Martin, 18, is a student from Argentina. Here he talks about what it’s like to gain an education in Argentina, why FutureLearn is different from other learning platforms and how the courses he has taken have helped him to prepare for his upcoming university degree.
“Here in Argentina education is something that you can use as a shield. Finding a good quality education in primary and secondary school is not something that’s very easy but if you put your best effort in to improve yourself and engage with the learning process you will find satisfaction.
I love to learn and improve my wellbeing and knowledge, I want to expand my horizons. I try to study as much as possible and I try to understand and learn as much as possible too. I have a real interest in topics like migration, diplomatics, cultures, globalization, human rights and international law. I would like to work in humanitarian risk zones or conflict zones. I finished secondary school just a few weeks ago and I am going to study international relationships at University in February.
I discovered FutureLearn on the first day of my summer holidays started and on this day when I was supposed to start resting I registered and started studying again. I have done courses which, here in my town in the north of Argentina, I would never have been able to find because of the lack of educational resources, information and quality here.
I am very pleased to have found FutureLearn because I have started to specialise myself in international studies, something that I love, and the courses I am taking are useful in every sense because they help me to understand the world, the theories and the facts but at the same time the courses improve and they satisfy my personal interest.
Doing courses can be really difficult because most learning platforms are for people who have already studied something or work on the topic but FutureLearn is different, it gives opportunities to all of us!! It is a different platform...It’s very sophisticated, educational, fun and is a tool for dialogue, which is something that is not found every day.
FutureLearn gives you the opportunity to have a Certificate of Achievement if you like. I have upgraded two courses, my first two courses, Why Do People Migrate? and Desigualdades en América Latina y el Caribe. I am really happy because they prove my understanding in the area. My certificates will help me to find work because these course with great universities give you a push, it opens doors and one day when I present my certificates from FutureLearn in interviews they will say “Hired!”
For anybody who is not learning here, I really have to say that it is a great opportunity to expand your horizons!! I encourage all of you, all the ones who love to learn, who love to understand and love to discover new worlds.”
Inspired by Martin’s story?
Take a look at the courses he upgraded:
Why Do People Migrate?
Desigualdades en América Latina y el Caribe
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