Scholarship / NTU Scholarship essay - the importance of family. Essay about my personal values and attitudes. [4]

NTU Scholarship essay - A value you strongly hold to

Ever since I was sitting on my sofa after kindergarten watching the best cartoon, in my opinion at the age of 6, Barney & friends, my parents, and Barney, have always told me that family is very important but honestly, I thought nothing much off it until one day.

That one day was when my dad told me that my parents were getting divorce. I was in disbelief, I couldn't accept the fact that I was essentially losing my family. I was experiencing the lowest point in my life and I was desperate, I would've even given up my extremely precious gameboy to get my family back. But from those darkest times in my life, I had learnt one important lesson - the importance of family.

I was about the age of thirteen when I started becoming active in church and it was in church that I learnt the importance of community, a place of belonging where everyone gathers for a common goal.

After learning off the importance of community, I started appreciating everyone around me, friends at school who support and push me to do better in my academics, friends at church who constantly spur me on to keep improving myself as a person and even my teammate in ultimate frisbee who motivate me to become a better player.

I personally believe that every good value such as honesty, integrity and kindness, are equally important in life however, values that shine brightest in communities such as teamwork and respect are closest to my heart.

In the bible there's a verse that says a triple braided cord is stronger than a single strand. I believe that NTU will be a great community not just for me to grow but for all of us to become the best world changers we can be.