Walking home from another school day, I could never conjecture that my parents were looking forward to sharing unexpected news with me. Those February days I used to go to an ordinary school, get marks for homework, get prepared for an English Olympiad, discuss news about football matches with my friends. Every single day was similar to the previous one. Even if it was a pleasure to live such kind of “lifestyle”, when you feel comfortable and enjoy moments that you spend with your family and friends, one thought that something's going wrong never left me. Partially I realized that I needed changes in my life then. … When I entered the house, my father met me with an enthusiastic smile. He looked at me like he had finally found that information or concept he had been looking for and announced, “Excellent news, sonny!”. It wowed me because “excellent” news could mean buying a new bicycle or a printer for my computer. However, I asked, “Oh, really? What is this?”. “You are going to study at Presidential School next year!”, he said with more conviction. I was excited because I had never heard about it before. According to its name, thoughts that this school will be on an international level came to my mind. Immediately I began searching for information about entry requirements and exams. This school was to accept 24 students for each grade from grades 5-10. While searching, I found out that Presidential School is a new-opening school with Cambridge Education System and my marks met the entry requirements. It meant that the only thing I was supposed to do was to get prepared for exams carefully. I was so inspired! Before I familiarized with information about Presidential School, the biggest priority of me had been passing tests successfully and taking the first place on the English Olympiad for the third time in a row (I won two Olympiads before). But after all, I got an extra goal, which was more perspective than that Olympiad. Anyway, I wanted to reach both goals. I had an advantage because Olympiad was going to be held 3-3.5 months before entry exams. Hence, I had quite an amount of time to prepare for both events. Logically, I started working harder for the first event, because I had just a month. At the very beginning I was so involved in this process. But after some time, I began feeling so exhaustible. It is likely that my annual participaion in these competitions affected my mental state. As I mentioned above, I needed changes then, and now I am sure I should have taken a rest from being involved in such Olympiads, and my life could become more interesting. As my preparation time came to an end, I went to the Region English Olympiad. It was held two days at the end of March. The whole two days I was worrying about the test questionnaire, marks and the final result. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to match all the test questions correctly and, accordingly, I missed my chance. Even if I disappointed my teachers and family by not meeting their expectations and not taking the first place (I took the ninth one), I wasn't so upset because my mum said to me: “Don't worry! Maybe, something better is on your way!”. I still remember these wise words. Afterwards, when I finally found teachers who were ready to prepare me, my preparation time started. Most of all I was doing Math because we were tested on this subject in the First Round. 480 students from each grade (grades 5-10) were to be selected for the Second Round. The total number of students who took exams for Grade 9 was 1025. Fortunately, I was in the 61 place and got to the Second Place! I still remember how my father embraced me and said: “Well-done! You have your English Skills to get into the number of 24 students and enter this school!” As the Second Round included tests on English, Math and Critical thinking skills, I started preparing harder and with more motivation. The whole days I was doing what I could do. But 4 days before the exam day, I got sick and poisoned by some food. I had the temperature almost 40 degrees Celsius, could consume nothing. I remember that I came home and was just lying for an hour, thinking about what to do. Like it was yesterday. Despite this, I went to the Second Round. I vomited and had no concentration during the entrance exams. I thought it could spoil everything, and so many efforts, hours that I had spent getting prepared could go down the drain just because I felt sick! I almost cried when I got home. I really was upset. Many people were sure that I would accomplish everything I set my mind to. But… I didn't want to think about anything because I was completely sure I had failed exams. But when the results were announced, I was stunned! Because it turned out that I became a student of Nukus Presidential School! You can conclude a lot from this story, but the main is to work hard and believe in yourself! As my mum said and still says to me, “Something better is on your way!”.