I can recall my first group assignment during my undergraduate days in the university. It was an engineering workshop project where I was the leader of my group and we fabricated a cooking stand used in most rural households in Nigeria. We had an ‘A’ in the project and I remember that we had to work as a team to get the right kinds of materials and construct the cooking stand down to the exact specifications. At that point, I had begun to understand the concept …show more content…
I have had to ‘make a fresh start’ in a system that is different from the one I grew up in. I took up various odd jobs in order to stabilize myself and I now work as a correctional officer. But that’s not where I want to end up in. I have enjoyed working in a project management environment in the past and I intend to work in this area in the future. Being faced with the challenge of living in a new environment empowered my desire to learn and strengthened my self-belief and perseverance. I am excited about the prospect of returning to higher education and completing a master’s degree to the best of my abilities. This would enhance my current academic level with advanced and newer knowledge professional