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Stuck in the Wrong School, Surrounded by the Wrong Crowd – My Senior Year Regret

Muhamed Maxhuni — Fri, 15 May 2026 19:56:37 +0000

I am at the end of my school year, and I have like two more weeks until summer holidays, so I won't be able to be as active in my cybersecurity career. In these two weeks, I will have exams almost every day.

I am also assigned to read three books from my literature professor. The reason is that my literature teacher didn't count my last two books, so I have to read other books. He asks really specific questions that catch me off guard. We learned about writers like Charles Dickens last month, and we had to report a book from one of those writers. I didn't have time to read a new book, but I remembered that I actually read the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens when I was in seventh grade, so I reported that. For some reason, he decided to ask me questions—he didn't ask anyone before me—and I didn't remember anything at all. As I said, he asks very specific questions. He didn't count it, so now I have to read another book.

The same thing happened two months ago. I reported a book that was assigned to the class at the start of the year, but I had reported something else instead. So when I reported that book later this year, he didn't count it. Now I am stuck here and have to read three books before Monday and complete an exam, not to mention other exams I have in other subjects.

My literature professor is not some idiot or some asshole professor who just has some degree and is completely ignorant. No. He is a highly intelligent intellectual who writes books, reads books every single day, and is deeply in love with books. He is also a translator. His name is Besnik Jaha. As far as I am concerned, he is not a public figure.

Anyway, my next school year is my senior year. I have one big regret, though. I chose the wrong school. Two years ago, I wanted to become an Islamic scholar, so I enrolled in an Islamic school—the only one in the capital of Kosovo. Now I have to go and study subjects that I already know. I have studied them voluntarily before coming to this school, so in class I am not the most active. I studied a different Islamic school of thought, which any Muslim with some Islamic knowledge would recognize. I am tired of learning things I am not interested in. I really want to change schools, but there are not many good options, and convincing my parents is a challenge itself.

In Kosovo, I am surrounded by narrow‑minded people. I need to change environment, but for now I am stuck.

I was also going to talk about a summer project that I am planning on, but that's for another day.

Learning progress Pt.9

Muhamed Maxhuni — Fri, 15 May 2026 19:43:39 +0000

Daily learning part 9

Today I started at 17:00 and finished at 22:00. I completed one JavaScript section - JS DataTypes. Then I made simple scripts in JavaScript to practice my knowledge. I also wrote a blog post which I saved as a draft. It still needs some modifications but soon I will post it. Afterwards I completed the rest of Exploring Network With Cisco Packet Tracer and did the exam, which I passed with 100%. Here:

And also got the certificate:

Learning Progress Pt.8

Muhamed Maxhuni — Thu, 14 May 2026 19:38:50 +0000

Daily learning part eight

Today I started learning at 17:00 and finished at 21:40. Started by completing a JS Math section which was pretty easy but then came the JS RegExp section. It was pretty hard to be honest, especially because I have never seen anything like it before. When I learned Python I didn't have anything like that. I still need more reviewing in this section. Anyways, after that I realized that I am pretty close to finishing the course and still haven't practiced much of what I learned, so I started doing simple projects—not too complex, just for refreshing my memory. I also finished 2 sections of the second module in the Cisco Packet Tracer course. And the last thing I did was watch some videos on bug bounty and hacking documentaries.

Learning Progress Pt.7

Muhamed Maxhuni — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:47:51 +0000

Daily learning part seven

Today I started at 17:30 and ended at 22:00. I completed three JavaScript sections: JS Sets, JS Maps, and JS Iterations. Then I finished a module in the Cisco Networking Academy course - Exploring Networking with Cisco Packet Tracer - where I learned how to connect devices using wireless technologies. I also spent some time practicing curl, and actually building the crt.sh queries myself. After that I watched a few bug bounty and web hacking videos, and recompleted some older Information Disclosure labs just to make sure I still had the techniques down.

Learning Progress Pt.7

Muhamed Maxhuni — Tue, 12 May 2026 20:33:37 +0000

Daily learning part seven

I started learning today from 17:00 till 22:00. I finished 2 sections of JavaScript Temporal(which I left in half) and Arrays. I explored my career options and then I did another lab on Information Disclosure. In this lab I had to find a forgotten admin password that was stored in a .git directory that everyone could see. To get the password I downloaded the repository using wget and looked at the commit history with the command git log -p. I logged in as administrator and deleted the required user. Solved. I also watched a tutorial that showed how to use the Wayback Machine to access 404 pages.

I am sorry I didn't post on Sunday and Monday, I wasn't at home and couldn't access my laptop. I plan to do better.

Learning Progress Pt.6

Muhamed Maxhuni — Sat, 09 May 2026 19:10:56 +0000

Daily learning part five.

Today I started learning at 16:20 and finished at 20:00 with short breaks. I spent the time building different directory enumeration tools with Python. After that, I completed half of a JavaScript Temporal section-this section is twice as long as a normal one. Then I did some research on information disclosure vulnerabilities. I usually can't study on weekends because I'm not at home or the student residence, so I try to make the weekdays count.

Learning Progress Pt.5

Muhamed Maxhuni — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:09:13 +0000

Daily learning part 5.

Today I studied from 19:00 to 22:00. I had to go back to my home because I live in a student residence. I completed two sections of JavaScript: JS Scope and JS Dates.

Learning Progress Pt.4

Muhamed Maxhuni — Thu, 07 May 2026 20:25:17 +0000

Daily learning part four.

Today I started learning at 17:00 and finished at 22:20 with very short breaks. The first thing I did was complete a JavaScript Objects section. After that, I spent the rest of my day learning and completing the challenges in Getting Started with Cisco Packet Tracer. I finished the full course and then took the Cisco exam, on which I scored 100%.

It might be a small thing, but I'm glad I did my best.
The second module took me the whole day to complete, but I got through it. Here is my certificate:

Learning Progress Pt.3

Muhamed Maxhuni — Wed, 06 May 2026 21:21:26 +0000

Part 3 of my daily learning blog.

Today I started learning at 17:00 and finished at 21:00 with very short breaks. First, I completed the rest of the JavaScript section I left unfinished yesterday. After that I didn't touch the course but reviewed my previous lessons to reinforce my knowledge. Then I went and completed the first of the two modules in the Getting Started with Cisco Packet Tracer course. I spent my day navigating through Packet Tracer. I built a simple home network and then completed a Cisco PTTA. I wish I had heard of Cisco Packet Tracer sooner. It's an amazing application and it has pretty much everything to build real-world skills. Anyway, this was my learning progress for today and I plan to learn more tomorrow.

Learning Progress Pt.2

Muhamed Maxhuni — Tue, 05 May 2026 18:22:53 +0000

Part 2 of my Daily learning
Today I started learning at 17:20 and ended my study at 22:00. The first thing I did today was build a simple subdomain enumeration tool. After finishing that tool, I moved to continuing my JavaScript course by completing JavaScript Numbers and half of the JavaScript Functions section in https://www.w3schools.com/js. To be honest, I had a tough time in bitwise operations. I also wanted to make my skill level better because I have learned a lot of theory but I have a lack of skill that's why I joined Cisco Network Academy - Getting Started with Cisco Packet Tracer. I installed Cisco Packet Tracer and enrolled in the course but I had a problem with loading the videos. Finally I completed two Information Disclosure labs in https://portswigger.net. I would say I had a pretty successful day.

Learning Progress Pt.1

Muhamed Maxhuni — Mon, 04 May 2026 19:42:35 +0000

This is Part one of my daily blog.

Today I started learning at 17:00 because of school and continued until 22:00 with short breaks. I would say I had 3 focused hours. I completed 3 sections in the W3Schools JavaScript course: JavaScript If...Else, JavaScript Loops, and JavaScript Strings. After that, I completed 2 Information Disclosure labs, and that's about it. I hope I can learn more in the coming days.

My ambitions.

Muhamed Maxhuni — Mon, 04 May 2026 18:53:16 +0000

I am a 16-year-old from Kosovo learning cybersecurity. I have 18 months and 3 weeks from now to move out of my parents' house. I have basic networking skills and basic Linux skills. I learned Python but I am bad at scripting. I also learned basic HTML just to understand it for Information Disclosure vulnerabilities. I am learning JavaScript at the moment and planning for the next 6 months to build a strong foundation in programming languages and scripting.My plans are simple. I want to go to college in the US for IT, after that, I want to land a high-paying job in the US and eventually come back to Kosovo.