Akhmedov Maghrur UCO and VUM alumni

FROM DREAMS TO REALITY

I have never thought that one day my dreams come true and i will study abroad and will be part of international student community and will meet people from different parts of the world. I knew that in order to reach your goals you need to work hard, and I think that I did. During my school years I was really interested in LAnguages and diverse cultures throughout the world and these interests took me to the extra language courses English Language courses. But I don’t know why my teachers not all of them but did not really support my decision, and they told me: Why you want to study language and waste your time, the language cant give your future instead study choose something else. My friends would make fun of me like crazy boy you would never need English in your life you will never leave Tajikistan and so on. But I kept my decision which was one of the best decision I have ever made. I want to say that always keep doing the stuff you like and enjoy and this is the key to your success, on the way to success there are fails and

many challenges but never forget that after every night comes morning, always keep moving and working hard.

FACING CHALLENGES ABROAD

I got to travel abroad when I was a student at school. My travel destination was Wheeling,WV,United States to study in local high school my last school year. Until the arrival to my new home in America I was so happy because America is dream for many people and for me as well. But when my host family met me at the airport I got really strange feeling and my mind was telling me; How I need to live with the people I have never met before and for a year. To live in new community with totally different worldview and values to study in new school meet new friends get along with them.No I cant do that it is impossible. At some point I wanted to leave back to my home I felt myself really alone because it was really hard for me to get used to new community. It was my secret but one day I packed all my stuff and was ready to leave, but for a second I began to think that this is for what I was working hard many years, this was my life dream I was thinking every second and now I am giving up so easily. No I stay and keep moving forward. I had fantastic experience I got to meet new people new friends and each person is unique I learned many life lessons from them. I was covered with family love and care whole year. And I would like to express my endless gratitudes to everyone who support me. I understood that challenges never make to fail instead they make you more stronger, they make you more decisive. Every difficulty is the step for becoming more stronger personality.Being away from home makes you start appreciate what you have your family your friends your home motherland everything. We should appreciate every moment we spent with our relatives. People complain about their old house, old shoes, old phones but open your eyes look what you see around homeless people, disabled persons, people living in hunger and we complain about our old phone. Appreciate your time family and everything you have you want something more just be patient work hard and you will get it.

DISCOVERING THE WORLD WITH IET TSUC

I made another important step in my life I got excepted to university to Institute of economy and trade of Tajik state university of commerce. New life began student life new activities new people. My next goal was to participate in Erasmus program and began to prepare myself for that I. But I got some bad news due to the Covid-19 all the international programs were canceled temporary. But thanks God in the beginning of the 3rd year our university announced the call of the Erasmus program. But I got refused and I was really disappointed and talked to Head of the our IRD professor Saidqosim Mukhtorov and he told me that there is possibility for more spots but we need to wait for the partner university response. Finally after 3 months i got my Invitation for Erasmus. Next goal is reached I was given a chance to study and live in Spain for a semester with full scholarship my next educational institution is University of Cordoba (UCO).

In february I began my new adventure in beautiful Andalusia. The student life in Spain was much different them mine in Tajikistan. More freedom attendance is not mandatory got to study new totally different courses such as European protection of human rights which i enjoyed a lot. I liked how is everything organized in european universities the methods of teaching campus flexible schedules and etc. I liked the group projects you need to complete and you need to create your group in your own, which is good opportunity to make friends and meet new people from different parts of the world. I loved the international atmosphere in UCO we had students from different continents and countries such as; Argentina, Uruguay, Chile all EU member countries China, Ukraine, Russia, Japan and etc. Which was a great opportunity to learn new cultural values of these countries. The same time studying I had great adventures in Spain. Never thought that I will see the match of Real Madrid in real life, never expected to travel to Paris, Rome Portugal. Erasmus is life time experience which is impossible to forget studying and discovering the same time.

LIFE IS FULL OF UNEXPECTED SURPRISES

Usually you can participate in Erasmus only once but in October when I found out that I have one more chance to be Erasmus student I was happy like a kid. I got a chance to spend my last semester in Varna, Bulgaria. Now I am studying in Varna University of Management  again with full scholarship.

Never stop dreaming and always believe in yourself.