Desire to Attend MIT
Why I Desire To Attend MIT
"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are" (Reagon, 2010, ¶ 1).
Challenges in life have helped me not only discover who I am, as the introductory quote by Reagon (2010), an American historian and musician, asserts. They also strengthen and help me realize who I can become; a person who actively approaches life with a positive, optimistic attitude: an individual who discovers opportunities in life's challenges. During this essay, I recount a number of my life's challenges and the ensuing lessons that have helped shaped me and my life. I also relate reasons as well as the rationale for my desire to attend MIT. Growing up as a Palestinian in Jerusalem, challenging opportunities regularly presented experiences which helped me to change for the better as I learned more about myself. These experiences also left treasured imprints in my heart for life. Learning to deal with several different languages at a young age proved to be one primary challenge I consider as primus inter-pares. This challenging opportunity evolved from having a Palestinian-Muslim father and a Polish-Christian mother. My father spoke Arabic, his native language. My mother spoke Polish. In addition to each of my parents speaking their native languages at diverse times in our home, they frequently spoke to each other in English. This daunting experience growing up in a home with parents speaking three languages became even more complicated as others in the society where our family lived spoke yet another tongue, Hebrew. Many of my Israeli neighbors did not speak either English or Arabic. In school, many of my classmates were native Hebrew-speakers. Consequently, fluency in Hebrew proved to be a necessity while living in Jerusalem. Living in a world and being exposed to these diverse tongues, albeit, enabled me to become a multilingual person. This particular challenging opportunities has proven invaluable; nurturing me into a person who not only belongs to but who can more effectively communicate in globalized world. In addition to being exposed to English, Arabic, and Hebrew as well as Polish at times, at the age of three, when I enrolled at the Lycee Francais de Jerusalem to begin my primary education, I also started learning French. The confusing linguistic challenges I experienced during my childhood, nevertheless, proved integral to enriching my life at home with family, in school, and in ensuring endeavors. Matriculating at the Lycee Francais de Jerusalem afforded me the opportunity to study with not only Arab and Jewish students but also with students from other countries. In time, as I made momentous discoveries about my neighbors and classmates, I simultaneously became more fluent in French, Arabic, Polish, English, and Hebrew. In addition, I learned how to better express myself in terms most comprehensible by those I interacted with. My childhood communication challenges taught me the value of languages and dialogue. These opportunities continue to serve me well in my personal, academic and professional experiences. In addition to deliberately focusing to achieve academic success, I also strive to be a rounded person who can contribute to the community I live in. During my teen years, I regularly participated in various youth activities and community service programs; serving as a volunteer. My fluency in French, English, Hebrew and Arabic proved to be a valuable asset in these volunteer activities as it empowered me to communicate and interact with a diverse group of multilingual staff and participants attending summer camps. While attending one particular camp, organized by Peace Players International-Middle East, a group endeavoring to educate, inspire, and unite young people in divided communities through basketball, I was honored with the opportunity to represent my school at two model United Nations conferences; one in Israel and another held in Germany. On an individual level, I discovered personal fulfillment from investing 10 years of study and practice to learn to play the piano. My mother inspired my passion for the piano, which began at the age of six. At that time in my life, my mother, an accomplished musician, contracted for me to take piano lessons from a brilliant Russian teacher. This instructor, a particularly staunch, serious woman refused to tolerate any type of failure on my part; despite my age. This teacher's stern methods, nevertheless, cultivated and helped develop the talent helped me realize and encouraged me to become a creative musician. From sessions with this teacher, I came to understand "Learning how to learn is ultimately...
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