MY 42 School Piscine.
Published: 2021-05-10 11:08:06

After having thought long and hard about what to publish as a coding-related article on the site, I finally decided to go ahead and share with you my feelings on a pleasant adventure that I spent the 4 last weeks in code. The adventure was that of a test call piscine, of a wonderful school that I discovered on Facebook, The 42 School. for more info, you can follow the link https://www.42heilbronn.de/
It is in the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks. My Piscine at School 42 was an amazing and wonderful adventure for me.
This event was great, I didn't expect it at all, but it changed my life and my whole being. I have been tested on many levels and thank God I have overcome them all.
I will approach this trip in 3 different points: it will be at
### I. Give the different challenges that I had to overcome;
### II. Next, I would say the improvement that I had in certain behaviors;
### III and finally I will say how I was able to hold out to the end of this Piscine.

# I. Differents Challenges
As challenges, I had quite a few and if the other campers all started from zero I started from -2. Don't worry, I'll tell you why.
**1.** I started this Piscine (Test) with a very **low level of English**, not to say **catastrophic** hahaha. Where other campers would read and respond to the post, I needed the help of Google Translate to chat with them as I didn't understand all the terms and wanted to help them. The accents varied from person to person, so it was fun and complicated at the same time. the day before the end it was a great joy for me to hear one of my pair tell me that my level in **English** has changed a lot.
**2. The internet connection** for me was more of a challenge than being able to process the exercises. I stayed in a place for a month with all the restrictions possible (no friends, went out very limited, etc..) to be able to have at least one acceptable Piscine. This connection problem has indeed greatly delayed my Piscine since I had checked in for 4 months but I was waiting for the right moment to get started.
# II. As an improvement,
many aspects of my life have been improved:
**1. The aspect of giving and receiving**. I started by receiving because I didn't know much about the C language, then I realized that others understood less than me and that it was my responsibility to contribute. It wasn't just my coding skills that were boosted, even my sense of sharing was enhanced.
**2. I have learned a lot about humility.**
By nature I am a very humble person who learns from everyone, big or small, I was even considered a strange man who did not care for himself and did not value himself.
This experience showed me that I was made for this kind of ecosystem and that in the world of 42, only humility will one day make us very good and competent developers.


# III How I get Motivated.
I was able to reach the end of this test using these sentences
**1. The first was: "If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough." Mike Horn, adventurer.**
My dream is to wake up one day in the offices of Facebook or Google in Silicon Valley and for that, I had to pay a price and whatever that price is
The pool experience went very well but I told myself that even if the campers did not accept me and criticized my English, I was going to keep fighting to achieve my goal for me success is not only having money is also having an inspiring life. I would like to be the first Nigerian from Niger (not Nigeria from Nigeria) to work at Google and the third to pass the 42 Piscine. And for that, I was more than motivated and very convinced that I had nothing to lose.
**2. The second sentence is this: This sentence is an African proverb which says that if you want to live your old age well, you must suffer in your youth**. And here I am in my youth, I have time, not a lot of burdens, and many projects that I would like to realize before old age takes hold of me. because time flies very quickly.
**3. And finally, the last one is. “If you have to do a job, do it well and stay in it no matter how hard it is, that will make you a winner and not a loser.** That line from Rick Rigsby has helped me a lot, I like to motivate people through what I do and code in my country I would like to bring a new touch and this is only possible by going elsewhere to learn the knowledge no matter what I will never give up and that is what I did.

Here are a few words about my career at **school 42**.
In the next few days, I will share the results with you, which I firmly believe are positive.