thestateofmark
Mar 25, 2010
Undergraduate / "cultural diverse background" -the environment you come from, MICHIGAN STATE [4]
My Family is mostly of Eastern European decent and immigrated to America to escape the communist regime. I was born in America, I was taught Romanian before English, which I am very grateful for as it helps in learning other Latin based foreign languages. My parents always taught me to be very aware as the world is transforming very rapidly and the evolution of technology created a global medium where I am competing with not only my peers, but also other students across the globe.
Attending International Academy gave me a sturdy backbone from which my future plans could germinate and grow. The demography of the area I live right now is a high percentage of white with very little mixed races. I grew up with this "isolation" for most of my life and attending International Academy was a complete culture shock. I learned many things about different society's around the globe, but unfortunately I was not mature enough to realize how beneficial it actually was. With rigor of the school and my immaturity at the time I decided it would be best to attend my local high school.
I got caught up in my high school life and lost track of my priority's. As I matured a realized what mistakes I had made and reevaluated my long and short term goals. I set myself back on track and have once again started pursuing my main goal of obtaining a degree in Pharmacology.
My parents have always pushed me to be the best that I can be. There ideology is; the more money you have the happier you are, which I do not agree with. They never understood why I "wasted" so many hours volunteering when I could have worked for that amount of time and made over $900, its a unique feeling putting time and effort into helping people and not expecting compensation. I believe the gentleness, ambition and drive that my parents have shown me is the greatest positive influence on my future. My ambition and determination will strengthen others, just as others have strengthened me.
My Family is mostly of Eastern European decent and immigrated to America to escape the communist regime. I was born in America, I was taught Romanian before English, which I am very grateful for as it helps in learning other Latin based foreign languages. My parents always taught me to be very aware as the world is transforming very rapidly and the evolution of technology created a global medium where I am competing with not only my peers, but also other students across the globe.
Attending International Academy gave me a sturdy backbone from which my future plans could germinate and grow. The demography of the area I live right now is a high percentage of white with very little mixed races. I grew up with this "isolation" for most of my life and attending International Academy was a complete culture shock. I learned many things about different society's around the globe, but unfortunately I was not mature enough to realize how beneficial it actually was. With rigor of the school and my immaturity at the time I decided it would be best to attend my local high school.
I got caught up in my high school life and lost track of my priority's. As I matured a realized what mistakes I had made and reevaluated my long and short term goals. I set myself back on track and have once again started pursuing my main goal of obtaining a degree in Pharmacology.
My parents have always pushed me to be the best that I can be. There ideology is; the more money you have the happier you are, which I do not agree with. They never understood why I "wasted" so many hours volunteering when I could have worked for that amount of time and made over $900, its a unique feeling putting time and effort into helping people and not expecting compensation. I believe the gentleness, ambition and drive that my parents have shown me is the greatest positive influence on my future. My ambition and determination will strengthen others, just as others have strengthened me.
