Personal Statement: My Passion For Computer Science

Maintaining a financially stable standard of living allows one

What these people may not understand is that our society is somewhat forcing us to live this way. In the area in which we reside, there aren’t many high paying jobs. This forces us to commute to areas such as D.C and Richmond. Commuting these long distances can take a lot of time out of our schedules which can be put towards exercise and spending time with family. To keep these jobs that whole families rely on, adults have to dedicate most of their lives to working.

Box 1 – The College of Liberal Arts at Temple has been a great conduit for providing opportunities for my intellectual and professional development. First and foremost, I feel extremely privileged to be part of Temple’s CLA Honors Program due the outstanding faculty, both teaching and administrative. I again feel lucky to have been exposed to several fantastic clubs and organizations, such as the Temple Economics and Political Science societies, that pertain to my fields of study. I’ve also been afforded possibilities to attend lectures given by prominent academics and scholars, in particular the talks given by Professor Joseph Schwartz on political theory. Learning from the exceptional professors and commingling and collaborating with other

I had enough butterflies in my stomach to make me entirely focused on my upcoming performance. While we danced and sang on stage, I prepared for my rap solo. As a sophomore, I would have never subjected myself to this risk, but I dove into it with confidence. Out of breath, I messed up the lyrics, but was able to recover well by mumbling the tune of the rap. At this moment, I realized I did not need to be perfect in order to gain respect from my peers and help them enjoy themselves.

Zuhei. M GLPO Spring Essay This is second semester soon to be a senior, it's nerve wrecking but exciting at the same time. Throughout my second semester I have grown in investigating the world and communicate ideas and grown my knowledge and College Career Readiness as a student. This semester has me stressed more than I have before, so stressed about AP exams and college readiness.

Going forward a liberal arts education will be key for me to attain my goals. Specifically a Hollins liberal arts education. I am interested in pursuing pre-law, creative writing, art, and equine studies. At a typical technical based studies program I would be unable to study and learn what I 'm passionate about. It has been said that if you choose a job you love you will never have to work another day, and I fully intend to live my life with zeal doing what I love and am truly passionate about, and a liberal arts education will help me achieve that.

I was breathing hard, smiling to myself in a cramped practice room on the second floor. I looked in the mirror. I didn’t care who thought I was “soloist material” or not; I wanted this and no realistic, pragmatic gutlessness was going to get in my way. Performing - the mere image of it projected in my mind was exhilarating. I was satisfied for a long moment.

Colleen is a 20-year-old university student who is outgoing, energetic and confident. Her interests involve performing, traveling and swimming. Colleen’s friends find her enthusiastic about life and open to new ideas and change. Colleen is currently studying psychology and aspires to work as a lecturer to share what she has learnt with others. As Colleen has siblings and cousins who excel in academic performance, she possesses a high motivation to strive for success in order to keep up with the people around her.

An honest, hard working life is the best way of living, regardless of the amount of money you bring home. This is a lesson I am still learning, and hope to master in order to live a more fulfilling

The growth of technology is constantly increasing everyday as people always find a way to either improve upon it or make something new out of it. Technology has been incorporated into almost everyone’s lives; whether it is from work, school, and even for their own entertainment. Almost anyone cannot go a day without seeing some sort of glowing screen; especially children. In 1999, 60% of children had access to a computer at home (Subrahmanyam et al p.124), which was only 18 years ago. Technology had advanced a whole lot in the past decade.

To be multiliterate, a person is needed to be able to understand and function with numerous methods of communication. Multiliteracy involves being reading and writing literate and being able to understand and use technology to function and survive in the world of today. Technology is constantly changing and increasing and being multiliterate is of vital importance. I intend to discuss three important literacies in my life, being computer literate, reading and writing literate as well as health literacy. These literacies have helped me grow into the person I am today as well as gotten me as successful as I can be at my age.

The story of life is a rollercoaster; one day you are soaring high with never ending joy, another, you tumble down quickly with gut wrenching fear. In the past, I have made three choices that have impacted my life significantly. This includes incorporating God into my daily life, applying to Mayfield Secondary School for the RAP, and quitting basketball for one year. While some of these decisions have filled me with an eternal sense of happiness and satisfaction, one in particular has left me feeling remorseful. I have sought God, first, because I was not completely happy throughout my childhood.

Being good in science, mathematics and having a natural inclination towards programming since early school days has shaped my future ambitions. With a strong determination and a focused goal to become a software engineer, I pursued the Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Information

PERSONAL STATEMENT My personal objective is to use my knowledge, experience, and skills with the intention of securing a professional Career with an opportunity for challenges and career advancement while gaining knowledge of new skills and Expertise. I have taken up every chance I have had to learn about computers through theory and also do practicals for the theory learnt Computers have been an important future of the day to day life as they have influenced the rapid changes in my country in the recent years, Information technology has brought practical solutions for the already existing problems in the country , I believe that this Master’s degree will help me attain my personal fulfillment and also be able to benefit the country at large, being able to help transfer different systems from manual to computerized . Information technology is a distinct science from information system management, computer science, and computer engineering. IT focuses on meeting the needs of users through the creation, application, and management of computing technologies.

This paper is a personal reflection piece, where I discuss the learnings and lessons learned the sessions presented in Module 1. The discussion includes personal insights on neuroleadership, Personal mastery tools and finally on personal change and performance will be discussing some of my life’s experiences prior to the insights and after. Under Neuroleaderrship the following will be discussed: decision making, emotional regulation, influencing others and facilitating change. Personal Mastery will then be discussed in depth with discussions on the differentiation of the social me and the authentic me. Finally personal change and performance will be the last to be discussed with a conclusion on the learnings of the entire module.