Undergraduate / "The world is a puzzle" - rutgers essay [5]

The world is a puzzle; each piece is unique and different in its own way. Each piece has its own shape, color and size, yet at the end, they depend on each other to hold the pieces in place. All the pieces come together for a single purpose, to create a picture. That picture is the world; each country plays an important role in the world.

Rutgers University truly has a diverse community. In which many of my own personal experiences can add to this group. One such experience is that has been an active presence in my life for the past two years. Volunteering has brought out the best in me, it helped me to understand that everybody is different.

The world is a puzzle; each piece is unique and different in its own way. Each piece has its own shape, color and size, yet at the end, they depend on each other to hold the pieces in place. All the pieces come together for a single purpose, to create a picture. That picture is the world; each country plays an important role in the world.

Rutgers University truly has a diverse community. I believe Rutgers University will be able to offer me much more than just a higher level of education. With its diverse community of different cultures, experiences, and people, Rutgers University will expose me to a world I am familiar with, but on a much greater scale. The diversity in the small town I grew up in was unlimited, but even with this endless diversity taught me there is much more to a culture than its food and holidays.

To Rutgers, I will bring knowledge of diversity that I have learned through my volunteer experiences, an attitude of acceptance, as well as a determination to succeed that will, hopefully, affect others. Volunteering has brought out the best in me, it helped me to understand that everybody is the same; you should not judge a book by its cover.

I am a junior volunteer at Saint Clare's hospital and I love to go there and help the doctors who treat the patients. One day, everything changed my whole perspective; I was assigned a task to do which was to go read to a blind woman. I had never been given anything like this to do. While on my way to the room, I was scared I kept asking myself "What am I going to do, she cannot see me?" and I kept thinking how awkward it will be and if I do or say something wrong.

When I got there, I was nervous to talk to her, but when I started, the conversation seemed to flow easily. She was no longer a "blind woman", but just a woman who enjoyed life. She was like any of us who enjoys spending time with her family, likes to play outside or watch (I mean hear) the TV. She did not seem to mind though. I will never forget that day. Before I left, I asked her a question, "Do people treat you any differently, like special?" She said, "Let me ask you a question. Did you treat me any differently?" I thought to myself and realized that I had my answer and it was "No I treated her just as I would treat anybody". That question had a huge impact on me; it helped me realize what really matters in life.

From that day forward I kept something with me that has been implanted into my head since, "Nobody is different, everybody is the same". We are alike we each have a heart and a soul, and care for others. We depend on each other to help get through life. Life is tough but you keep moving on , no matter what the obstacles are; you will always have somebody to depend on no matter who or where their from. No matter what the problem is we all come together for a single purpose, weather that purpose is to create a better world or help a love one in need. Everybody plays an important role in our world no matter what type of food you eat or what language you speak, you are an important piece in the puzzle.