Undergraduate / 'earthquake like this one' - UT essay B----An issue of importance to you [2]

Choose an issue of importance to you-the issue could be personal, school related, local, political, or international in scope-and write an essay in which you explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation.

earthquake like this one

Never in my life have I experienced an earthquake like this one. Never in my life have I been moved so much by the things happening around me. This is all because of the earthquake happened in Sichuan on May 12, 2008.The earthquake was so destructive that tens of thousands of people died or were badly wounded, many others, if not injured, were deeply hurt by the horror of the nightmare or the deep sorrow of losing their family and their friends.Maybe this hurt will take many years or even a lifetime to heal.

Although the earthquake did not happen in Shanghai, it did affect the wheather of the city.I still can't forget that day,when I looked up to the sky and noticed that the sky was not blue and clear anymore, instead, it suddenly changed into dark grey and seems like something horrible is happening .

I couldn't imagine if the quake happened here in Shanghai.That must be horrible! Though the quake brings away many lives, we can't grief endlessly but shall stir ourselves and engage in the reconstruction. I started to question myself what have I done for those people in the erathquake-hit regions? The answer is nothing.

Once I decided to do something, I would never quit until I make it. So I went to Sichuan as a volunteer to teach English in local primary school during my summer vication. Since the school building was badly demaged during the earthquake, the students need to study in a temporary classroom built by the government. The vile environment for the people there made me reflect upon myself that they had an urgent need for help and care from the ouside world,and what I can do is to build a bridge between those people and the ourside world.

Consequently, I joined a charity organization in my school called 'the Nexus' at once and soon became the special assistant of it.After that , I advocated that the club should hold some activities or competitions among all international schools in Shanghai, and the money we gained by selling tickets can be all donated to the the families that were affected by the Earthquake in Sichuan.I took charge of the activity venue and its promotion video .Also, I was responsible for connecting the student council of the others international schools in Shanghai. Joining this organization not only helped me to accomplish my goal in helping the Sichuan people to reconstruct their homes, but also gave me the opportunity to gain the ability and experiences to manage and run such large-scale activity fluently.

I don't really know how to add a conlusion to my essay...can anyone help?!Also, my grammar is not that good ...XD Thx a lot!

Undergraduate / 'Will excell my father' - UT essay A---Someone who has made an impact on your life [NEW]

TOPIC:Write an essay in which you tell us about someone who has made an impact on your life and explain how and why this person is important to you.

I need to upload my essay before 12/1 >.<!!!!! HELP!
btw...my grammar is not that good...

When I was in kindergarten, all my parents had were a cramped single room seeped by cold water and covered by grimy mold; two grownups could have stretched their feet if there had been no any furniture in the room, a public toilet which, technically speaking, was not theirs and was used by more than 30 families together; every morning was every repetitive war, a small store in the innermost corner of a filthy and bustling market, and me. They started up their business, a wholesale, with practically nothing but a huge amount of debts from several banks, which were said to take nearly 10 years to pay off. In order to get out of that abysmal destitution, my father and mother worked hard together about 19 hours a day without one second of recess or intercession.

By the time I was a middle school student, I began to give a little hand for my father's store by carrying a pretty deal of boxes or sweeping the floor of the store after school or on school vacations. During these days, I saw my father managing the small store and unraveling problems he faced with aplomb. Sometimes he argues with other competitors for our store's selling products at a much lower price, or sometimes, he had to endure all the abuses bank creditors hurled at him, apologizing to them deeply with my mother running to restroom to hide tears for she knew what an employer was supposed not to do.

One thing that I'll never forget is that among these adversities and difficulties, he had never stopped learning and reading books. Whenever I woke up early in the morning at about five o'clock, I could always saw my father preoccupied with perusing books with stack of books standing next to him. When he felt that he needed to learn management, he read a business book and when he was enmeshed in legal disputes, he will read related books to defeat counterparts.

Until his business attained what could be called a successful business dominating more than 30 percent of the wholesale market in Shanghai, the economy center of China, he manifested lots of things such as integrity, virtue, and compassion to me even in the desperate circumstance ,all of which I believe cannot and should not be dismissed lightly. Living as a businessman is to encounter and overcome a spate of challenges and adversities ,and it is definitely not that easy. However,patience, sacrifice for family, incessant learning, and calmness in any situations, which I think that students cannot learn at school unless they have encounter them in person, have built up what I am now since our family had nothing but debts. I will definitely follow the path my father took and I have confidence in my conviction that I will have excelled my father one day for his legacies made me up.

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