DavidWKW
Sep 1, 2011
Scholarship / "clinical psychologist" - Personal Motivaton/ Objectives (your career aspiration) [6]
I am the lucky one. I know the path I would take in my life. An incident during my childhood was the impetus to my decision in taking up psychology. Once, my friends, one of whom was a mentally retarded boy, and I were throwing pebbles at a tree. When the boy with mental disorder failed to hit the target, he was furious and he walked away from our group. I was playing joyfully but when I turned my head, a stone was thrown at my forehead. My forehead was injured. I cried loudly and my parents sent me back home. They told me not to go near the boy anymore. I was troubled. I kept asking myself why did he injure me. I was confused but I believed that I would know the answer one day. And now, I hope to be on my way towards the answer through the road of psychology.
I wish to become a clinical psychologist. I have always been fascinated to learn about the human mind and the reasons behind every behaviour. I want to help others to solve their maladjustment and release their anger. As Moses R. Kaufman said, "anybody who is 25 or 30 years old has physical scars from all sorts of things, from tuberculosis to polio. It's the same with the mind." , I know that many people, including my family, are suffering from mental illness but only infinitesimal amount have the guts to face the scars in their lives. I wish I could crawl into their wounds to discover where their fears are because once the bleeding start, the cleansing can begin.
Unfortunately, I am facing financial problems in achieving my dream. I hope that University can lend me a hand in accomplishing my dream to understand minds and empower lives.
Thank you for reading. Should I include the last paragraph? Please feel free to correct my grammar, shorten it and beautify my languages. Thank you :)
I am the lucky one. I know the path I would take in my life. An incident during my childhood was the impetus to my decision in taking up psychology. Once, my friends, one of whom was a mentally retarded boy, and I were throwing pebbles at a tree. When the boy with mental disorder failed to hit the target, he was furious and he walked away from our group. I was playing joyfully but when I turned my head, a stone was thrown at my forehead. My forehead was injured. I cried loudly and my parents sent me back home. They told me not to go near the boy anymore. I was troubled. I kept asking myself why did he injure me. I was confused but I believed that I would know the answer one day. And now, I hope to be on my way towards the answer through the road of psychology.
I wish to become a clinical psychologist. I have always been fascinated to learn about the human mind and the reasons behind every behaviour. I want to help others to solve their maladjustment and release their anger. As Moses R. Kaufman said, "anybody who is 25 or 30 years old has physical scars from all sorts of things, from tuberculosis to polio. It's the same with the mind." , I know that many people, including my family, are suffering from mental illness but only infinitesimal amount have the guts to face the scars in their lives. I wish I could crawl into their wounds to discover where their fears are because once the bleeding start, the cleansing can begin.
Unfortunately, I am facing financial problems in achieving my dream. I hope that University can lend me a hand in accomplishing my dream to understand minds and empower lives.
Thank you for reading. Should I include the last paragraph? Please feel free to correct my grammar, shorten it and beautify my languages. Thank you :)