Undergraduate / "Shadows"- work experience, will review your essays [11]

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below (1000 character maximum).

As a Jew I am deeply concerned with the difficult relationship between Jews and Muslims and
I have a deep love for acting which lets me understand other people.
This is why I was fascinated to star in the movie project "Shadows" which promoted exchange between Jewish and Muslim teenagers.
The casting process consisted of role-playing and included over 200 applicants.
Because of our success in these a Muslim girl and I were chosen to be in the actual movie where we would meet at night and talk about our culture.

For the movie I came up with funny anecdotes, told deeply personal stories and endured two hour long rehearsals in the cold happily, believing in the importance of dialogue.

Therefore I was happy that the headmaster of the girl's school was so impressed with the result that he would play the film for all students. We had actually made an impact.

The project had also great impact on me. I became good friends with the girl which showed me that true cultural understanding is possible.

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Undergraduate / McDonald's "Work experience"- will review your essays [5]

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"The professor grills burgers at McDonald's", my friend said when I told him about my new job. Admittedly, fast food is not as intellectually challenging as the things I usually concern myself with. However, McDonald's gives me an opportunity to learn from life.

I started at McDonald's with the resolution to find out what some people had to endure their whole life. I experienced the total physical exhaustion after a day filled with monotony, pressure and suspended breaks.

However, I started to really understand when I talked with an old African immigrant who had worked for McDonald's for ten years. "I have to support family", he said wearily. When I looked in his apathetic eyes I intensely felt the hopelessness of a man stuck in a meaningless job for the rest of his life and knew why he did not protest low salary or unfair treatment.

It was a beautiful moment; something I thought of as impossible had happened: True understanding between two totally different people had taken place.

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