{"id":85,"date":"2021-10-17T21:40:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T04:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/houp\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2021-10-17T21:40:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T04:40:18","slug":"jenn-lin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/houp\/archived-interviews\/jenn-lin\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenn Lin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cPart of the benefit of going to university and putting yourself in new situations is that you do learn a lot about yourself. Even when I had failed all these courses and was forced to withdraw, I was already planning and thinking about how I was going to come back! I was so insistent on graduating. That\u2019s not to say that I don\u2019t believe in quitting when it\u2019s the best decision, but for me, it\u2019s extremely hard to let go of something without giving it a fair shot.<\/p>\n

I never bothered to tell my parents that I got kicked out of school, even after I graduated. At the time, I told them I was just taking a year off, because that was easier. But now I look back and wish that I had been more honest and vulnerable with them, so that they\u2019d have more insight into who I really am. I think that in life, what\u2019s more impressive than your initial and individual success, is how you handle the inevitable challenges that come your way, and how well you build a team around you who will continue to support and help you succeed in the future.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t imagine what it\u2019s like for students these days, trying to complete nearly 100% of their courses online; it was hard enough for me to learn when I sat through my lectures in person. I realized that it was always harder to retain any material if I didn\u2019t have any real personal connection to it. It just didn\u2019t stick for me; I didn\u2019t care. I only got through my courses because of the friends that helped me laugh, the professors I had gotten to know, and the clubs and study groups I committed to joining.<\/p>\n

In university, the problem I wanted to solve was the feeling of disengagement and disconnection within our department. I never wanted anyone to feel the way that I felt, so I used any skill and any means I had at my disposal to solve for that. There is always a solution if you want to find it bad enough. It sounds like something I magically did on my own, but honestly, had it not been for the encouragement of the people around me, the outcome would have been very different.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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