Steve Jobs Hardships

“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?” A simple sentence said Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple company. Which I think is frank and honest, but philosophical. I have the same dream with Steve Jobs, that is changing the world. However, there is one condition is that you need a chance. And the super excellent opportunity for me is studying Information Security in Waterloo University.

For Information Security engineers, a solid foundation of mathematics, physics and computing is necessary. I was sensitive with numbers when I was a primary school student. And I could figure out the mathematic problem faster than any other students in the class. However, I never imagine that there is a day I will compete in the NOI (National Olympiad in Informatics) before I get into the high school. Since it is one of the five supremacies Olympiad discipline competition around the world,

which means there could be many elites around the province even around the nation to compete in. When I was studying in the high school. My computer science teacher is the professor of the competition team. He found me that I am interested in programming and good at mathematics. He started training me and encourage me to take part in many competitions. And finally, I got the ticket for the NOI, and got the bronze medal fortunately. This unique experience enhanced me the ability of professional analysis about algorithm and enriched my academic knowledges.

I am helpful and warm-hearted in my daily life.

I enjoyed helping others solving a variety of problems since it is challenging and interesting. When I was a young boy, I was admiring the people who volunteering in the society since every volunteer told me it is interesting and satisfying after helping others. I started to find any chance helping others until once a day I met an old lady who taking the subway alone and seems restless. Nobody going to ask her about her problem but I did. Then I found that she forgets which station her should get off. Fortunately, I found a note in the lady’s pocket which is a phone number. I made a call to that number and her daughter answered. In the first place, the old lady had Alzheimer disease so that she forgets the station. Finally, I helped her back to her home and I felt a sense of happiness after helping her. From then on, I started to helping others and volunteering since It could not only help others out of trouble, but also enjoyed the sense of happiness after the problem was

solved.

I am eager to study in Waterloo University since your school provided the most advanced academic resources in Canada and contains many famous professors. After finished the study in the Waterloo University, I hope I can work in a creative company such as Amazon to accumulate experience. As an old famous saying goes,” Opportunities are given to those who are prepared”. Once the opportunity showed up at that time, it is time to change the world!