At Clark we value a liberal arts education because it teaches our students to be critical and analytical thinkers, thoughtful global participants and skilled writers. A liberal arts education gives our students a valuable interdisciplinary perspective that is applicable to multiple careers for a lifetime after Clark. How do you think a liberal arts experience will contribute to your own career and life plans?
I believe that liberal arts experiment will contribute a lot to my career and life plans. One of the best things about liberal arts is that it will teach me different skills. By studying a variety of different subjects, I believe that I will end up being a student who has basic knowledge about almost everything. This is very important for the economy nowadays, where employers always look for people with skills in different areas. For example, if you major in business, it doesn't mean that you don't have to know subjects outside business. Business major will also need to know other things such as communicate well or sometimes know several different languages . Liberal arts experience also will contribute to my life plans. I am a type of person who wants to have experience in different things. By having a liberal arts education, I believe that I will be able to jump into almost any field that I want to try. That fact amazes me about the liberal arts system because it will allow you to draw your career into a pathway. In this pathway, you can choose to walk straight forever or can choose to change direction and experience different things in life.
3. Clark's motto is: 'Challenge Convention and Change Our World,' and it means something different to each member of the Clark University community. In what ways have you embraced the Clark motto in your own life, or how would you like to in the future?
Clark's motto reminds me that sometimes it is necessary to go against society if you believe it is the right thing to do. Looking back at my past, I have used this philosophy during third grade. It was the time when my school called for a donation. They wanted the students to donate papers for poor students from small towns to reuse. The night before the due date, I rummaged through almost every parts of the house, for used papers. However, a lot of students just thought of this event as a requirement, so almost everyone donated the minimum requirement of papers. As a result, a few other students and I felt awkward for donating a large amount of papers. I could still remember the contemptuous looks from my classmates. However, my awkward feeling instantaneously went away. No matter what the majority thought about me at that time, I felt that I did the right thing to help other people. I imagined the euphoric expressions of the poor kids when they received these papers and the happiness suddenly appear in the middle of my heart.
