My PS first draft
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:01 pm
Please guys, tear this shit up, spit on it, whatever but help me make it good.
My dream to become a lawyer is one is the culmination of my experiences and my story. Growing up as an immigrant in the United States had its share of struggles. I was born in Nigeria but left at the age of 10. Frightened and bewildered, I left a world where I had roots and anchors and stumbled into a world where I knew nobody. The most simple and rudimentary tasks of everyday life became a challenge for me. For example, even though I grew up speaking English, it took me months to adjust the pace of the American speech. In addition to that, I was made fun of due to my color of skin and my Nigerian accent. I was lonely and unable to connect with people.
However, I made the adjustments. I realized that I had to attack school from a very different perspective. I learned that people who stand out (in either a positive or negative manner) generally have a unique opportunity to be accepted by others. I chose to exhibit exceptional aptitude for academics and the days of being ostracized for my African background were over.
Many at that point assumed and expected that I would immediately go into further education in Law or Medicine. However, I have never been one to live the dreams of others; I have always chosen to live my own dreams. During my high school days, my dream was to pursue religious studies. And to the horror of my parents, that's exactly what I did. What my parents struggled to understand was that I had made a commitment to live by my passions.
Halfway through my undergraduate years, I was dissatisfied and bored with my degree in religion and I didn't know why. However, in the summer of 2006, I spent a summer in a post-Katrina New Orleans. I led mission groups into the city on a weekly basis to help the returning population begin the process of gutting and repairing their broken homes. I learned that I have a desire to defend and advocate for people. At that point I decided to commit to a Masters program in Marriage and Family Therapy.
Getting a degree in Marriage and Family Therapy allowed me to live out my dream of advocating for people. It allowed me to work in a mental health hospital dealing with people who had drug/alcohol and mental health illnesses.Furthermore, I got a chance to work with different teams thereby learning the valuable lessons of teamwork and group processes. However, I was still dissatisfied. I felt that something was still missing for me.
I have since learned that there are certain in values that I prize: advocating for people, defending the defenseless, and being intellectually challenged. And so my dream has changed, again. I want to be a Lawyer because I think it provides me with the best opportunity to be everything that I want to be.
My dream to become a lawyer is one is the culmination of my experiences and my story. Growing up as an immigrant in the United States had its share of struggles. I was born in Nigeria but left at the age of 10. Frightened and bewildered, I left a world where I had roots and anchors and stumbled into a world where I knew nobody. The most simple and rudimentary tasks of everyday life became a challenge for me. For example, even though I grew up speaking English, it took me months to adjust the pace of the American speech. In addition to that, I was made fun of due to my color of skin and my Nigerian accent. I was lonely and unable to connect with people.
However, I made the adjustments. I realized that I had to attack school from a very different perspective. I learned that people who stand out (in either a positive or negative manner) generally have a unique opportunity to be accepted by others. I chose to exhibit exceptional aptitude for academics and the days of being ostracized for my African background were over.
Many at that point assumed and expected that I would immediately go into further education in Law or Medicine. However, I have never been one to live the dreams of others; I have always chosen to live my own dreams. During my high school days, my dream was to pursue religious studies. And to the horror of my parents, that's exactly what I did. What my parents struggled to understand was that I had made a commitment to live by my passions.
Halfway through my undergraduate years, I was dissatisfied and bored with my degree in religion and I didn't know why. However, in the summer of 2006, I spent a summer in a post-Katrina New Orleans. I led mission groups into the city on a weekly basis to help the returning population begin the process of gutting and repairing their broken homes. I learned that I have a desire to defend and advocate for people. At that point I decided to commit to a Masters program in Marriage and Family Therapy.
Getting a degree in Marriage and Family Therapy allowed me to live out my dream of advocating for people. It allowed me to work in a mental health hospital dealing with people who had drug/alcohol and mental health illnesses.Furthermore, I got a chance to work with different teams thereby learning the valuable lessons of teamwork and group processes. However, I was still dissatisfied. I felt that something was still missing for me.
I have since learned that there are certain in values that I prize: advocating for people, defending the defenseless, and being intellectually challenged. And so my dream has changed, again. I want to be a Lawyer because I think it provides me with the best opportunity to be everything that I want to be.