Scholarship / I've been constantly instilled the idea that one should make use of what he/she has learned. [5]

Grew up in traditional Chinese culture, I've been constantly instilled the idea that one should make use of what he/she has learned. Throughout my previous school experience in Chinese education system, which is known for its fastidious standards of intelligence development and widely mistaken for an aberrance of practical instructions, I'd actually strengthened my belief that knowledge is most valuable when it's utilized.

Syracuse's mission of Scholarship in Action sets up a paragon of letting the higher education benefit the society and building up a reciprocal relationship in between. As a first-year applicant whose academic interest is in the field of finance, I'm eager to become a participant of such a constructive mission and let my knowledge do good for my surroundings, especially under the current circumstance, when the unprecedented economic crisis is enervating our society and affecting all the individuals, the importance of financing becomes increasingly manifest for everybody to pull though this hardship.

Back then when I was in China, I didn't fully appreciate how economy impacts on each individual, especially under a communism society where the economy is relatively stable due to the centralization of authority. For me, the term of "finance" merely generalized those tiny red and green numbers blinking on the screen of stock markets, people who "blindly" invest money in this "lottery" game, and the mild shift of commodity prices. My short yet memorable life experience as a US resident has greatly altered my perspective of such a topic. Currently I am living in a community in New York City where most new immigrants chose to settle. In the new economic and social system, our own inadequacy as newcomers might negatively affect our familial financing. For instance, my parents have been constantly struggling with the daily spending on various ends since our arrival. Though adopted a pretty economic and moderate lifestyle, we are still confused by all kinds of bills, services and spending plans, which makes me realized that finance could also be a micro issue that relates to every penny we spend; and scientific instruction and assistant are vigorously needed, not only for my family, but for the whole community.

The mission of Scholarship in Action offered a great opportunity for me to apply my knowledge to the real-world engagement. I would be generous in sharing the information I learned in the classroom with people in need by all kinds of means, ranging from a simple conversation to an instructive speech；Due to my limited ability as an individual, I would be more likely to work in large groups with my peers to implement such an engagement, and that's basically how I anticipate putting scholarship into actions.

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HUGE thanks in advance ^-^