The Autobiography

Briefly about myself.

My name is Grigorjev Alexey Alekseevich, I am the 5-th year student of DonNTU. I am studying on the speciality «Power and mechanical systems of the mining and ore dressing equipment» on chair «Power and mechanical systems» faculty EMA (Power, Mechanics and Automatics). Besides I am the student of the French Technical Faculty. The mean score during study has averaged 4,5.

My father, Grigorjev Alexey Alekseevich, he is an engineer, the native of Donetsk, he graduated from DPI, my mother is Grigorjeva Lydia Afanasjevna - a bookkeeper, she comes from Kursk area. I was born in Donetsk on March, 28, 1984.

In the early childhood I visited kindergarten ¹6 «Little Birch». There I learned to read, write by « printed letters » and learnedthe first words in English. Though I studied not only in a kindergarten, but also at home. Besides my parents sent me to recreation center named after Kalinin that was in the neighbourhood, on lessons on English for children. In summer I leaft for my grandmother to the village and I safely forgot everything.

For some reasons I went to school (School ¹59) right away to the second form. Maybe for the reason that there was a preparatory group in the kindergarten, but may be counting upon the mysterious fourth form for some reason was missed by many coevals from parallel forms. In any case from school I’ve still had only the warmest afterglows. No, it does not mean at all, that I studied perfectly well and I have always everything right. Simply even "annual" Ñ, quarrels with schoolmates and scoldings from teachers, even those negative moments which seemed to me awful at and irreparable that moment now I call  to mind with a smile and an easy sadness.

My first teacher was Tatyana Ivanovna Lapina, a very good person and a teacher. She taught us from the first up to the fourth form and taught us to read, write and to count. Then she passed on the baton our education in skilful hands of Larisa Aleksandrovna Muzhetskaya, the teacher of mathematics. Just because of her I considered mathematics my favourite school subject. But it did not add diligence in study and consequently different dithings happened. My favourite subjects were also the History and English. The first subject I liked thanks to Alexander Aleksandrovich Pavlik's fascinating stories, second one owing to to professionalism and insistence Nina Afanasjevna. Some warm words to address of all teachers of our school in general would be desirable to tell. I am deeply convinced I  am lucky beacose such remarkable teachers were engaged in my upbringing and education.

Simultaneously with studies I was engaged also in other kinds of «out-of-school» activity: poker-work in club «Brigantina» (in 8-9 years), dances in dance club «TIP-TOP» (at the age of 10-12), I took part in performance «About Fedot of the good shot…» (L.Filatov). In the House of Creativity of Children and Youthes of the Kievsky district I was actively  engaged in a vocal and the play on the six-string guitar under the direction of remarkable teachers of Raisa Fedorovna and Anzhelika Anatoljevna Lysenko and Eugeny Aleksandrovich Shtepa. During this period I frequently sang and played in public, sometimes together with ensemble, sometimes as the soloist and as souvenirs I obtained various diplomas at times. So, in 1999 I was awarded with the diploma for the III place at city competition of performers of romance «Nightingales Sing and Cry». In November, 2000 I participated in the nation-wide festival of the academic singing «Ukrainian Belkanto» and also I was awarded with the diploma…

Then there were rather complex and confusing last year at school, obscure twelve mark system, battles for semestrial grades, «terrible» final examinations, the farewell - triumphal final party traditionally prolonged till dawn.

In July, 2001 I entered the Donetsk National Technical University. First after interview I was accepted on one speciality I till now know only that it's called "TTR", and then on other one by results of examinations, that I study until now. As for me that was a small surprise and the big joy - I did not prepare almost for entrance examinations, you see. Many of my schoolmates visited preparatory courses at DonNTU, however I didn’t manage to do it because of the reasons which were not my fault.

The first impressions did not justify expectations, because my ideas about studying at University were formed under influence of the Hollywood movies. But actually I faced with boring lectures, uncomfortable class rooms, complex tasks, everlasting running between the academic buildings. In addition from the first days of studying some professors clearly let know that they not consider the first-year students as a personalities. In general, firstly I had ideas of type: A nightmare! Where have I got? And the more so I had good luck not to live in a hospice…

My main achievement was, in my opinion, entrance itself. All  the hobbies I had during the school period, somehow theyreceded gradually into the background. The studying got the first place. It was during the first - second yeares. Then whether subjects became easier, whether I began to get used to the educational process, who knows? But spare I’ve got more spare time, and I began to play in a little-known group « Out of control ». We even recorded some songs and had time to play in tolkienists’ party. It looks like these guys were very pleasant to ring chain armours and to brandish the aluminium swords to the accompaniment  of  our music. Yes, there was entertaining periode. In the same time I decided to go in for sports and joined fitness gym. There I trained for two years off and on, and then the administration has declared closing club.

In my nearest plans are to finish study and to find a well-paid job. Further I plan to enter for in absentia branch to receive the second higher education. It would be desirable to visit certainly abroad, and not only to visit monuments of the European culture and history, but also to live and work, to feel the present European. Unfortunately it is difficultly to plan such things, but I think, if such opportunity occurs - I shall not miss it.