Describe the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school, community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations?
Please, provide feedback on how to improve this essay and, if it matters much, trim it down from 301 to 250 words. Both grammatical and structure advices are more than welcome.
Having spent most of my childhood travelling all over the country, following my mother's job as a state engineer, I have always felt distant from the world and the people around me, thinking, "Soon we will move, and I will never meet them again, so how do they matter?" I would often prefer to spend my free time on reading instead of going outdoors with other children. Over the years, I have formed a habit of doing everything alone, without any help.
However, my way of thinking was changed by the event that provided a groundbreaking experience. It was after my family has settled down that I entered university undergraduate program. After initial testing me and several other prospective students were gathered to form a research team and assigned to professor Alekseev who taught information security in the same university.
"Don't like your research group? Feel free to change it, then," the professor answered to my complaints, closing our first team meeting. Later, when the final lists were out I found out that he had assigned me as coordinator to the same group. At first, the only thing we did was fight with each other all the time. The professor shrugged at my complaints: "Everything is in your hands." Thus, I decided to try to understand my teammates and approach them accordingly. And as I did that I discovered just how easy it was to set my group on the right track. Old grudges were quickly forgotten as we started working towards the common goal.
After the project was done, I thought back about it: what started as an annoyance ended up being a very enjoyable experience. Since then, more than once I was shown that positive attitude and an open mind are necessary for success no matter what you do.
Please, provide feedback on how to improve this essay and, if it matters much, trim it down from 301 to 250 words. Both grammatical and structure advices are more than welcome.
Having spent most of my childhood travelling all over the country, following my mother's job as a state engineer, I have always felt distant from the world and the people around me, thinking, "Soon we will move, and I will never meet them again, so how do they matter?" I would often prefer to spend my free time on reading instead of going outdoors with other children. Over the years, I have formed a habit of doing everything alone, without any help.
However, my way of thinking was changed by the event that provided a groundbreaking experience. It was after my family has settled down that I entered university undergraduate program. After initial testing me and several other prospective students were gathered to form a research team and assigned to professor Alekseev who taught information security in the same university.
"Don't like your research group? Feel free to change it, then," the professor answered to my complaints, closing our first team meeting. Later, when the final lists were out I found out that he had assigned me as coordinator to the same group. At first, the only thing we did was fight with each other all the time. The professor shrugged at my complaints: "Everything is in your hands." Thus, I decided to try to understand my teammates and approach them accordingly. And as I did that I discovered just how easy it was to set my group on the right track. Old grudges were quickly forgotten as we started working towards the common goal.
After the project was done, I thought back about it: what started as an annoyance ended up being a very enjoyable experience. Since then, more than once I was shown that positive attitude and an open mind are necessary for success no matter what you do.