At the end of this long academic road I’ve noticed how
there are open doors to follow my own path and to grow more as a human being. I
hope to meet the characteristics that this institution has placed in me and
based on them grow and build a prosperous future. In these years in the
institution I have grown not only knowledge but also with its own human
characteristics. I hope the efforts given to this school are reflected in my
future actions and serve as a guide for what some professionals in this
institution have taught me.
The most important people that led me to achieve my goals
as a student were my mom , my dad , and my sister ; my family in general, they
have made me a better person to achieve my set of goals for this academic
period. They have given me strength and vital tips to overcome this stage that
it can often be hard but we all must learn to overcome; and with their help was
much more bearable. Other characters I've met in this way are those few true,
but reliable, friends which brighten my day with their experiences. These
friends let me show how I can help others and help me for the benefit of all.
All these years with them are unforgettable as they are colleagues who have
shaped me as a person. Finally I want to thank the teachers who trusted me and
helped me with their knowledge and advice.
Now,
as time comes to this reflection about life itself, based on my experiences in
our school, I can get some conclusions based on my knowledge. Regarding to what
the actual knowledge the school have taught me, it cannot be applied in our
modern practical world. If I went out of school and went to work right now, I
would do nothing more but to flip burgers. Students may know a lot of sciences,
and math, and social studies, and English; but they can’t be really applied to
our world, to solve real issues. This is the problem with our educational
system; they are not preparing us for the real world.
This
is the reason I will base this document on actual experiences the school have
given me. There are some teachers who have actually helped me and changed my
way of thinking. It is not with their academic knowledge, but through their
actions and life experiences. By this I can base my knowledge and standards
about how the world is really outside to create a set of goals in order to
change, our sometimes sad, reality we are immersed in.
I
would like to inspire and help people with their issues, and I believe this can
be achieved by putting the welfare of others into consideration no matter if
this demands more sacrifice for me. This has been recently applied by me in
helping other classmates to study for exams. Early this month one classmate
asked for my help to study for an exam, I agreed with pleasure because I have
always advocated helping other people, especially if that does not “hurt” me. I
helped him not because I wanted something back from him, but because it was the
right thing to do. I believe that people only need a little push for them to
achieve success.
This
experienced show me how everyone can get satisfaction by just a little more
sacrifice from everybody. I consider that by doing this in our practical world
we can get a lot more innovation and success in our society. By doing this,
people that don’t have as much opportunities as others may grow their own
products and create more of them. This will help our society prosper, because
there would be more income distributed in more people.
Helping
others is one of the reasons I chose to study medicine, to help others in their
integrity and health. I would like to live in a world were human values are
more important than money and were one person gets medical attention even if
he(or she) does not have the financial support to receive it. That is one of my
main goals in studying this awesome career, to change people’s mentality that a
human life is much worthy and valuable that all of the money on the planet.
This
life philosophy is what I believe the people of our time should be more focused
on; helping others than the auto-destructive means of money. I know that to
maintain this philosophy would be hard, but as Marcelo Bielsa once said “un
hombre con nuevas ideas es un loco, hasta que triunfa.” In order to achieve these
goals I have to be patient, work hard to be an influential doctor, and be
perseverant. I know that this won’t solve all the world’s problems but I know
that if everyone makes a little sacrifice, we can all help with our grain of
sand for future generations. I will try to give back the world and humanity,
all the blessings that they have gotten into my life.
