Adnane Chantaf

 "Failure gives you two choices: stay where you are or become the person you're capable of being." People often see the result but rarely the journey behind it. Today, I'm an English teacher with a Bachelor's degree in English Studies and a TEFL teaching certificate. I teach students from different backgrounds and help them achieve goals they once thought were impossible. But my journey didn't begin with success. It began with failure. The Day I Scored 4/20 I still remember my first year of high school, the first time English became one of my school subjects. Walking into the classroom, I had no idea what to expect. The teacher spoke almost entirely in English. Every lesson sounded like a foreign language which, of course, it was. I understood almost nothing. When the first exam came, I scored 4 out of 20 . I was disappointed, embarrassed, and frustrated. After class, I gathered enough courage to speak with my teacher. I explained that this was my first year s...

Learning Before Making Introduction: A Simple Goal That Changed Everything For a long time, I had a clear goal in mind: I wanted to build financial independence and create a meaningful future for myself. When I entered university, I chose English Studies. At the time, it seemed like a simple academic path. But for me, it was more than that it was a tool. A way to access opportunities, improve communication, and connect with a wider world. What I didn’t realize then was that learning a language alone would not be enough to reach the goals I had in mind. Realizing That Learning Alone Is Not Enough As I progressed in my studies, I started to understand something important: language opens doors, but skills build results. If I wanted to become an entrepreneur and build something meaningful, I needed more than academic knowledge. I needed to understand how business actually works. That realization changed the direction of my learning completely. By day, I focused on my university studies. By...