The first thing I can say, that I was really amazed your comment for my article. I can remember that no one wrote any comments at last time I glanced my article. Therefore, it was surprising for your words.

Thanks for praise on my English ability. However, my article was really edited by TIG’s editors before publishing. If your English is not good, do not afraid. Let’s try to practice as much as possible. If you afraid that someone will laugh your acceptable errors, how can you make a “crazy” or “impossible” decision for your future?

This is my case. Before I decided to left my university, I had really felt afraid that I would fail or something very terrible. I was very lucky that I could share my opinion with a friend who was three-year student. Although she did not sure what I wanted to do, but she always encouraged and believed me. That was enough; I did not need all people sympathized with me. I have a supporter, and I would demonstrate for her that I am right.

However, before I decided to leave school, I had also tried my best to adapt with my school. I worked as freelance volunteer for Stock Market Club although no one offered me that job. In the recreation, I went to every faculty to announce news and mobilize new members for club. I also designed and distribute Club’s bulletin to every student in order to help promoting Club. Although some student interested and joined in Club, but I realized that something was wrong. The Board of Administrator did not dynamic and vision as I thought. My friends wondered what I was doing, and they thought I was crazy. They laughed me when I told them my dream, my opinion about education, youth, and career. That was enough! They did not need to know more as themselves. I believed that I could prove the value and trust of my opinion. I prepared a plan to leave my school.

You know, I had prepared for my decision. Do not think that you can make an important decision without any preparation.

By a chance, I accessed in an IT forum. From that, I participated in a technology seminar that was organized by youth that inspired me interesting IT field. That seminar helped me not only learning about new objects of IT field but also giving me an initiation for study. That was group study.

You need to know that when I chose to study IT with faculty was networking, I faced with a big obstacle was money. I might pay about 5000 USD or more for first two levels of my target certificates. I was not a rich student. I had had to find a solution overcoming this problem. The group study was a good initiation for my case. Accessing other IT forums to learn how I could establish and manage a group, I gained more knowledge for my first plan.

I started my plan by publishing a call for group study on IT forum. I had receipted many replies from students, even some employee from the big companies also interested

From a meeting in a café shop, my group was established with the name Net 5 -1. Net implied for Networking, 5-1 was 5 boys and 1 girl. We were also supported from VNPro Company and two mentors. Our mentors help us answering the problems in curriculums. VNPro provided room and devices for our study. We went to VNPro every morning Sunday to study theory or practice. That was happy time that I felt a bright future was opening in front of us.

Moreover, many people had followed my way. Many study-groups was created and operated effectively. This way helps “poor students” like me approaching with the new and modem technologies. Therefore, we could meet the requirement of IT labor market in order to get a good job after graduating (of course I will never graduate because I study all courses myself ^^cheer!). My action had inspired other ones, this was very important for me.

Okay! Go back my plan to leave university. After I could earn money to cover my everyday needs, I though that I needed to implement my decision. My parents and my sisters had already known my intention, but they always opposed it. Ignore them, I phoned to my parents and said that I had left my school. Although they understood that I would do that, but it was really a shock for them. In my oldest sister’s letter, she told that my mother had cried so much because of my decision. Insight me, I always sorry with my parents, but I understood that if I did not carried out my decision now, I would pay a dearly for my future. I have heard many people regretted about their youth, I never wanted to follow them.

Dear Duc Vinh Tran,

Up to now, my parents still remind me that they have very disappointed with my decision. Why? Because they like I become an official employee with the warrant of retirement. Sometime they compared me with a banker and said that if I did not leave my school…What do you feel in this situation?

To me, I understand that my challenges just start. I need to achieve more successful in order to demonstrate that I am right. Moreover, I have to inspire other ones, give them an advice or strength in order to overcome their problems.

Dear Tran Dieu Huyen,

I understand your situation, let’s e-mail for me. I willing share you my ideas and experiences to help you overcoming your obstacles.

Now, I want to share you an inspired article that I just read. Hope that you will be inspired by it: http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html