Undergraduate / "hope to be a vanguard of technology" -Describe the world you come from. [3]

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my final draft

Before I moved to America, I always remembered a phrase I that I had heard in my childhood that intrigued me: "One world and no strangers." Even at a young age, I was impressed by its utterly short, yet profound meaning. To me it was a phrase that could be simple yet beyond comprehension as hundreds of languages and cultural differences separated us all. You might say that it was peculiar that the phrase's meaning followed me to America.

When I moved to America from Hong Kong, my stunted English was always a barrier between me and the other children. But it did not stop me from fixing computers. My brief, confident keystrokes and decisive clicks would melt the stubborn, frozen screens, to squeals of excitement of the owner. On more than one occasion, this connection was the sole foundation for a strong friendship. It occurred to me that technology would become the bridge for me to interact with everyone else. With the help of that "bridge of technology", I soon assimilated into my new culture.

Living thirty minutes from Silicon Valley, I seized the opportunities I had to take my technical progress to the next level. Silicon Valley soon became my "playground of technology" as I swung and leapt from its swings. I had access to the latest and best advancements the world had to offer. By the age of eleven, I was already irreversibly swept up in the internet phenomenon. The exponential growth of innovations from the world of computers bedazzled me. Computers were increasing in power and flexibility so rapidly that I discovered that I was involved in one of the most defining decades in history, in one of the most important places in the world. Scientists across the globe were marveled by Moore's law, which predicted the exponential growth in computer technology. I, at that time, hoped that armed with Moore's law, my childhood quote could be achieved on a large scale basis with the next digital revolution.

By exposing myself to the technological opportunities near Silicon Valley, I developed a deep understanding of technology. My transition into the digital age sparked early in my life when technology was the only language that I use to converse with my peers. Innovation, communication, invention and entrepreneurship were injected into me. I utilized the latest technology, pioneered uses for the internet in meeting customers' needs and started my own, successful business model. What enthralled me among all of this was that there was no age limit for entrepreneurs in the digital world. Technology inspired me to believe that nothing was impossible and still does to this very day.

Ultimately, I became a more proficient person, helping friends and family by fixing their computers as well as running my own website business. During my transition from computer to internet oriented, I gained a deep sense of how the internet functioned. In my junior year of high school, I became a web entrepreneur. Today, I can see this world forming around me, and rather than simply be at the receiving end, I take satisfaction that I am building this world by the byte by byte. At once, my internet achievements reminded me that "One world and no strangers" was not just possible, but probable. If technology could bridge my culture gap, it has the power to do the same for millions of others and perhaps slowly remove the largest barrier to unfamiliarity: distance. This incredible possibility was my burning motivation and I wanted to build part of this bridge. I realized then that the "bridge of technology" was not just my personal bridge to strangers, but rather a bridge between all in a world without strangers.