These are important tips. They will surely help anyone on this similar journey. I like how you stuck to your values and what aligned to them.that you associated with only. Many fall out in school because they fail to stick to their values.

This was possible because I am a strong willed person. If I don't want to do a thing, then nothing under heaven would get me to do it.

I like this statement. I told myself that if I don't want to do something, then I shouldn't let anyone coerce me into it.