alya14
Dec 20, 2017
Undergraduate / NTU scholarship essay - a good listener is needed [2]
Describe, in less than 300 words, the values and beliefs you hold strongly to. Please provide examples of how you have demonstrated these in your actions.
I believe a good listener is needed in this world as much as a good speaker is needed because a good listener can offer a better solutions.
My whole life, I have valued friendship very much. I believed friends are the ones who are going to be there for you and support you in every way possible, but because of that I sometimes neglect the fact that not all things are worth to be supported. I always support my friends and it never crossed my mind that they could be wrong and I didn't have to support their doings or their way of thinking.
I used to listen to my friends' stories because I enjoy hearing what others feel like is needed to be said. Thus, slowly I began to understand how they see someone or something from their perspective. Now I believe that every story must have another side to it.
Not just stories, but every problem/ matter must have another side too. To give the best solution to a problem I now know that I cannot see it with one eye. I have to see from every perspective and understand the whole situation before doing something about it.
Until today I still listen to my friends' stories, vents, and the problems they are facing. But now, before I offer a solution or giving an opinion, I will try to understand theirs and other party's perspective of that one particular event and will separate their opinion with the facts so that I can offer them the best solution.
I believe by being given the opportunity to attend NTU, you also give me more perspective to see, with the diverse community that exists on NTU I can see the world better and give a more proper judgment.
please give me any advice on how to improve this essay, this is my first time writing one for a scholarship program. thank you for reading and helping me :D
Describe, in less than 300 words, the values and beliefs you hold strongly to. Please provide examples of how you have demonstrated these in your actions.
listen to advice and solve problems
I believe a good listener is needed in this world as much as a good speaker is needed because a good listener can offer a better solutions.
My whole life, I have valued friendship very much. I believed friends are the ones who are going to be there for you and support you in every way possible, but because of that I sometimes neglect the fact that not all things are worth to be supported. I always support my friends and it never crossed my mind that they could be wrong and I didn't have to support their doings or their way of thinking.
I used to listen to my friends' stories because I enjoy hearing what others feel like is needed to be said. Thus, slowly I began to understand how they see someone or something from their perspective. Now I believe that every story must have another side to it.
Not just stories, but every problem/ matter must have another side too. To give the best solution to a problem I now know that I cannot see it with one eye. I have to see from every perspective and understand the whole situation before doing something about it.
Until today I still listen to my friends' stories, vents, and the problems they are facing. But now, before I offer a solution or giving an opinion, I will try to understand theirs and other party's perspective of that one particular event and will separate their opinion with the facts so that I can offer them the best solution.
I believe by being given the opportunity to attend NTU, you also give me more perspective to see, with the diverse community that exists on NTU I can see the world better and give a more proper judgment.
please give me any advice on how to improve this essay, this is my first time writing one for a scholarship program. thank you for reading and helping me :D
