Singapore Scholarship Essay
ESSAY FOR SINGAPORE SCHOLARSHIP
When I was in preschool my teacher asked us what we want to be when we grow up, I was five then and I didn't know what I want to be, so I answered teacher since I have no other choice. A few days later I went to the dentist for my very first appointment, she gave me a free pen and I thought this would be fun to just give out free things to little kids, so I want to be a dentist then. My perspectives as a child were really irrelevant. But as I grew up I began to wonder what I really want to be and my first step to finding out what it is, is by asking my parents and the other adults around me what they do for a living. The occupation that really caught my attention was my aunt's and grandfather's , they are lawyers and when I found out how much they earn and how much they could earn, that is when I really got riled in. I always see myself as a very successful lawyer. Because I know that I always try my best in everything I do. I try to be involved in things and offer the help that is needed. I think I got that from my grandfather who was also a lawyer and public servant. He helps people and I admired him that way. He was the one who really motivated me to be a lawyer, besides the fact that he want someone to take over his legacy, he really believes that someday I will fulfill my dreams. As years pass by I never stop believing even when I was faced with a few obstacles. One of those obstacles was the lack of money. I can't study in the finest school here since we're not rich, I have four siblings who are still studying and a grandfather who was diagnosed with brain tumor it was a difficult time for me and my family because of the extra expenses that we have to cove, sometimes we managed to juggle those things around but sometimes we just have to bear with it. And recently my greatest obstacle came around. My grandfather died, my grandfather really believes in me, and now I am determined to be a lawyer to continue what he started and
When I was in preschool my teacher asked us what we want to be when we grow up, I was five then and I didn't know what I want to be, so I answered teacher since I have no other choice. A few days later I went to the dentist for my very first appointment, she gave me a free pen and I thought this would be fun to just give out free things to little kids, so I want to be a dentist then. My perspectives as a child were really irrelevant. But as I grew up I began to wonder what I really want to be and my first step to finding out what it is, is by asking my parents and the other adults around me what they do for a living. The occupation that really caught my attention was my aunt's and grandfather's , they are lawyers and when I found out how much they earn and how much they could earn, that is when I really got riled in. I always see myself as a very successful lawyer. Because I know that I always try my best in everything I do. I try to be involved in things and offer the help that is needed. I think I got that from my grandfather who was also a lawyer and public servant. He helps people and I admired him that way. He was the one who really motivated me to be a lawyer, besides the fact that he want someone to take over his legacy, he really believes that someday I will fulfill my dreams. As years pass by I never stop believing even when I was faced with a few obstacles. One of those obstacles was the lack of money. I can't study in the finest school here since we're not rich, I have four siblings who are still studying and a grandfather who was diagnosed with brain tumor it was a difficult time for me and my family because of the extra expenses that we have to cove, sometimes we managed to juggle those things around but sometimes we just have to bear with it. And recently my greatest obstacle came around. My grandfather died, my grandfather really believes in me, and now I am determined to be a lawyer to continue what he started and