Sociology never came to my mind when I was juggling through majors. I stumbled upon the subject at first when I started taking general education classes at a junior college level. My interest grew when I took my first Sociology class. I remember my first day of that class because I can remember having the preconceived notion that it was going to be boring and a waste of time. When I walked in the classroom and saw my teacher, I assumed that the class would be nothing but boring lectures and essays to write. My opinion immediately changed as soon as he opened his mouth and started talking about his experiences in volunteering and sharing his knowledge. He made me think about how each and every act that we compose leads to a stepping-stone for someone else in the future. "We were making the future and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is! If we don't end war, war will end us." This quote from H.G. Wells, a sociologist, was my most inspirational quote from the class. Even though it might seem a bit cliché, at the time I read it the message of it just came jumping out at me. From that point on, my life at school had changed completely.
I had been apart of student body now for about a year and obtained a lot from the experience. A lot of it had to do with one of the committees I was representing. It was called Care Bank and it helped Fullerton College students. We would give out free bus passes and gift cards to grocery stores for underprivileged students. I would conduct the interviews with the students and so I was able to see a lot of different cases. Many of them were out of state students who had no money because they were living on their own, but one student in particular caught my eye. He was someone from a minority background and was born into drug and money laundering but was making a change in his life by educating himself. This made me think about how our society works as a whole and if we keep on making the same mistakes in life we don't hold anything in our future. If I can help a kid like this succeed in school then sociology is my path. I knew that I could do what Care Bank does but on a much larger scale. H.G. Wells' quote kept floating through my mind when I was interviewing the kid. If this kid can keep himself from harming others, than the world would have a lot less suffering. So then I thought of something I could do to help students in his situation. Along with my pre-requisites studies for pharmacy school, I would also like to do some research on underprivileged children. The saying " the children are our future" is what best fits my goal in my educational career. My family background comes from a country with a lot of uneducated people who make very little money due to the lack of education in their society. Helping the cause on a more global level would be my goal in my research.
Now after making this decision, it was a struggle for me to explain it to my family. All throughout my life my family and I had the dream of me wearing the white lab coat and helping a person with my cold stethoscope. At first, it seemed like a big jump from planning major in chemistry for pharmaceutical school to majoring in sociology. But when my parents saw how much I was enjoying my new major, however, they knew that it was the best decision for me and gave me their full support. Having my family back me up on this decision made a whole lot easier to motivate myself to work even harder.
I don't think that I would be in this situation if I hadn't done student body and of course taken my inspirational sociology class. Having three older brothers also helped steering me in the right direction. Being able to learn from their mistakes has helped a lot in making my lifelong decisions.
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I first stumbled upon the subject when I started taking general education classes at a junior level college. My interest in it grew when I took my first Sociology class. I remember having the preconceived notion that it was going to be a waste of time. When I first saw my teacher, I immediately assumed that the class would contain nothing but boring lectures and essays to write. However, my opinion immediately changed as soon as he opened his mouth. He made me think about how each and every act that we do is a stepping-stone for someone else in the future.
"We were making the future and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is! If we don't end war, war will end us." This quote from the sociologist H.G. Wells inspired me the most. Even though it might seem a bit cliché, at the time I read it, its message just came jumping out at me. From that point on, my life at school changed completely.
I had been a part of student body now for about a year and obtained a lot from the experience. A lot of it had to do with Care Bank--one of the committees I was representing. We would give out free bus passes and gift cards to grocery stores for use by underprivileged students. I would conduct interviews with the students and was able to see a lot of different cases. One student in particular caught my eye. He was a minority and was born into drug and money laundering--but he decided to change his life for the better by educating himself. This made me think about how our society works as a whole and if we keep on making the same mistakes in life we don't hold anything in our future. If I can help a kid like this succeed in school, then sociology is my path. I knew that I could do what Care Bank does but on a much larger scale. H.G. Wells' quote kept floating through my mind when I was interviewing the kid. If this kid could keep himself from harming others, then the world would have a lot less suffering.
So then, I thought of something I could do to help students in his situation: Along with my pre-requisites studies for pharmacy school, I would also like to do some research on underprivileged children. The saying "the children are our future" best fits my goal in my educational career. My family background comes from a country with a lot of uneducated people who make very little money due to the lack of education in their society. Helping spread education(?) on a more global level would be my goal in my research.
After making that decision, it was a struggle for me to explain it to my family. All throughout my life, my family and I had the dream of me wearing the white lab coat and helping a person with my cold stethoscope. At first, it seemed like a big jump from planning to major in chemistry for pharmaceutical school to majoring in sociology. However, when my parents saw how much I was enjoying my new major, they knew that it was the best decision for me and gave me their full support. Having my family back me up on this decision made it a whole lot easier to motivate myself to work even harder.
I don't think that I would be in this situation if I hadn't done student body and taken my inspirational sociology class.
(These last two lines seem a bit unnecessary...)
Having three older brothers also helped steering me in the right direction. Being able to learn from their mistakes has helped a lot in making my lifelong decisions.
(Ah...well, I edited out some parts I thought didn't fit--hope it helps!)
thanks a lot
I think if you want to make it a conversation way,you have to write a introductive paragraph.And the effect depends on the way you write it.So you can have a try,try to convey it.
