The first time I met Carla, she was sitting on the floor alone in the middle of the lunchroom while the rest of her cabin played outside. Carla was a frizzy-haired 11-year-old girl with autism. It was her first time away from home, and she was struggling to adjust to the new pat
Life When a pod of 55 pilot whales recently beached themselves on a stretch of Cape Cod, vacationers and beach-goers came to the rescue. By high tide, they managed to save 46 whales. In explaining his motivation for jumping in to help, one volunteer simply answered, “Life.” Th
Excited by the idea of becoming a scientist since I was a small child, my interests in pursuing graduate studies intensified during my undergraduate education and my research experience. Rather than discouraging me with the tremendous amount of work and demands for creativity, m
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost- Have you ever taken the road less traveled? When you drive home from work, do you ever explore? Sure, it might take longer than usual, and there may be unp
Fourteen years ago, I decided that I wanted to live in the United States, where I could succeed in any career path I might choose. For a high school student in the small Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, this was a lofty ambition. After five years of crusading against socialistic b
Although my experience in the United States has been challenging and rewarding, it is in Brazil that I aspire to make my greatest personal and professional contributions. Regretfully, the Brazilian political and economic situation has been characterized by a state of national cr
Leadership Napoleon’s motto: “Every French soldier carries a marshals baton in his knapsack”. Fortunately, from primary school to high school, not only I have nicety wishes to be a general, but also managed to came to the fore of the endless and intense campaign of class lead
feminism If you like storms that clear a path of change and arcs that bridge communication gaps, slide down my rainbow into the whirlwind of my life. In a sense, Im taking the world by storm. Im either blessed or cursed with an optimism born not of ignorance, but of idealism bas
Increasingly, I find that Id much rather talk about queerness than write about it. Ive yet feel comfortable enough with my words to trust how they frame, limit, and structure my experience. I dont yet notice the experiences for which I have words and those for which I dont. I al
I find Hermann Hesses book, Narcissus and Goldmund, intellectually exciting. After reading the book last year, I remember putting it down and sighing contentedly. I had, after a sleepless night, finally finished. What I reveled in was not the fact that I could sleep, but that I
Having majored in literary studies (world literature) as an undergraduate, I would now like to concentrate on English and American literature. 点评:第一段很短,开门见山的介绍了自己的专业
I lived in Iran for the first twelve years of my life, at a time of warfare and brutality. Every morning on my way to school, I saw "hejles, " traditional memorials honoring young men lost in battle. In the evening, the news and even childrens programs were awash with images of