraid to leave, if you can, and use whatever advantages you can.

When I finished highschool, I thought I wanted to become an aeronautics engineer and design jet planes and spaceships. I hoped I would one day be able to fly the planes I would create. So I got accepted to INSA de Lyon, one of the most prestigious engineering university in Europe. After 2 weeks, I came back to Romania. That university was just not for me, and I wasn't meant to be an engineer. I didn't want to spend my next 5 years crunching numbers and equations. The funny thing is that 4 of the Romanian people who left with me, also came back within 1 year. Only 1 girl has stayed, and he is now in her 3rd year, but she's pretty unhappy, although she believes in the long term, life in France can be better than back home. And she was GOOD at math, she loved what she was doing.

I recommend you to listen to your heart, but also to logic, but in any case, be very clear about what you want in the long term, and if you can be happy there or not. Try everything you can to make your life better, take advantage of what can be done there, but after that, you can pack your things and go if you really think it is better elsewhere. Do not be ashamed to do this, you are not weaker if you leave, and you are not necessarily strong if you stay. You are only strong if you do what YOU decide.

10-31-2009, 03:34 PM	#13 (permalink)
bluedragon Family Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,370	Do not be afraid to leave, if you can, and use whatever advantages you can. When I finished highschool, I thought I wanted to become an aeronautics engineer and design jet planes and spaceships. I hoped I would one day be able to fly the planes I would create. So I got accepted to INSA de Lyon, one of the most prestigious engineering university in Europe. After 2 weeks, I came back to Romania. That university was just not for me, and I wasn't meant to be an engineer. I didn't want to spend my next 5 years crunching numbers and equations. The funny thing is that 4 of the Romanian people who left with me, also came back within 1 year. Only 1 girl has stayed, and he is now in her 3rd year, but she's pretty unhappy, although she believes in the long term, life in France can be better than back home. And she was GOOD at math, she loved what she was doing. I recommend you to listen to your heart, but also to logic, but in any case, be very clear about what you want in the long term, and if you can be happy there or not. Try everything you can to make your life better, take advantage of what can be done there, but after that, you can pack your things and go if you really think it is better elsewhere. Do not be ashamed to do this, you are not weaker if you leave, and you are not necessarily strong if you stay. You are only strong if you do what YOU decide.