Great Expectations; Greater Results.

Privet! How are my readers? As I left off, I had just been allowed to attend classes at the university in Heidelberg, Germany. My professors obviously did not expect much from a woman, but I astounded them with my intelligence and deep understanding of their material. I made such an impression on them that, after three successful semesters at the university, they sent me—laden with recommendations— to the University of Berlin and the most prestigious mathematician of my time, Karl Weierstrass. Now, like the university in Heidelberg, the University of Berlin would not allow women to attend classes. In fact, it was even stricter, prohibiting women from even unofficially or occasionally going to lectures. If I really wanted to pursue my studies, I would have to be amazing. Karl Weierstrass did not take me seriously. He, like all my preceding professors, thought that a simple woman could not grasp the ideas and concepts that the men of the world so loftily debated. However, I passed his hardest tests with flying colors, and at this point, he realized that I was an intellect that he could not pass up on teaching. Due to the University's strict rules about female students, Weierstrass consented to teaching me as a personal student. Thus began my wonderful journey into much more highly advanced mathematics. Until next time, do svidaniya!