Small Town Inhabitants - Educated or Uneducated People?

Can a small town inhabitant be successful? Has a small town inhabitant a chance to burn up in the world? What is the success? What makes a person successful? What does a person need for success? What does education by success mean? What kind of possibilities has a small town inhabitant for self education? Is the"real life"going on only in big cities?-these a re the questions of the youth competition arranged in the end of last year by the UBC Commission on Education. The first prize went to Karl Haljasmets (Tartu, Estonia), second prize to Ellna Litvinova (Saldus rajons, Latvia) and third prize to Maciej fvlateusz Wencel (Gdynia, Poland). The winner of the competition Karl Haljasmets disagrees that it is much harder to achieve something in life for a small town inhabitant. Karl shows that being self-confident and determined is most important."Nothing is impossible", says Karl,"The desire to achieve something is a point". Karl has been successful in his hobby - photography. He won many competitions for students, and is a amem-ber of the International Relations Society at the Tartu University. Lately, he has had an unforgettable experience spending a day as a work shadow with Estonian Foreign Minister. Karl says that one should never be afraid of doing something ambitious, even when others do not believe in him. His key principle in life is to do things which he likes, because this is the only way to be successful. Second prize winner Elina Litvinova has also participated successfully in different contests and has a lot of hobbies. She thinks that her greatest achievement is having the wish to experience, participate and care. Elina has been active in different areas and is now studying film making and audiovisual media. All her achievements have been result of hard work, constant development and inner will.Jt is extremely important to have an idea of your life, of things that you are doing." It is very important for her to have a support from her family. She will not finish her studies after getting bachelor degree. Moreover, she wants to tell her stories in the form of film and video in future.

Third prize winner Maciej Mateusz Wencel defines"success"as evaluating possibilities, finding own goals and achieving them. Being a son of an English teacher, he started learning English already in the childhood. He has been participating in many English language contests and finally acquired the title of laureate of the nationwide English Language Olympiad. Later he has got interest to study other languages and finally linguistics. Having achieved success also in the Linguistics Olympiad, he got Poland's Prime Ministers Scolarship. Maciej agrees that he is talented, but he sees his talent as a responsibility. His dream is to be accepted at the Oxford University, and be successful in the area of linguistics and anthropology. But what he dreams of most is to use his skills and talents to provide humanity with greater knowledge about himself. More about Essays you can read on UBC website.