My Growing-up Experiences ---关于认识自己
(2012-03-03 18:12:31)
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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.
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.