'Grad school has been full of the challenges and setbacks that every student is well aware of, but my path to this point has made one thing clear: My fear of failure not only limited me, but kept me from achieving my goals.' ScienceWorkingLife
I was on a long-haul trucking trip, somewhere between Mississauga and Montreal, but my mind was elsewhere. I was thinking about my personal journey and wondering whether this was my future. I had dropped out of university, and now I was riding with a family friend who owned a trucking company to see whether this might be a viable career option for me.
Then, my parents divorced. Torn between wanting to be with my mother, who moved to Canada alone with no support, or with my beloved aging grandfather in Pakistan, I moved back and forth but became depressed and struggled with my academics. I barely graduated from high school and enrolled at the only university that offered me a spot, feeling that I had already failed.
To get back on track, I needed to redo grade 12. I took a full course load while continuing to work enough part-time hours at Home Depot and Walmart to help pay the bills. After graduating from high school , I began a university engineering co-op program, in which I would work as a paid intern every alternate term, allowing me to keep my student loans in check while continuing to help support my family.
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