Statement of Purpose

My statement of purpose:

I was lucky enough to have computers in my household during my childhood days. Being born in a middle-class family (in a third-world country), having a computer at home was incredible! Only a very few people could afford, or more importantly use computers in my country. I remember those big black-and-white monitors and 5 inch floppy disks, when the only operating system that was popular was MS-DOS. My uncle was studying Computer Science in the early 90s, the time I had been born. He opened up a small IT institution in the ground floor of our building, and set his career as a teacher. So naturally, I picked up a lot about computers from my uncle every since I was a kid. By the time I was 11, I could help grown-up students in my uncle’s institution with their computer lessons. I was loved and praised to have such talents at such an early age. By the time I was in mid-school and onwards, my friends were always fighting over each other to make me their computer lab partner. Because I always scored the highest marks in tests and projects, and I had a lot of fun in acing them.
As a kid, I enjoyed being around computers and strongly considered making it my career someday. I finished 10th grade and sat for my O’ Level Examinations in the years 2007-08. After that, I changed my school because I wanted to focus on science in my A’ Levels, but my school did not offer A’ Level Science courses at that time. I started preparing for my A’ Levels, but couldn’t end up completing them due to family and financial matters. My father went through a huge loss in his business, for which it became harder for my father to run a family of 3 kids, all going to very good and expensive schools in the city. I, being the eldest son in the family, decided to help my family go through the rough patch, for which I suffered a huge gap in my studies. It’s been over 2 years since I got out of school, and now I’m determined to continue my education and achieve my goals I so profoundly developed as a kid. In these 2 years, I have worked with my father, and also tried providing for my family by home tutoring children, and looking after my mother and siblings. I am very fond of music; hence I picked up to play the drums while I was in school. I have been playing for 4 years and I recently worked in The Academy of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Dhaka, as a music teacher, and drum coordinator. I have played with several bands and released some music on the process. Other than that, I have also contributed to a good amount of community work for my country.
My family has recovered to a stable state over these years and I have decided to achieve my goals in life. Since I have lost many years, I decided it would be a better option to resume my education with Vocational Certificate and Diploma courses (instead of appearing for my A’ Levels), which will also help me work and gain experience alongside my studies, and eventually lead to a Bachelor’s degree. I have grown a lot of interest in computers, multimedia and arts. Since Australian education is well renowned and secures a good future for interactive students, I have decided to pursue my higher education at Sydney. I have done a lot of research over the last couple of months and finally made my decision to set my career by starting my education at TAFE NSW. Being the eldest son, I wish to take a lot of responsibilities for my family. Plus, I would enjoy studying the subject I have always loved. I’m sure that this decision is perfect for me, and I cannot wait to start my education and contribute a great deal to both my family and the world, as much as possible.