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- Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:38 pm
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I have been struggling with what to include and was wondering if someone could take a quick look to see if I am on track.
Thank you!!
As I sat in the quietest corner of the library attempting to write a paper on the differences between Liberalism and Conservatism, I received a text message from one of my roommates. I looked at my phone thinking I would get the classic, ‘Where are you? Where have you been?’ text. However, to my surprise my roommate typed, “I NEED YOUR HELP! IT’S AN EMERGENCY”. Thinking that something was terribly wrong, I hurried back to our suite and I pushed through the door. When I got inside, my roommate said exasperated, “Wow, you got here fast, but I need you to kill this spider that is on the bathroom floor”. This was the emergency: a spider. My roommate could not even think about going into the bathroom because she is deathly afraid of spiders, even this one which was not even larger than a dime.
While for many this story may seem irrelevant or even strange, however, this is a normal day in my life. Why? This is because my friends see me as the responsible, efficient, always-get-you-out-of-trouble person. The one to turn to when you need to fill out a form, figure out how to get to a new restaurant, or kill a spider. This ability to kill a spider, a skill I assumed most people had, has become one of my most treasured characteristics when living with a bunch of girls. This is something I have always thought to be second nature, but it has turned me into someone who has been appreciated and needed among them. Along with my ability at give clear and concise directions due to of my attention to detail, I am the person my friends go to when they need advice about topics such as professional dress or interview skills.
It has been within the past two and a half years that I have been at college, that I have become aware of why I choose to be the “mom” in my friend group. Aside from wanting to help because I get joy out of helping others, it comes from my gratification in being needed. Being an only child and my father passing away when I was only 15, my mom depended on me for the simplest of tasks. I began to enjoy being depended on and spent so much time with my mother that I adopted her nurturing qualities. At the same time, this led me to get extremely involved in school and always desire approval from her. This means that I was not taking the normal breaks most college students were, I was graduating with my Bachelor’s degree in Political Science in two and a half years instead of the typical four.
The moments that I was helping my mom with various tasks around the house were the moments that I would look forward to each day, but little did I know at the time that these moments I treasured so much were shaping who I would become. When I finally realized this, I was leaving my small town for college and was finally living away from my mother. While I left my mother at home, I took her nurturing principles with me. My second nature to be nurturing, dovetailed with my predisposition to help and be a leader, has formed me into who I am today: “the responsible one”.
Aside from allowing me to kill spiders for the girls I live with, these virtues have also single-mindedly compelled me to excel in both the realms of academia and extracurricular activities. Once in college, these same characteristics provoked me to take on leadership roles in a multitude of campus organizations. Whether it be leading homeless shelter visits, facilitating campus wide food drives, working with underprivileged refugee children, or facilitating leadership workshops on campus I was always the person people went to when they were in a tough situation. The nurturing qualities that I learned from my mother when my father passed away, not only reincarnated themselves into making me a supportive friend, but were transformed into aiding my success and leadership in college.
In many respects, the characteristics that have warranted me the leadership I had in college are the same ones that will help me succeed and excel in law school, as they will help me promote human rights around the world through field of law. My ability to face and address challenges head on with the confidence one learns from a diverse background and experiences will be my strength in law school and life. These leadership qualities that I have accumulated throughout the years will only continue in my pursuit of a career in law.
Thank you!!
As I sat in the quietest corner of the library attempting to write a paper on the differences between Liberalism and Conservatism, I received a text message from one of my roommates. I looked at my phone thinking I would get the classic, ‘Where are you? Where have you been?’ text. However, to my surprise my roommate typed, “I NEED YOUR HELP! IT’S AN EMERGENCY”. Thinking that something was terribly wrong, I hurried back to our suite and I pushed through the door. When I got inside, my roommate said exasperated, “Wow, you got here fast, but I need you to kill this spider that is on the bathroom floor”. This was the emergency: a spider. My roommate could not even think about going into the bathroom because she is deathly afraid of spiders, even this one which was not even larger than a dime.
While for many this story may seem irrelevant or even strange, however, this is a normal day in my life. Why? This is because my friends see me as the responsible, efficient, always-get-you-out-of-trouble person. The one to turn to when you need to fill out a form, figure out how to get to a new restaurant, or kill a spider. This ability to kill a spider, a skill I assumed most people had, has become one of my most treasured characteristics when living with a bunch of girls. This is something I have always thought to be second nature, but it has turned me into someone who has been appreciated and needed among them. Along with my ability at give clear and concise directions due to of my attention to detail, I am the person my friends go to when they need advice about topics such as professional dress or interview skills.
It has been within the past two and a half years that I have been at college, that I have become aware of why I choose to be the “mom” in my friend group. Aside from wanting to help because I get joy out of helping others, it comes from my gratification in being needed. Being an only child and my father passing away when I was only 15, my mom depended on me for the simplest of tasks. I began to enjoy being depended on and spent so much time with my mother that I adopted her nurturing qualities. At the same time, this led me to get extremely involved in school and always desire approval from her. This means that I was not taking the normal breaks most college students were, I was graduating with my Bachelor’s degree in Political Science in two and a half years instead of the typical four.
The moments that I was helping my mom with various tasks around the house were the moments that I would look forward to each day, but little did I know at the time that these moments I treasured so much were shaping who I would become. When I finally realized this, I was leaving my small town for college and was finally living away from my mother. While I left my mother at home, I took her nurturing principles with me. My second nature to be nurturing, dovetailed with my predisposition to help and be a leader, has formed me into who I am today: “the responsible one”.
Aside from allowing me to kill spiders for the girls I live with, these virtues have also single-mindedly compelled me to excel in both the realms of academia and extracurricular activities. Once in college, these same characteristics provoked me to take on leadership roles in a multitude of campus organizations. Whether it be leading homeless shelter visits, facilitating campus wide food drives, working with underprivileged refugee children, or facilitating leadership workshops on campus I was always the person people went to when they were in a tough situation. The nurturing qualities that I learned from my mother when my father passed away, not only reincarnated themselves into making me a supportive friend, but were transformed into aiding my success and leadership in college.
In many respects, the characteristics that have warranted me the leadership I had in college are the same ones that will help me succeed and excel in law school, as they will help me promote human rights around the world through field of law. My ability to face and address challenges head on with the confidence one learns from a diverse background and experiences will be my strength in law school and life. These leadership qualities that I have accumulated throughout the years will only continue in my pursuit of a career in law.
