I plan on majoring in International Business and to be able to establish global connections.

b) Please tell us more about yourself. Relate one or more experiences or circumstances that have contributed to your personal
or academic development. If you have been out of school for a year or longer, please discuss your activities during that
period of time.

I have been traveling as long as I can remember. Ever since I was six years of age, every summer I would travel from Illinois to Georgia to spend time with my father and his family. Since then I always had a passion for traveling. I dream of traveling to different countries, and meet different people from different cultures and learn from them.

When I was in 7th grade, My Social Studies teacher introduced the class to Japanese. I had always wanted to go to Japan. Japan is very different from America. Unlike America Japan is a very homogenous country. Being an African American, I know that there isn't many of African Americans in Japan, and that I would be in a totally different environment that I'm used to, however I feel that's the beauty of traveling to different countries. During Middle School I took it upon myself to self-teach myself Japanese. It was very difficult for me to learn as I could barely even remember the "first five" hiragana.

Fortunately, In High School I had the opportunity to take Japanese. Freshmen year, learning how to read and write Japanese was very difficult. As I continued studying my Sophomore and Junior Year I began to really enjoyed it. That's when I decided that I wanted to have a career with Japanese or any other foreign language for that matter.

I don't have many opportunities to speak to Japanese people but when I come across native speakers I'm always eager to try to communicate. It is such a great feeling to be able to communicate with people in their own language and have a conversation with them.

I am currently at Georgia Perimeter College in Clarkston Georgia. I pass the highest Japanese the school had to offer. My goal is to study abroad in Japan and continue studying Japanese. I believe Temple University will hand the best experience for the path that I want to follow. I plan on majoring in International Business and to be able to establish global connections.

Well, this prompt asks you;


In your response, you basically attempt to talk about your exposure in Japan. That is not a problem, however, you need to talk about the significance of your exposure in building your personality or the person who you are today. Tell them what you learned through that experience, how it influenced you to change your perceptions or build your outlook. You need to portray yourself through these experiences.