RTUV Rewording 2021 Sept

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Successful learning has no shortcuts. For meaningful learning, I am required to put extra effort and devotion. The knowledge I have amassed so far has prepared me to gain even more. Knowledge and skills accumulated along the way have enabled me to gain more new information, understand it, create my own perspectives, and remain on a learning path in pursuit of future aspirations in higher education.

Prior studies have provided me with the right tools to identify issues and face them with confidence. The steady relations I have enjoyed with my instructors during classroom learning and during consultation hours have instilled confidence in my own abilities, and provided the right skills to participate in other areas. Conversations and collaborations with team members from my peer groups and club participation have also exposed me to a variety of perspectives and provided communication skills to present individual ideas with lucidity. My academic journey has had fruitful studies as well as success involvement in clubs and other co-curricular activities. The interactions have also led to proficiency in communication and time management.

The position I held as an intern enabled me to utilize the perspectives and skills I have in a related field. Motivating and purposeful assignments aided in keeping me focused and commit myself to continuous growth and improvement. My continued, valued work and general commitment to my role produced outstanding recognition and feedback from my colleagues and supervisors. Specific, my conduct and overall performance in customer service, data research, minutes of meetings, interpretation and translation all revealed the results of my dedication and drive.

Clearly, my campus participations, internship experience, and academic excellence have provided me with the right tools, experiences, skills, and knowledge to pursue secondary education. Adding on to the experiences, my volunteer activities have also contributed to preparing me for further studies. My experience as a volunteer instilled an understanding that learning is best attained where there is a reason to learn. Volunteerism remains to be a strong motivator as I pursue further studies because I have a valuable reason to study harder; public service as a part of my learning.

Volunteerism: 

The only thing the impoverished have in plenty is the deficiency that is freely available in their lives. The impoverished are often perceived to be deprived without anything of value attached to their worth. I always thought this perception to be a reality. However, a life changing volunteerism experienced I participated in the last summer changed this mindset. I am now in a better position to explain that the needy and the disadvantaged have their dignity as the most valued possession.

I found Charles to be very intelligent. Nevertheless, his school was very disadvantaged, lacking the materials, such as books, and other resources that are required to advance his education. His teachers were not motivated and also faced challenges with minimal resources for any effective learning to occur. He stuck to the notions passed down from his father and friends that college was not a good fit for him and that he should remain at home to take care of his family and the responsibilities therein. I immediately realized that this traditional point of view would be detrimental to Charles. I began sharing with him poetry and literature focusing on creating an individual perspective on life. At a certain point, I directed him to establish a personal journal to document his own life. “The time you realize the most valuable thing to your own life,” I explained, “you will gain power to positively alter the direction of your life.”

Our actions directly impact who we are. While working with Charles, our interaction and cooperation as I helped him to get the concept of self-respect and defining personal values led to a positive outcome. He became accountable and an example of the personal philosophy he had created for his life, making it hard for anyone else to destroy what he had built in his psychology. Presently, Charles is conscious of his actions because of the impact they have on his life, with the full knowledge that his background, including family wealth or his environment, should not shape who he becomes later in life. He has learnt to create his own dignity through his own life experiences.Unique: 

I am usually the individual with the ability to know when it is time to start or when to end things. Owing to years of experience in honing skills in the art of Photoshop, I understand very well that excessively dwelling on the details can easily ruin a beautiful pattern. Trust me, I have, in the past, destroyed beautiful designs because of an inability to know when the right time is to stop.  

In my school, I have the ability to know when to begin work with unfettered focus and ways to effectively and satisfactorily achieve objectives. I do not postpone tasks because I value my time and my time management capabilities are exceptional. However, I do not work all the time. I take breaks in between to extend effectiveness and efficiency for all tasks, or I pause to assess my performance and gauge if there are corrections needed to gain better outcomes. In the school grounds, interactions within different social circles such as club activities, seminars, or events are a learning environment for me because I know where to ask questions, and the need to accept tasks even when others reject the same. I push myself until I excel in whatever I engage in, ensuring that others are pleased with my work. When I complete a task, I always self-evaluate and internally probe of the lessons I have learnt and ways of being of assistance to more people when opportunities come up.  

In my internship, I was careful to first understand the repercussions of any task before I engaged, considered where to seek help, and crafting the best strategy to evade impediments to positive outcomes. I tend to slow down or stop wherever I am too self-assured, a point where I make sure to humbly turn to my workmates or supervisors, seeking clarifications or feedback.

In pursuit of personal goals, I always incorporate passion, commitment, and persistence. I stop wherever issues such as fear, over-confidence, and insecurities emerge, which could destroy a good project. I am well capable of expressing myself, since a smile can brighten up someone’s day and excessive words may destroy a good conversation. 

Talent:

Every individual excels at a specific realm of life. Before fully turning it into talent, training and hardships are an integral part of this long journey. Despite this knowledge, more is demanded. Grit is one of the most important elements for a person to really excel or be skillful in something, If not, what one has could be summed up as unmet potential.

American football training in a military school opened up my eyes to see how expansively physical obligation and enthusiasm are required for one to attain success. A majority of the drills and physical workouts were so difficult on my body to a point where I began to question whether I had what was needed to remain committed to football and develop to be an athlete that I envisioned myself to be. On a daily basis, I was required to take a 3-hurdle drill, do the box blast, squat jumps, ankle jumps, single-leg hurdle hops, trigger points, lateral bounds, foam rolling, and 90-90 stretch. Injuries including bruises, swollen face, sprained ankles, and muscle pains and swore eyes were common to me. These pains and bruises told a silent story of the work and inner struggles and insecurities that marked my journey. All in all, I never gave in. at the start, my reason for not quitting was because I was ashamed considering the commitment of others around me. Eventually, I started to notice that my decision of staying had become my personal routine. As a routine, I learnt to live with the frustrations, fatigue, and endless pain and internalized them as a culture. Gradually, the routine and custom became my talent. I grew stronger in terms of my own mental and physical capabilities and endurance. I found out that I had the capacity to run longer, bend more, was becoming faster in movement, and I could apply a number of techniques in a field with skillful creativity on the football filed. Currently, football is my talent. Training for football is a part of my routine. I still perform various trainings and workouts on a daily basis and I have owned my skills.

A lot of people in my circles see football as my talent. I do not see it that way. Even after leading my team to numerous victories, I perceive my grit to be the strongest gift I have. Although it is not so conspicuous, it is always present. It is an ever-present skill in all that I do.