Topic: What are some of the values and beliefs that you hold strongly to? Please provide examples of how you have demonstrated these in your actions. (500-word limit)
Imagine a farmer working in the rice field on a hot sunny day. It is the weekend yet it’s like any other weekdays, just work and nothing else. Day after day, rain or shine, the farmer and his cow ploughed the field, whether they are enduring the extremely hot weather or braving the strong cold wind It is through the hardship and determination that the rice plants are fully grown, from a small tiny seed to a healthy seedling, then to a strong sturdy rice plant, and finally harvesting good quality rice grains. Otherwise, if the farmer is lazy and unwilling to work in the unpredictable weather, we would not be able to enjoy such simple yet precious food.
One of the things I believe in is what I reap is what I sow. When I find passion in something I am doing, that I have a vision of how to make it work out and the confidence that it can be accomplished, I would set my mind, heart and soul into the labour. Through challenges, not only that I get strengthened in the process, I gain rewarding and precious experiences too. Hence, I am determined and enthusiastic about what I do, no matter how people think. For instance, I started to bake on my own at the age of 14. I received a number of bad comments from my friends but I did not give up. I continued to bake, improving each time from listening to comments and advice. Now, I have come up with my own secret recipes for delicious chocolate chip cookies.
I also believe in being responsible to myself and to others. That is being available and accountable. Just like the farmer, who continued to work, in spite of the drastic weathers, sacrificing rest time to nurture the seedlings into healthy rice plants – that is responsibility, doing things without hesitations or complains and knowing his or her rightful role and part to play. An example would be the fun and enriching teaching experience in Woodgrove Primary School. Although I was employed only as a relief teacher, receiving pay on a daily basis, I worked longer than the required hours most of the time. I go to school early and even bring work home; so as to make sure that everything is going according to plan and that the students are taken care of in all aspects. I knew that I have to do all that.
Finally, I believe in being optimistic and always looking at things from a different view. I feel hopeful about the matters that I handle, that a stumbling block can become a stepping stone. In this way, problems that are impossible to solve can be engaged in another way. A failure only brings me closer to success as a winner is someone who never quit, not someone who never fails.
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Now that I've gotten the TA, I need to practice what I preach, no matter how bad conditions are, I will work hard, because this is where I belong in.
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