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Prompt: Which of the academic communities and social communities that now comprise the University of Pennsylvania are most interesting to you and how will you contribute to them and to the larger Penn community?
I grew up in a small town, Port Moody, and the community has played a significant role in my upbringing. For one, I joined the community hockey team and played ice hockey for six years: I knew every player in the hockey association my age. The children I went to school with were the players on my hockey team. Due to the nature and rather small size of my town, I was able to make true bonds with my friends: bonds that last over a lifetime. Today, Port Moody has undergone a rapid development. The small town is growing, the number of high-rises increasing, and, of course, the number of faces I am unfamiliar with growing. This also brings me to the University of Pennsylvania.
Relating to my childhood, I was more than ecstatic when I learned about the University of Pennsylvania's commitment to community services and events. The University of Pennsylvania has twelve schools and over ten administrative centers: It is a very large and complex school that is still growing. What amazes me most is that although UPenn is so sizeable, it is able to create bonds that link each individual to the community. This is what I love about Penn: the ability to connect with individuals through community services and events.
With over two hundred community services there are multitude ways to get involved. But one Academically Based Community Service course particularly drew my interest: The Community Physics Initiative. My personality and what I enjoy has been shaped by a number of factors. One of the factors is that I lived in a small town. And because of this, I enjoy giving and receiving help from the community. Aside from the fact that I love physics, the Community Physics Initiative is one way for me to give back. I remember the times when volunteer groups came to my middle school to perform talents shows, took the students on academic field trips, and, occasionally, introduce a new concept involving hands-on activities. These were some of the best times of my childhood and I want other children to share this experience with me. By contributing to community in this way, I know children who are getting help will also one day contribute back, continuing the cycle.
The community spirit is exuberant in the University of Pennsylvania and it is a community I fit perfectly in. Just as Benjamin Franklin believed that "an inclination join'd with an Ability to serve mankind, one's Country, Friends, and Family... should be the great Aim and End of all learning", I, too, share an affinity with that idea. I want to expand my knowledge and, at the same time, share it with the rest of the world. The University of Pennsylvania allows me to do just that.
