Zakharov Stanislav

Summary

Biography

        My sister Alena is a year younger than me and, despite constant arguments in our earlier years, now we are good friends ready to help each other when it is needed.

        I was an energetic and bouncy boy. I hated going to kindergarten and always ran away from there to my grandmother's place where I could run around freely and have fun climbing the trees. One of my best childhood memories is going on long bike trips with my friends around the neighborhood.

        Going to primary school didn't change me much, but my parents took control of my studies in secondary school, especially my attitude to the whole process of education, and I can well remember my father explaining me confusing topics in Math and Physics. Actually school wasn't hard for me at all, and with that new attitude built up by my parents I took it even more seriously, so starting with the 5th grade I was a representative of my school at various subject contests. School #112 could really benefit for me and my sister, so my family transferred me into a neighboring school #30. At first we didn't want to change the routine and were strongly against the transfer, but now I am grateful for my parents for the decision they made.

        Being at the new school was rather different from what we'd had before. I got into a new class and made a lot of new friends there. I didn't pay much attention to schoolwork as I was satisfied with my achievements. After a while my teachers had noticed my abilities and made me work harder. My parents were happy with that, so I finished that academic year excellently and was transferred again into a higher-level lyceum class.

        That was my high school. The demands in the new class were higher. I soon found out a lot of imperfections in my Ukrainian and English, but somehow my stubbornness prevented me from filling the gaps in. I went on representing my school at district Olympiads in Math, took history classes and went into comic shows at school (KVN) instead.

        It wasn't that long that I finished school. I got a silver medal at graduation. Maybe I could have had more I had studied there from the very beginning but I never regretted about the past so I was quite satisfied with my result. My future seemed to be interesting from now on.

        Here I need to mark that I was fond of reading while I was at school. Adventure stories and detective novels captured my mind in middle school. But when I got older I started to pay attention to more serious books. That changed my beliefs and life principles. My whole attitude to life has changed. That was my 10-11^th grade, I think, and those years have totally transformed my life goals.

        I had to face a serious problem in my 11^th grade. That was entering university and further education. The problem was in my simultaneous passion for humanitarian and technical sciences. The choice of my future profession was some sort of a sacred choice, so I was quite lost and confused. I made my decision considering the military department in DonNTU (the Don NU didn't have it), so I chose the EMA faculty, and the AUP specialty. I was lucky entering the university and that was another sign of me having made a right decision. I have never regretted the choice I made.

        When I started university I set up a few goals for myself. Firstly I wanted to be involved into various public events and secondly I thought that my grades should be excellent. But studies took a lot of time and effort although I was quite smart. It determined my further priorities. I decided to be perfect further on. During my first three years of education and college work used to be on top of my goals. I got awarded for that with diplomas from our dean Selivra and our principal Minaev.

        When I started my fourth year I got more interested in public events in university. I started publishing my works in our newspaper "Donetskiy Polytechnic" and helped the Professional Committee of Students and Aspirants of DonNTU with organizing various events.

        My attitude to life has changed once again then. I became harsher but at the same time I became more lyrical, so to say. I began reading a lot again and started writing poetry and small essays. Then it dawned on me that hard work and persistence are the key to success. It is possible to achieve anything you wish only if you put an effort in it.

        During my fifth year I started playing "What? Where? When?". This game became a part of my life. I think it was my childhood dream. There is a lot to say about it. So I will just mention that now I am a captain of a team named "Number 6". We have already achieved a lot. We placed 3^rd at the regional championship, won the Donetsk region cup, and also placed 3^rd at the Donetsk Olympic cup championship. Yet there is a lot to do yet and I believe that we won't stop here.

        I didn't doubt choosing my course work direction. He is a specialist in electric drives of cleansing machines and his name is Dubinin Sergey Vasylievitsch, a candidate of technical sciences. This direction in science seemed interesting for me, and an ambitious guide was the person I needed. So our work resulted in my taking part in student scientific conferences, publishing my research works and winning various prizes in the "Mining" competitions.

        In 2006 I have successfully passed state exams and got my bachelor's degree. I went on to a further step and applied for a master's degree to get a better education.

        What are my future expectations? Maybe that will sound too arrogant but I never make any plans for the future in order not to have any limits in my development. I try getting all I can from life. Maybe I'm sometimes wrong in setting goals and priorities but I'm strongly convinced that there is only one way I can achieve anything in this world - and this way is only ahead. You may wonder what those goals that I'm talking about are. Let me keep that in secret.