19/10/2025
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As I lead this team, I often have small talks with them about swimming and how it helped me achieve my dream of finishing my chosen course and attending my dream school through scholarships, I finished Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Mapรบa.
My swimmers range from ages 10 to 17. Some of them are already thinking about what college to attend or how they can use swimming to get into college. So, three days ago, I gave them a small homework assignment with two questions:
1. ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ค๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐?
2. ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐, ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐?
The next day, I received 12 papers. To my surprise, many of them took my small talks to heart. Reading their answers made me emotional, but above all, proud. It felt amazing to know that I had helped open their eyes to the bigger picture.
๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐:
โ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ. ๐๐ค๐ฌ, ๐'๐ข ๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ง ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐จ๐ข ๐จ๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ.โ
โ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข ๐ค๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐. ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐จ๐ช๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐.โ
โ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ. ๐๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ 1 ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ.โ
โ๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐จ, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐. ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐จ๐ช๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ.โ
โ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐. ๐๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐.โ
๐๐ค ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐จ:
Most of the swimmers got into the sport through family influence, for health reasons, or simply to try something new. Over time, many of them developed a deep love and passion for swimming.
Their future goals are inspiring, most hope to use swimming to earn scholarships and pursue higher education. A few even dream of competing internationally, becoming professional swimmers, or coaching in the future to give back to the sport.
For them, swimming is no longer just an activity. It has become a stepping stone toward their academic, athletic, and personal dreams.
๐๐ค ๐ข๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ง๐จ,
๐โ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ. ๐๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ.
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