- Hi, my name is Danica and I'm from Vietnam.
I chose Australia because my family members are here.
So I have that financial support
and physically housing and accommodation, everything here.
Also from my high school life Corinda State High School
I receive a lot of physical, mental and academic support
from the staff and all the teachers here.
The teachers here spend their lunchtime with students,
so we actually eat together, too.
For example, my English teacher, she spent her whole lunchtime
to read my assignment, to read my essay.
And I think this is something I'm so grateful about,
that they're actually spending their personal time
that I don't think they would need to do so,
but because of their integrity and responsibility over the students,
they would be willing to do so.
Throughout my high school years in Corinda State High School,
I went through a lot of character development,
mostly in communication skills
and also my willingness to be independent.
The lifelong lessons I've learned from studying in Corinda State High School
is to be initiative,
to go out and talk to other people,
so you adapt to the society
and will be able to help yourself with so many things in life.
I chose pharmacy because I think it is the intersection
between my interests, my strength, and also demands at the moment.
I think the main reason why Australia is such a good study destination
for international students is because of its education system.
It provides the facilities,
the environment for students to develop as much as possible.
Whether the international student is going to stay here in Australia
or come back to our country,
they still have that very, very good preparation
for their career in the future.