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Who am I?
Among other things, a graduate of a Higher Technical College
The HTL1 Bau und Design is a secondary educational institution in Austria that offers an education in construction engineering and design in the form of several branches, I am a civil engineering graduate.
So what did I learn, what did I do?Within the first three years we learned ArchiCAD, in the last two years in the civil engineering branch we learned AutoCAD with the ProVI extension. Using our knowledge in hydraulic, geotechnical and survey engineering, we took part in the 2024 Bautechnikpreis, where several teams competed in a project similar to a real project, which my team won.
Interested ?We also had an extensive education in construction engineering, which was a major subject for 4 years.
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Taiwan
What exactly was I doing 9000km away from home?
I was a volunteer with the Austrian Service Abroad and served my Gedenkdienst at the Jeffrey D. Schwartz and Na Tang Jewish Taiwan Cultural Association (JTCA).
Here I educated people about Judaism and the Holocaust during museum tours, served as a waiter in the restaurant and helped my colleagues wherever I could.It gave me a chance to experience Taiwanese culture, learn Chinese and have an unforgettable time.
A year later,
currently studying at University, I look back at this time and reminisce. I miss the many people I have met there, I miss the food, I miss the language, I miss Taiwan.
It was truly a unique experience and changed my view on life.
When I first arrived at the airport and got into the Taxi, driving me to our temporary room in Ximen, I realised that now I am at the other side of the world, a kid that never left Europe before suddenly alone in a foreign country so far from home. What one feels then can only be described as a confusion between fear and fascination, envisioning the year to come and at the same time scared of the uncertainty.
This fear, however, was completely unfounded, I consider my time here now to be the most formative experience of my life, an unforgettable time, having having made new friends and experiences, for all of which I am tremendously thankful.
