COMBINING FAMILY AND EDUCATION. INTERVIEW WITH YSU FACULTY OF BIOLOGY STUDENT

- Eliza, let us start the conversation with the traditional question related to the profession and the university. How did you "appear" at YSU biology faculty?

- Ever since my school years, I tried to study life and living organisms in detail, their physical and chemical structure, functions, and development. That desire was awakened in me thanks to my teacher, who was a role model for me. She assured me that while studying at YSU, I would study various fields of modern biology, so I chose the university without hesitation and was successfully admitted to the Faculty of Biology. My expectations were met here.

- However, from our initial conversation, it became clear that you are particularly interested in physiology among the fields of biology. Can you elaborate on what made you interested in that field?

- Of course! The field of physiology interested me because it provides an opportunity to study the mechanical, physical, and biochemical processes of living organisms as a whole. This is the reason why I decided to get narrow professional knowledge in the subjects of the Department of Human and Animal Physiology.

- Our previous interlocutors in this series of interviews had their approaches to combining education and family. I wonder how you manage to do it.

- I cannot say that combining education and family is easy, but when you want your children to have a prosperous future, you start facing difficulties and overcoming them. I have an inner conviction that it is possible to contribute to the creation of the desired future through education. I think the role of educated mothers in this matter is invaluable. Perhaps it is this idea that has inspired me for a long time not to give up and successfully combine studies and family.

- Apart from the fact that the university provided higher education for about four years, what other role did it play in your development as an individual?

- The question is relevant because the university is not just an institution that provides education. Here I have met individuals who have instilled in me lofty ideas. Thanks to communicating with them, my worldview has expanded, I have gained new knowledge, and my outlook on life, beliefs, etc. have changed.

- What plans and goals do you have in the future?

- My main goal is to become a specialist who will have comprehensive knowledge of the field, so after completing the Bachelor's degree, I intend to enrich my knowledge in the Master's degree.