My name is Kay Khine Yee Yee Thein. I am 20 years old. I live in Yangon with my big family.
Now, I am in Responsibility Step. I would like to share with you how I faced my challenges in LP4Y. Challenges in LP4Y are harder than I expected. First of all, I want to tell you about my life before LP4Y. Before LP4Y, I was a homebody and lived in my comfort zone. I wasted my time staying in bed using my phone.
I want to improve something but I know staying in bed doesn't make my future better. Before LP4Y, I was really interested in learning French and learning from Duolingo.
I found out about this program from my friend from the church where I usually go every Sunday. I was really happy to come to the center. My grandmother expected a lot from this program. She is thinking I'm going to get a job from this program. I explained to her later it depends on my efforts. I have a big family so I have to provide for them. From my home to the center it takes around 2 hours every day by bus.
On my first day of this program, I was shocked because the Coach and Youths were greeting each other in English and I was worried whether I could do it. My worries are not yet here. After two days, foreign Catalysts came to the center. I tried my best to communicate with them. We did a lot of communication and activities. Mostly it is about our dream job and how to know our career.
Catalysts and Coaches helped me a lot with speaking English. Sometimes we laugh when we are doing something wrong, but Coaches taught us not to laugh while others are speaking English. We must encourage them. Not to rush in speaking English and to be calm. They trained us in speaking, like tenses and how to use modal verbs for our daily conversation. Because we have to communicate in English during the program. During training time, I learned how to use Google calendar, sheets and slides and how to manage my time.
From a home person to working with a team there were a lot of challenges. In LP4Y we have to work with teams. I have to communicate with my teammates. As a Learning and Development team, we have to discuss a lot. Many different opinions and many misunderstandings. About community training, we have to think about which templates we're going to use and who will search for information about the topic. My teammates were very helpful to me personally and professionally. During the first two months at LP4Y, I changed and improved some of my habits as well skills like flexibility and active listening to others, teamwork skills, management skills, and also improved self-esteem. Also I changed my morning routine, I have to get up early to go to the bus stop. Following the center's rules and regulations will improve my habits significantly.
After LP4Y, my long-term goal is to be a flight attendant. My short-term goal is to advance in English and to get a decent job.
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