This is B. Haidari, a school student who could not continue her education just like thousands of other girls after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, yet we don’t quit. Looking on the bright side, there was no school, so I started English as it is a required language in most fields of study. With tons of challenges that we were facing as girls in the Taliban’s government, I successfully finished one English study period. During this time I got a bit active and started taking part in book reading contests since books increase our knowledge. I tried participating in English speaking and writing contests in the center where I was studying English, which boosted my confidence. After this English study period, I started assisting my friends since I was in a better level of English than them. Then I took part in a TOEFL preparation class as I had in mind to take the TOEFL test. Unfortunately, due to some problems I wasn’t able to pass the TOEFL. Later, I heard about Duolingo, an exam that is easier and costs less than TOEFL. Therefore, I took part in the DET Prep Course at the Jawana Foundation. My target is to pass Duolingo with a high score because I desire to continue my education abroad through a scholarship. 

I recently started learning Chinese, and our teacher is Chinese. In a meeting with some Chinese biker tourists, who were my teacher’s guests for a little while, I got enthusiastic about sports as I heard about their experiences. The fact is that we, girls, aren’t allowed to do such activities here in Afghanistan due to the crazy limitations that Taliban put on girls. These obstacles limit us, yet it also expands our passion to independence. Those biker tourists really inspired me to study in the physical education field.