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The Road of Independence
First of all, I used to have slight autism, and I always felt nervous while talking with people. However, the group projects in Drexel’s courses are playing a vital role that improves my communicational skill and cures my autism. Unlike the courses that normally resolved by oneself in CCP, courses in Drexel are tend to work as a team. Most of the projects are required three to four people to complete, and teammates have to connect to each other, provide their ideas to certain points and act different roles such as writer, data collector and power point maker. Because of this, in order to fully complete the group project, I am “forced” to talk to people, and I realize that my autism is disappeared gradually while completed the group project again and again. During this process, I finally accept and love cooperating with others and working as a team.
As an international student studies abroad, I would not only need to deal with the language barrier but also face my life trifles independently. Even though these are seems nothing to a native person, to me, solving language barrier and life trifles means a lot. As an international student, English is the second language to me. In order to break through the language barrier and behave as an English speaker, I would need to spend much more time to study and to understand the knowledge than a native student. Although the process is difficult and inevitable, I finally can much better understand and adapt American culture. What’s more, compare to my life in my home country, China, living in the U.S. brings me more challenges. I would need to independently resolve my life trifles such as cooking dinner, seeking apartment to live, and so on. These basic life skills make me more independent, tell me what self-control is and guide me how to accomplish it.
More importantly, after two years of study in Drexel, I am clearer to comprehend that what my goal is, and what I am supposed to do in my future. My career goal is Financial Analyst. Finance is not my first choice major, and the main reason that I switch my major from Accounting to Finance is to absorb more knowledge from different industries and understand the environment of the market. Since there is an unstable situation no matter in Asia or Western market, wider knowledge and precise judgment are indispensable. If people have lack of knowledge to judge or to predict the market and the certain industries in the future, they would be eliminated by the market and industries. Therefore, studying finance can guide me to avoid the tragedy at the most extent.
In short, I have more superiorities than others since I am familiar with two different cultures and languages; I have received two different countries education; I have more life experiences includes studying and living in China and the U.S., that means I know both about the Chinese and American markets and related industries. Wherever I am going to work, China or the U.S., the certain advantages will support me.