A Journey of a Graduate of an Educational Innovation and Leadership Master's Program
Claudette Mandzo, a student from Cameroon, graduated from an Educational Innovation and Leadership Master's program at Tallinn University. After successfully completing her studies, we asked her about the biggest challenges she faced at the beginning of her studies, as well as her plans for the future.
Once I saw the course program on the website, I was already excited and anxious to improve my professional life as a teacher, but I was afraid I would not enjoy my stay in Tallinn University since it was a completely new place for me.
Getting to Tallinn my fear was changed to hope and I knew it is a place to stay, not only is it a place to foster my career but also a place to develop my skills and competencies in the society as a whole.
Though I had numerous challenges at the beginning where I almost went back to my country but with the help of the lecturers and friends I developed the courage to hold on to a still voice in my head that said “I must keep going”.
It was that still voice that said, “Nothing is a failure if it is not final”. That voice that also said, “Get out of bed, keep going and don’t quit!”. All these sayings helped me to go through successfully.
Tallinn University is so welcoming, and the people are friendly and ready to help at times that they can. All that I have learned and acquired I will use it in my home country to improve in my instruction and contribute to building a better educational system from the classroom level.
