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1、enlightenment. At the convention I received an overwhelming amount of suppor t and encouragement from wonderful people who advocate the very principles I believe in. This convention was so inspiring that the next day in school I was able to relate my experience to one of my biggest opponents on the

2、subje ct. Also, the abundant information available at the convention enabled me to defend my position on abortion more effectively. Attending this convention accomplished two things. It proved my commitment to my belief, in that I too k the initiative to strengthen and support my opinion, refusing t

3、o give up o r lose heart. Unlike many others, I was eager and willing to gain new knowle dge so I may successfully promote my belief to others. In addition, this con vention invigorated my confidence to stand up for what I believe in and taug ht me to never lose the courage of my convictions * Succe

4、sful Cornell Applicant Tell us about opinion have you had to defend. How has this affected your bel ief system? I chuckle to myself every time I think about this. I am perceive d as a mild-mannered, intelligent individual until I mention that I am invol ved in riflery. It is interesting to watch som

5、eones expression change. It i s as if I instantaneously grew a pair of horns and a sharp set of claws. Bel ieve me this gets worst; I am a member of the NRA. I try to tell these folks that I belong to the NRA to fire my rifle. Oh my God! You fire real guns? with real bullets?!? they remark with a pe

6、rplexed look on their face. Besid es having horns and claws, I now possess a tail and leathery wings. This is how it began five years ago. I had played on a soccer team for several years . As I grew older I began having difficultyplaying soccer because of shortne ss of breath. I was diagnosed as hav

7、ing mild asthma which ended my soccer ca reer and eliminated my participation in most physical sports. Shortly afterw ard, during a Boy Scout summer camp, I participated in riflery at their shoo ting range. This was the first time I had ever touched a firearm. To my amaz ement, I won the camps first

8、 place award for marksmanship. I was more than eager when a friend of mine asked me if I would like to join a shooting club . My parents were wary when I asked to join the rifle club. My mother feared guns, but my father felt there was no problem with trying this sport. Grate fully, he gave me the o

9、pportunity totry rifle marksmanship, despite secretly hoping that I would quit. Both of my parents were afraid of what people wou ld think about their sons involvement with guns. Like my parents a majority of people believe that all firearms are dangerous to our society. All they remember are the hy

10、sterical news releases of street violence and injured chi ldren.I am often asked how many deer Ive shot. Frankly, I couldnever bring myself to injure another living creature and neitherwould most of the compet itors I have met. Yet, I keep finding myself defending the sport from all of the misconcep

11、tions that surround it. Most people have developed a negative impression of the sport and I have found that these prejudices are difficult , if not impossible, to rectify. Because of this conflict, I have become an open minded individual. I express my opinions without reservation, and I hav e learne

12、d to accept opinions and viewpoints contrary to my own. I do not int end to alter what I enjoy because of the ignorance of friends and acquaintan ces. If people have a negative view of me simply because of the sport I am a ctive in, then they must be so superficial that they cannot see the person w

13、ho I really am. I am no longer apprehensive of being perceived as a gun toti ng, trigger happy fanatic, even though I still endeavor to educate my friend s and relatives on the beauty of this sport. * East Asian Studies Its not often that a kid growing up in small-town New Mexico strikes up a p assi

14、on for Chinese civilization. Nevertheless, my interest in different cult ures flourished during my childhood and adolescence in New Mexico. The beaut y and breathtakingly scenic landscape of this state is enriched with the pro nounced cultural diversity brought about by Pueblo, Hopi and Navajo natio

15、ns and a large Hispanicpopulation that represents close to 50% of state. When I was in kindergarten I attended a bilingual school in Lemitar, a small town in southern New Mexico. Most of the children at this school were Hispanic. T his allowed me at a very early age to experience a language and cult

16、ure diff erent from mine. My father has always had a keen interest in people from oth er countries and cultural backgrounds. As a librarian, my father has always encouraged me to read not only Western Philosophy, but Eastern Philosophy as well. In addition, he inspired me to see life from a differen

17、t perspective. To a large extent, and by most definitions, I have always been a non-traditi onal and unconventional student. I went to a high school with a curriculum t hat was as challenging for me as any course I have taken in college. This hi gh school was unique because we studied everything fro

18、m the origin of Wester n Civilization to modern-day Western thought. Another unique feature of this school was that at the end of our senior year we had to give an oral presen tation in front of a host of panelists from St. Johns College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This experience helped me develop my

19、ability to think critically and present a cogent thesis. It forced me to grow not only as a student, bu t more importantly, as an individual.When I graduated from high school I reb elled against traditional education and decided not to apply to college. Thi s decision was to the great dismay of my p

20、arents, who had entered college im mediately after high school. With much resistance, I enrolled at Santa Fe Co mmunity College. This was just to satisfy my parents wishes, and I spent on ly one semester there. Although I wanted to study and continue to learn, I y earned to reach out to people and f

21、ind a different mode of study - one whic h would allow me to understand myself better so that I could relate better t o the world around me.With this goal, I decided to attend the New Mexico Aca demy of Massage and Advanced Healing Arts. The school provided me with a uni que mind/body balance that h

22、as helped me become a more well-rounded person. I studied subjects that ranged from Anatomy and Physiology to Yoga and Tai C hi. After graduating, I got a job at the Santa Fe Sport Medicine Institute a s a Physical Therapy Assistant. I used Massage techniques to help people who were injured in auto

23、accidents or sporting events. This type of work allowe d me to directly help people - the people I massaged told me that the pain they experienced prior to the massage had subsided. Relieving the pains of t hese people nurtured in me a sense of purpose. In addition, it increased my interest in Easte

24、rn Philosophy, making me want to learn more about Asia.I be gan to read many classical Chinese texts to further my knowledge about Chine se Philosophy. Soon I developed a profound interest in learning how to read and speak the Chinese language. The opportunities for studying Chinese were very limite

25、d, however. At 22,I had saved up some money and now decided to go live in Asia to experience a Chinese culture first-hand, and to learn how t o speak Mandarin Chinese. My desire to go to Asia was spawned by a genuine i nterest in reconciling differences I found between Eastern and Western cultu res.

26、 Similarly, I wanted to pursue this experience because it would provide me with a unique opportunity to broaden the perspective I had on the world a s a whole. This is how I ended living in Taichung, Taiwan and visiting mainl and China. When I arrived in Taiwan, I remember getting off the airplane a

27、nd hearing everyone speaking Chinese. Everything I saw and heard was unfamilia r to me. Seeing a different world made a huge impact on me; I can still reca ll how exotic my environment was. In Taiwan, I went through an intensive Chi nese language immersion program. Slowly I began to feel more comfor

28、table liv ing there, as I learned to communicate with people in Chinese. I was invited to teach English at a private school for children, but I told the school th at I had no teaching experience. The school informed me that if I took a sho rt teaching training class, I would be ready to teach. And t

29、hey even offered to pay me for the training classes. However, I refused to be paid for the t raining. The school was so impressed by this that after I completed the trai ning, they appointed me director of the English Language program. I was asto unded by the generosity and honesty that I received from the people in Taiwa n.This was a truly re