It is through life that you discover the "me." Every action and reaction develop who you as a person and how the "me" will continue to evolve. Being only nineteen, I am not fully confident I can tell you who exactly I am or who I will become, but I do feel confident that I can tell you what my inherit characteristics are and who I aspire the "me" in me to be.
If someone were to describe water with personification they would be characterizing me. I am flexible like the waves, but as determined and passionate as a hurricane. Most parents pass on a hair or eye color, but I inherited the drive to succeed. Every challenging moment in my life, I have persevered and come out of it stronger than before. When I was diagnosed with FSHD at the beginning of this year, I didn't let it destroy me.
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"Why can't I look into the sun?" "but, why is the sky blue?" and as expected, my parent's simplistic answers never pleased me. This intrinsic characteristic has never diminished, I still maintain that insatiable curiosity and a yearning to learn about anything and everything. I can physically and mentally not control my thought process from craving the most minute details of the most simple problems. It is this characteristic that has developed my passion for research since matriculation. Beginning undergraduate research this past spring, has quickly become on of my favorite pastimes due to it feeding that intricate analytical part of my brain. I cannot help but get excited when I discover a small error or fact that completely changes the route of my study. I've always been odd in that way, I get pleasure out of knowing or discovering things. I very easily get wrapped up in an idea and can spend hours googling information random facts and statistics. I refuse to accept the easy answer, I need thorough, not superficial, understanding, and this is what further drives me towards my educational goals and allows me to be a deep and creative
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I lived a simple, normal childhood in the company of my family and friends. But I had what one might call “abnormal:” my obsession to finding answers to questions on my own. I refused to listen to what people told me about the world or how they answered my questions. It was not enough. I preferred to seek the knowledge of why the answers were the way they were. I thought that would help me find a true purpose in the simple actions we do throughout our lives. In school as a child, the teachers would struggle trying to keep their patience with me. Through every integral concept we learned in class, I would continue to question my teachers because I was never concerned with “how” we do something, but more about “why” each step in solving a problem is important. Through this process of searching for
So, who am I? Should I describe the person I see when I look in the mirror or the person I am working to become? The person I am changes with each new experience, with every person who enters or exits my life, and with how I handle the challenges placed before me. So, the person I am, that is something I will spend the rest of my life discovering.
Since I was young, I've had a fascination with mankind. While some focused on learning the structure behind a complex equation and the biological composition of frogs, I studied the construction of one of the most complex species on this planet, human beings. People enthralled me, from how they dressed, to how they behave, to how they adapt and manage living in this ever changing, chaotically beautiful world of ours. As I got older, I began to dive deeper into the study, focusing on specific areas of study and the assembly of the human brain, down to what area controls what emotions, thoughts, behaviors, and their development as people go through the stages of life. How can we advance, grow, even excel as humans. However, due to my timid, weak nature, I refused to pursue my dreams of growth, let alone speak up for them. I stayed quiet, observed from afar, and refused to open my mouth out of fear of being rejected or even hated. People like to advance, but don’t tend to enjoy the path of education it takes to get there. I had to grow up; before I could even think to accomplish the goals I panned out for myself. As I got older, opportunities slowly began to appear that offered a pathway to maturity, but time and time again, my seemingly innate fear of the “what ifs” consistently blocked me from becoming a man.
At three in the morning, the phone rang. A trembling voice relayed the news that my friend had fallen into a coma due to an inoperable brain aneurysm. A few days later, her family decided to stop life support after confirmation that she was completely brain-dead. The fact that nothing could be done for her in this day and age, despite all our technological advancements, was a great shock to me. In addition, the fact that she was younger than me made me realize how short and precious each life truly is. Her death inspired me to pursue medicine so that one day, others in similarly hopeless situations, would have a chance to survive. My dream is that one day, I will contribute to bringing medicine one step closer to curing someone with a currently untreatable disease.
Ask my siblings what irritated them most about growing up with me, and they would all say that I asked too many questions. Even in preschool my mind was a machine that constantly cranked out questions. My mom’s favorite phrase became “Google it.” As I found answers, the machine became more sophisticated and required even more information. I was excited to go to kindergarten and learn for many hours a day. School, however, bored me instead of challenging me. I “learned” what I already knew, as well as what I knew was false. For example, my first grade teacher insisted that large numbers could not be subtracted from smaller numbers, even though I told her about negative numbers. After first grade, my mom decided to homeschool my sister and me.
“Class,” I announced, “today I will teach you a simpler method to find the greatest common factor and the least common multiple of a set of numbers.” In fifth grade, my teacher asked if anyone had any other methods to find the greatest common factor of two numbers. I volunteered, and soon the entire class, and teacher, was using my method to solve problems. Teaching my class as a fifth grader inspired me to teach others how important math and science is. These days, I enjoy helping my friends with their math homework, knowing that I am helping them understand the concept and improve their grades.
My passion for the fascinating wolrd of science literally can not be put into words. Since receiving my first home science kit at five years of age the way things work and why has always been at the forefront of my mind. During my early years I would find great delight in examining anything I could fit under the lens of my telescope. I will never forget my first look at the intricate detail of a human hair.
My passion and admiration for the healthcare field began during my teenage years, when I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis—a chronic, autoimmune disease affecting various joints throughout my body. As I went through years of treatment, my physician and other medical professionals were instrumental in helping me to maintain a positive attitude after my diagnosis. Their care was the impetus for my future goals, as I saw the genuine goodness that they felt from helping others. As a result of all the medical help and emotional support that I received from these medical providers throughout my youth, I have chosen to pursue a career in the service of others through the public health field.
My passion as a leader lies with my need for affiliation and achievement. Affiliation is about helping others to be successful (Manning & Curtis, 2015). Achievement creates value for building a successful team or organization. The reason for my selection of these two social motives is because of where I have had my career for the last twenty-three plus years. My organization is about helping others being successful after release from prison.
Some qualities that I believe I possess that would make me an integral part of the HealthWorks team would be my caring nature, my passion for health, and my adaptability to new situations. Being a caring and empathetic person, I truly enjoy helping others overcome obstacles to succeed in their personal goals. I think it is of the utmost importance that everyone supports each other, and uses the unique gifts that they were given to serve others. This is especially true in a college environment considering that many students feel the pressure to do well and may experience extreme stress. By supporting each other personally, as well as academically, a better sense of community can be built between students.
What I discovered about myself, is that I have a personality type of a “protagonist”. The “Protagonist” basically describes myself adequately, as they find it easy to communicate with others, natural born leaders, and are full of charisma. All of those characteristics tie in to the type of skill and job that I soon want to be possessed in. That job and skill lies in the Marketing field. My attraction draws to this specific job because I am an outgoing person, persuasive, and use my creativity to the best of my ability. I have always questioned the things people do, such as “Why do people purchase they things they do?” and “What inspires and influence consumer purchase behaviors?”. All of this falls under Marketing, which plan programs to generate
Passion for Family, Community, Business, Technology and Intellectual growth are what motivate me on the daily basis. These are vital parts that have contributed to framing me into the person I’ve become. They have also shaped my short-term and long-term goals in life. It’s critical for one to have a vision for their life and what they anticipate to accomplish. Without a vision or desire there is no hope for one to continue and to purse anything. My experiences with in my passions have helped me aligned my vision for my life. They have given me the valuable knowledge that have set me up for success to get to this point in life.
In the end, no matter what may be said about me, I know that I am some what of an abstract project. I continue to grow everyday and discover new factors that define me. I know what I stand for. I love myself, and the people around me. They don't create me, or make me who I am, but they do help be define myself
My opinion is that cooking is the best hobby to have, because it can be very useful in life. Cooking is my hobby and has been for several years. I was about five years old, when I started learning how to cook. Cooking is something that I inherited from my grandmother; my grandmother was a professional chef and owned her own restaurant, where I learned how to cook.