Hardworking is one of many words I’ll use to describe Mensur Muzyin. In his first year in college, Mensur is intended to major in Computer and Electrical Engineering. He is from Ethiopia and has just moved to America to start college. With this change, Mensur had to adjust to the learning standards of America rather than Ethiopia. Overcoming the struggles of taking on 17 credits and working 20 hours Mensur doesn’t waste his time. So far he has done well and plans to build a strong foundation for his future career.

Some people could never guess what it’s like moving from one country to another, especially to go to school. There could be tons of barriers holding one back from fully grasping another culture. In Mensur’s case, it would be how the material is taught in the two countries. One example would be in math, in American schools PEMDAS is taught, which means parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. However, in Ethiopia BODMAS is taught, which means brackets, order, division, multiplication, addition, and subtraction. It’s a small difference compared to many others, but if one from a different country was asked to solve the American PEMDAS they wouldn’t be able to unless they did the research.

A small link could be found between Mensur’s situation and the reading “COVID-ERA College: Are Students Satisfied?” This article is about how college students feel about coming back to school during the time of covid, like are they ready to come back? Will it be easy for them? How can we help? In a case like Mensur’s, it would be easy to make sure a transition like country swapping is as smooth as possible. With the right protocols because of covid, it would be easy to set up a better system or program to welcome international students, rather than make them go through a stressful process just to get admitted, then more processes to get settled with classes.

Mensur is dedicated and focused on setting himself up for success in the future. Taking on 17 credits in school and 20 hours of work and still doing good in school with no complaints. As a student, he has a promising future ahead of him and with no doubt, he will d anything to keep up the great work.

References:

Ezarik, M. (2021, March 24). Student experiences during COVID and campus reopening concerns. Retrieved February 9, 2022, from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/03/24/student-experiences-during-covid-and-campus-reopening-concerns?utm_source=pocket_mylist