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My Growing-up Experiences ---关于认识自己

(2012-03-03 18:12:31)
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分类: 社工传奇

                   My Growing-up Experiences

  When tomorrow turns in today, yesterday, and someday that no more important in your memory, we suddenly realize that we are pushed forward by time. This is not a train in still in which you may feel forward when another train goes by. It is the truth that we've all grown up. And we become different.” This motto is from a movie called The Odd Couple. And this motto reflects the influence of my experience on me.

I remembered when I was I junior high school. An English specking contest was hold in my city. At that time my English had already made a great progress. I really want to join the contest from the bottom of my heart. I told my English teacher that I wanted to be a competitor of the contest. After I got the permission and know the deadline of application and payment. I practiced very hard day and night. I like speaking English so much, so I want to win the recognition of my schoolmates and teachers. However when I was to pay the money I was told that I had cross the deadline. I cannot take part in that specking contest. I was too cared about the preparation but forgot what the deadline that my teacher told me. I miss the chance because I careless.

When I was young I always made some careless mistakes. But this time it totally change my way of doing things. I began to do things more carefully, considered all the things that would possibly happen. After that shameful thing I finally realize if you did not take care of what you are doing at hand you will miss a chance that can never come back. I began to cherish what I am doing right now. There is no second chance; neither there is a second life. So I need to use my heart to do everything at hand seriously. I am now still believed that failure is the best teacher. Do not treat failure just as failure; it is a way to success.      

 

Another thing that make my life worthwhile is a donation. It was the first year of high school, a severe earthquake happened in Si Chuan Province. I saw the natural disaster, I felt sympathy for the innocent people, I wanted to do something to help them regain their courage to face the catastrophe challenge and I wanted to use my strength to help them rebuild their family. But at that time I was still a shy boy, I really did not have the courageous to raise a donation. When a child , though I am not a child at that time, face an challenge that he has never done before he would always needs a father to cover his back to give him encouragement and push him to have a try. That was exactly what my father did. When I talk to him about the idea, he just suggested me to make it happen on the weekend. I said no, I will never be able to do that. Because never had I saw a group that hold a big box hanging around in the city looking for donation for the people in need. "Then why not be the first one?" That is why my father was a great father, even some adult were even dear to think about it. In their mind they always think standing in the public doing something unusual is a shameful thing. Then I finally decide to do it. Before that I never took part in any activity such like that, I didn't know what to prepare for a donation and I even did know what to aspect. We made two large boxes and sealed it with red paper, then my father pasted words “DONATION BOX". The next thing was to invite my schoolmates to join us to raise money. It was really a tough work, because many students like me were too shy to have an activity in public. 3 of 12 people eventually taken part in the donation. But I was satisfied because there was some peers agreed the worth of what I am doing.

 It was rain last night and the early morning, I was so worry that if it still raining outside we would not be able to raise donation. This is really the hardest time when you got everything prepared only to find out it raining outside. I suddenly had a strong feeling that study in school was the easiest thing in the world. You just need to set in the classroom and focus on what the teacher is saying, nothing else to be considered. I found that there were much more difficult things in the world. Even made a little donation was really not easy. But as the story goes, miracle happened, when it was 10 o'clock the rain stopped! So I still very appreciate it , that with gods' help I finally able to make this donation. 

  When I began to raise money, at first only three of us in the busiest street of my city, I found there were less people tended to donate their money. At that time I felt so depressed that I even want to dig a hole and bury myself. This was my first time; it really took me a lot of courage to be there. I told myself and my friends not to worry and stick to it no matter what happened. Things got to change many students that we didn’t know join in the team. Our team became larger and larger, and the donation amount begins to grow, after an hour or so, we found that there was another group of students were also here raise for donation. Our team grows so fast that even the local TV station came. They took some videos and pictures and gave each of us a brief interview. Finally we achieved a great success after two hour’s donation we successfully raise 5600 Yuan. I had a strong feeling of satisfaction at that time. I felt the first time that when I help other people I gain more happiness than I had ever imagined.

In this donation I gained courage and confidence. I learned that if you try you make have a chance to make it; if I do not try I even do not stand a chance. And it was this very donation that takes me to a way of helping other people, in the future it is even the basic causes that made me to choose Social Work as my four years profession in PolyU. I find that if I am able to help more people I can gain more happiness and make my life difference. 

 

    

I may have many dreams as time passing by, but there always a final goal that no matter what I do, I what to make a difference, I want to be a great man that can change the world a little bit. To the detail I want to be diplomat, and I am still dreamed to go to Harvard University for a study. And at hand I want be a good social worker when I graduate. I want to make a significant difference to others and at the same time enhance the meaning of my own life.

 

First of all, if I want to make a difference I need to know about people to understand what are they actually need, I need to better understand people in order to let the trust me. I found that only by helping people can I find what they need, what they care, and what they think about everything. I simply know that no one can achieve a great honor without the help of ordinary people; you need them to support you to cover your back.

Second, helping people is the most meaningful and honorable things in the world. By helping others I gain lots of happiness. Through helping people I know what true achievement is. So I decide to start my lifelong journey as a social work student.

So no matter I want to be a diplomat or want to go to Harvard, I always need to work with people. So become a social worker can give me some meaningful training and value. And also becoming a social worker can give me more social experiences.

 

About myself, I think I am a gifted one but with many weaknesses. Frist I am an outgoing person I like smile, I smile twice as much as usual people did. You can seldom see me angry or frustrated. I also have a good tolerability. Because my parents’ effect I tend to look the good side of a thing, I tend to look good quality of a people. And I am very confident about myself. Based on these characteristic many of my friends told me that I will be a good social worker. I also have some sort of special ability. I can remember people’s face for more than three month with one glance. So every day I walk through the MTR tunnel I can find many people I seen before. So I really have some talent to become some FBI special agent. When I was a child I always tried to analyze people’s personality, through their minutia. If a man behaves that way it must reflect some sort of his personality, for instance shy, confidence, fear etc. So I love to analyze people, and sometime I always got the right answer. Now I can see one’s student card to see their frequency of take part in school activity, usually I get 80% right. I am extremely sensitive about some small things that some people would ever notice. 

Here comes the weaknesses, I have a little awkward on math. In my life seldom have I though logically about statistics or data. Though I am a science student in my high school, I have difficulties dealing with calculate. I always absorbed in what I am doing especially when I am playing computer games, when I was playing I know nothing about the outside world. I find sometime I cannot stop myself from playing games. I also have some difficulties dealing with my life trifles. Though I have a good time management, these trifles sometimes make my daily life a mass. I have a bad habit when I am doing a project or a long-tern project a bad start always make me frustrated and low motivation. It is because of this bad habit I didn’t achieve a good grade in some of my classes. I am a inconstant person, I always have difficulties in sticking to a business for a long time. After I came to PolyU I have another weakness, my speaking Cantonese is not so good.

In order to make up my shortcoming, I think I should have a good timetable. At the same time I should cut the gaming time. About these trifles, I should ask my mother to learn how she manages these trifles. I should keep my dormitory clean and tidy from now on. Perhaps I should have some class in university to help me to think logically. About Cantonese I have already watch TVB at night, and I practice Cantonese with my classmates every day.

I set myself so many dreams; I will use my own strength to fulfill it. First I think I need some motivation to motivate me to keep equipping myself. After read some books, I find a good way, I can imagine an “ideal me”. And every day I will try my best to match the ideal picture I am about to paint. Through that way I will be more aware of the area I need to strengthen. I can first imaging am a student of Harvard University, and compare what should I do with what I am doing now. If I want to be a social worker, I will imagine I am a good social worker, I will try to catch up my “ideal self”. I should have the personality to stay humble and open.  I will find me a group of good friends who are supportive and can give me encouragement. To make some improvement in diplomacy I need to speak good English and learn about people from different cultures. In order to realize my long term goals I also need some clear short term goals. I need to have the ability of life-long learning ability. Listen parents’ and teachers’ advice and create my own path. Most importantly I should never give up my ability to dream, and the courage to pursue my dream.

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