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May 1, 2013
Undergraduate / Serving in the Peace Corps is a challenge I recently became acquainted with! [2]
Serving in the Peace Corps is a challenge I recently became acquainted with. A campus recruiter casually handed me a pamphlet and a book of stories of returned volunteers after talking briefly about the gist of what service entails I left inquisitive but not convinced that this could be a path for my life. A few days later I picked up and read the stories of the returned volunteers and came to realize that many of my experiences from volunteer work and healthcare had similar if not identical roots. I now recognize these roots to drive many of my choices and fuel my ambitions in the short term as well as the long term. I want to serve in the Peace Corps to enhance individual and community education on fundamental problems or skills, including health topics or English as a second language, which can have benefits in the short term and long term. Through teaching medical terminology to refugees I have worked closely with many different cultures and found a shared common pulse running deep in many people from many parts of the world, this is a passion for living life all the way. I feel this pulse runs deep and strong in all parts of the world and lends its hand to small and large victories throughout days or lifetimes. With this in hand and mind I hope to also live part of my life all the way by gaining perspective on a new culture and a new part of myself as well. I think the most difficult Core Expectation will be creating a sustainable environment for a project. This challenge can be remedied or at least lessened by establishing a few important foundations: I am a valued member of the community and the project is vital to the wellbeing of the community as a whole now and in the future. Engendering these two mindsets is crucial to sustaining a meaningful, practical, and properly functioning project.
Serving in the Peace Corps is a challenge I recently became acquainted with. A campus recruiter casually handed me a pamphlet and a book of stories of returned volunteers after talking briefly about the gist of what service entails I left inquisitive but not convinced that this could be a path for my life. A few days later I picked up and read the stories of the returned volunteers and came to realize that many of my experiences from volunteer work and healthcare had similar if not identical roots. I now recognize these roots to drive many of my choices and fuel my ambitions in the short term as well as the long term. I want to serve in the Peace Corps to enhance individual and community education on fundamental problems or skills, including health topics or English as a second language, which can have benefits in the short term and long term. Through teaching medical terminology to refugees I have worked closely with many different cultures and found a shared common pulse running deep in many people from many parts of the world, this is a passion for living life all the way. I feel this pulse runs deep and strong in all parts of the world and lends its hand to small and large victories throughout days or lifetimes. With this in hand and mind I hope to also live part of my life all the way by gaining perspective on a new culture and a new part of myself as well. I think the most difficult Core Expectation will be creating a sustainable environment for a project. This challenge can be remedied or at least lessened by establishing a few important foundations: I am a valued member of the community and the project is vital to the wellbeing of the community as a whole now and in the future. Engendering these two mindsets is crucial to sustaining a meaningful, practical, and properly functioning project.
