By Klaam Meijer 18MAR16
Going to University or college is the first step to start working out your future. Deciding the right
career, where and when to go are very important things that every high school student has to
decide right after graduating. Going to college means leaving your family and start your life as an
independent person. Some students chose to leave the country and their daily accommodations,
searching for better opportunities while others decide to stay on their country to be close to
family and to collaborate in the making of a better country.
Even though Guatemala has very professional and complete universities, most of the students
decide to leave, because the Guatemalan degree is not valid in many other countries to work or
because they can get a more education. Going to other foreign countries around the world, gives
the students a wide understanding of the world. In my particular case, I decided to leave
Guatemala, and continue my professional studies in México. I want to study International Business
and even though I wanted to stay in Guatemala because of my family and friends, I had to look for
another option, because my career was not very extensive in the Guatemalan Universities. Luckily
I found a great university in México that was offering my career with an international specialty.
Going to México is not only giving me the chance to study in depth the career that I want, but is
also allowing to be closer to my family in Guatemala.
Leaving my country is going to be a big step in my life, but I know is not going to be that hard if I´m
optimistic about it. I´m to be able to share my culture with other students and also learn from
theirs.