...My personal statement goals consisted of figuring out for myself why I should be accepted into the program, and what makes me unique compared to the other candidates who are applying for the same program. This goal was supposed to help me in being a more effective and persuasive writer as a whole. In addition, I also had a goal of writing more creatively, something in which I had not yet explored prior to this assignment. I wanted a personal statement that I could look back on when applying to graduate schools and could be happy with the results, as well as, have a great foundation created for when I need to produce another personal statement in the future. I am proud to say that reflecting back on these goals, I have achieved all of them successfully....
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...alternative, distinguish between right and wrong and support what is appropriate for society as a whole, which is when the personal ethics system comes into the picture. My personal ethics consist of qualities that always help me pick the legitimate option in sticky situations. I am an honest person―the truth always matters to me more than anything else at any given moment. Since childhood, this quality has always directed me away from petty distractions that many children face at some time or the other―cheating in class examinations, and stealing, for instance. I have always stood up for what is right, and this has helped me become the person I am today. I also consider my hardworking and sincere nature to be one of my biggest strengths. I believe honesty and hard work are intricately linked, and this has always shown me the importance of dedication and sincerity for fulfilling my ambitions, which is why, I am not afraid to take up seemingly difficult tasks. I am not afraid to stand up for what I truly believe in, and being a rational person, I rarely let emotions take control of any situation, which is extremely necessary at times when justice has to prevail. I strongly believe that in order to receive fair treatment from others, it is very important to treat others the way you want to be treated. Thus, I try my best to be polite to everyone I meet. This ensures that I don't add to anyone's problems, if any, and assures polite interaction for most of the time. I also deem consistency...
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...PERSONAL STATEMENT My passion for psychology became apparent during my undergraduate studies at Walter Sisulu University, in the Eastern Cape. While studying towards a Bachelor of Social Science degree, majoring in Psychology and Sociology, my interest in psychology was kindled. The 3-year degree programme gave me a background in psychology and sociology, and challenged me to advance my studies at an Honour’s level. The Baccalaureus Artium Honores in Psychology is not only recognized as meeting the requirements by the Department of Education, but offers first-class training with practical experience, affording me the opportunity to strengthen my prospects in pursuing a career in counseling . Additionally, your educational institution provides high quality courses in an environment which encourages students to achieve excellence in their studies. I believe that studying through Cornerstone will afford me the opportunity for quality education and personal growth in its broadest sense. I am certain that I will enjoy your program in Psychology and flourish under the challenging environment that advanced studies necessitate. Since studying Psychology at an undergraduate level, I have gained many practical skills, including good levels of concentration and great managerial skills. During my first year of study, I was introduced to the foundations of Psychology and Origins of Sociological thought. During my second and third year of study, my understanding of psychology was increased...
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...I managed to pass my first music exams with a distinction. These passes make me qualified to join the KZN Youth Orchestra, which is a standard I set for myself to achieve before reaching the end of high school. I have also been selected to lead my fellow school mates, in the position of a prefect and SRC member for the past 4 years, and hopefully will be able to keep that record for the entirety of my high school career. In school, I have set goals for myself, and the greatest of these goals was to gain entrance to the Carpe Diem society, a group that excels in academic performance. I failed to reach said standards in grades 8 and 9; however I have since been a member of the Carpe Diem society from the start of grade 10 to date, which is a great achievement for me. Aside from mental and academic performance, I also set a goal for my athletic performance. I set my sights on gaining a podium position; this has granted me the opportunity to represent my school at the KICCSSA; an athletics meeting of IEB schools from around the province. In my church, I have manage to integrate the use of technology in the running of kids ministry, as well as integrate the use of technology in youth and have been an active member in the AV as well as music team in the adult’s church. I have learnt a lot in my experiences in the church, and will carry these into my career and nurture said skills. Core values: 1. I believe in striving to maintain a healthy balance in my school and personal...
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...My Personal Ethics Statement Dawn Belt University of Phoenix Health Law and Ethics HCS 478 Shavonnie Carthens July 03, 2015 My Personal Ethics Statement Ethics is defined by "the branch of philosophy concerned with evaluating human action", (Wacker Guido, 2010, Chapter 1). I have spent a large amount of time reflecting on ethics as what ethics means to me, as well as, which values are the most important to me and how I live by them. I find ethics to mean who one feels about doing the right thing and accountability. Values are our characteristics that help us to be ethical. During my journey through the Ethical Lens Inventory, I had to ponder over the many stages and encounters throughout my life. I am amazed at how, so many small, and what I thought to be insignificant encounters, I had in my life has made a big impact on my values. The list of all the encounters is too long to provide here in my personal ethics statement. Therefore, this paper will focus on the encounters that have made the most impact on the most important values to me. As I reflect on my years of growing up, I remember my parents trying to teach right from wrong. My father seemed to teach right from wrong by always focusing on my wrongs as I cannot remember learning right from wrong with something that I did or did not do for the good. I was in fourth grade when I collected every student's pencils and kept them at my desk. Taking the pencils were considered stealing, and when my parents found...
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...It would be cliché to say that my GPA does not define me. The statement itself would be untrue, because that number, and its' components are a chronical of my academic footprint. Thus, it defines me academically, and its numerical value is an attestation of the work I have done so far. However, my GPA cannot attest for the ignorance I possessed as a high school student, and the depression I have fought against for the past year and a half. In truth I like to think of my GPA as an optical allusion, the matter they share in common, perspective. In one perspective you see one entity, a less than perfect GPA. However, when your eyes become conscious of the new perspective, you see the allusion's truth. My allusion's truth is, I have not allowed...
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...Official Andalusia Mayoral Candidacy Statement of Jared Eastman The mayor of any city should be someone you can relate to, someone you could sit down with at lunch and talk to, someone you feel comfortable with and trust to listen to you. My family has lived in the Wiregrass area for generations. I grew up in this community and am a Straughn High School graduate. I currently live in the Bellwood neighborhood of Andalusia with Anna, my wife, and Amber, my 2-year-old daughter. We are looking forward to our family growing in the near future. Andalusia City Schools will educate my children and prepare them for a bright future. I have a vested interest and sincere desire to work closely with the Andalusia City School System and support them in their goal of providing a world-class education in Andalusia without imposing my will on the professional educators. I have a genuine interest in improving the demographics of Andalusia by leading with a sharp focus on developing many new quality jobs, salary growth and conservative stewardship of your tax dollars....
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...My father walked with such determination that he might as well have been wearing a red cape and tights. Sure, this is a common perception for most children, but my parents survived the 1973 Cambodian genocide and have managed to provide a life for which my siblings and I will be forever grateful. When life got the best of me, my father always knew what to do and still does. As cliché as it is, he is my superhero. His catch phrase: “There’s always someone out there that views your life as a heaven.” Admittedly, this often went in one ear and out the next, but without it, I wouldn’t have been able to bear the unexpected. During my freshman year of high school, my father was diagnosed with colon cancer. I remember being taken by surprise and developing an unexpected emptiness. I felt nothing. I was in denial. Despite the fact my mind went blank, I only remember wondering how anyone could view my life as anything remotely close to “a heaven.” My Friday nights were spent in waiting rooms as I flipped through outdated issues of Time Magazine; my eyes constantly shifted from pictures to passing nurses. Though I missed football games to attend sessions with my mom, the fidgeting of her hand in mine assured me that this was where I should be. I began missing my golf matches and eventually ended my participation. Though I was slightly disappointed, none of these events mattered because I realized my ability as an emotional rock for my family. My dad’s illness resulted...
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...My Teaching Philosophy As I begin my journey as an educator, I reflect on my last four years of educational experiences to think about how I plan to teach and set up my classroom for my future students. I believe in making the environment an inviting one to all students, incorporating an inclusive classroom, and allowing students to leaders in their education. Creating an environment where all of students feel welcome and valued is extremely important. School is a place where students spend most of their days and I want them to feel safe and comfortable there. Students learn best when they are in an environment conducive to their learning needs. Fostering community within the classroom will allow students to feel valued in their thoughts and opinions. This will essentially allow students to feel safe when volunteering to answer a question. Community is not just within the classroom. There are learning experiences all around us and...
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...My Capstone project is about 50% complete. The main trouble spot for me was settling on a thesis statement. There were a few topics that were on my list but were difficult to develop an argumentative thesis statement. It proved to be a slightly frustrating experience. However, I was able to choose a topic and thesis statement. I found developing the outline using MindMup very helpful. Aligning my thoughts and being able to manipulate them into a finished product using technology was awesome. I was able to identify my resources for my Capstone relatively easy. There is a lot of on-line content on my topic. Also, I’m using two books that will give my report some needed heft. The published word in some ways is more respected...
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...Personal Statement This story revolves around my experience with depression at 14 years old. At that time we could say that I was healthy and happy, both personally and in school. However, a series of events related to the loss of some relatives important to me, that triggered a situation of depression, that I never saw coming and that by the time I realized I was completely immersed in it, I could not avoid. I remember the symptoms, living in what it seemed like an endless cloud of sorrows, without interest, indecisive, with low self-esteem, anxiety, and sadness. Just getting up to go to school was an ordeal, because I had no desire, no drive. In the morning, after a while of thinking about it, I would wake up and I would sit on the end of...
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...MY PERSONAL STATEMENT AND STUDY PLAN My name is Andrew Tan Fu Sing and I am from Selangor, the second largest capital city of Malaysia. I spent twenty-three years, or all of my life here, going to school and college, later attending university. My main speaking language is Cantonese and English, however, I am also fluent in Mandarin and Malay, as these languages are among the essential needs in assimilating into a multi-ethnic country like Malaysia. I graduated from Monash University in 2012 with a Bachelors in Arts Degree, majoring in Communication and minoring in Journalism. Ever since I was young, I always adored cartoons. My earliest memory of this would be forcing myself to wake up every Saturday and Sunday early morning, just to tune in the weekly marathons of morning cartoons on the television. I enjoy watching just any kind of cartoons, not just for its entertainment value, but for its majestic values, like its ability to tell and communicate a story and values through the pictures and drawings as well as its highly stylized art form. My love for cartoon animations eventually grew stronger over time, making me not only continue to enjoy watching cartoon animations that others created even more, I began wanting to indulge myself in telling stories and creating a cartoon animations that others could share and relate to. My journey of cartoon making began by starting small, creating comic series. However, as the years went by along with peer pressure among competitors...
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...Personal Statement The enthusiasm I have for the sciences- especially chemistry, encouraged me to think about my future career and how a chemistry-related degree could be a possibility for me. My true passion lies in helping others in a safe and effective way through the use of innovative pharmaceutical medicines. I have become inspired by a personal ambition of becoming a Pharmacist as I aspire to improve people's daily lives. Ever since learning the fundamentals of chemistry, I knew this was the pathway I would follow. Chemistry at A-level has developed my understanding of the atomic structure, bonding and chemical mechanisms which I believe are elementary to studying Pharmacy. Its ensuing impulsion has also catalysed my grasping the biochemistry of biological molecules, such as enzymes in Biology. I have immensely enjoyed learning about the function of antibiotics in inhibiting the growth of bacteria, although bacterial resistance is still proving to be a huge problem for treating such infections. Laboratory experiments in both courses have greatly enhanced my practical and analytical skills. Equally, Physics and its application have improved my logical thinking, problem solving and data analysis skills. During the holidays, I spent a week shadowing a Pharmacist and dealing with different prescriptions, including giving advice to the patients and staff management, a challenging and intriguing experience which showed me how immensely cumbersome the Pharmacist's job...
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...Personal Statement Freshmen was rough Just moving from Morgantown I really didn't know anybody until the first semester I did poorly in school. My final report card came home during the summer before Sophomore year, my father realized that I had been struggling academically, he was driving me home after soccer practice, he discussed with me that I will be the first person in my family that gets the chance to attend a four year college, my father a coal miner has worked since he was 18 years old and never complained because he always wanted the best for my brother and me and wanted us to have more than what he ever had as a child. Sophomore year I understood what I needed to be qualified for college. The first day of school I went to my counselor's...
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...first sentence of a paragraph, but, more importantly, it is the most general sentence in a paragraph. What does "most general" mean? It means that there are not many details in the sentence, but that the sentence introduces an overall idea that you want to discuss later in the paragraph. For example, suppose that you want to write a paragraph about the natural landmarks of your hometown. The first part of your paragraph might look like this: My hometown is famous for several amazing natural features. First, it is noted for the Wheaton River, which is very wide and beautiful. Also, on the other side of the town is Wheaton Hill, which is unusual because it is very steep. (Notice how the first sentence begins with "My hometown..." a few spaces to the right of the paragraph edge. This is an indentation. All paragraphs in English MUST begin with an indentation.) Note how the first sentence, My hometown, Wheaton, is famous for several amazing geographical features,is the most general statement. This sentence is...
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