Statement Of Purpose For A Career In Social Psychology
Statement of Purpose
Being the first child and a first son of a family of ten, the desire to leading am exemplary life full of moral decorum, has always championed my existence. A formal public servant for a father and a petty trader, a mother, the term ‘sacrificial lamb’ is no new word to me. Since I have always been taught even from a very tender age, the idea of making the best of everything and every situation, no matter its weight or wealth, propelling me to see the world from a very positive angle. Embedded in traits of selflessness, integrity, and diligence, I continue to make my services known whenever the need arises.
My desire to pursue a career in social psychology was initially ignited by an encounter with a female adolescent during the early days of my adult life, in a very remote community, south on the Ghanaian map. Then undergraduate students, my colleagues and I used to spend part of our vacations undertaking voluntary evangelism and teaching programmes within selected underprivileged communities in Ghana. Alice, she was called, was a 13 year old girl who always lingered around our mud-built classroom during the hours of our freely administered English and Social studies lessons. But for my inquisitive nature which led to chats with her, none amongst us would have …show more content…
I have always imagined if ever values could be changed or readjusted to suit current needs. Also questioning the extent to which people are willing to go in protecting their values. And so even without a background in psychology then, (because I was pursuing B.A in Information Studies with Linguistics, a degree I worked hard to realize my goal of graduating with a First Class Honors), I undertook personal studies and participated in discussions with my peers already learning psychology at that time just so I could promote my newly found passion, social
Being the first child and a first son of a family of ten, the desire to leading am exemplary life full of moral decorum, has always championed my existence. A formal public servant for a father and a petty trader, a mother, the term ‘sacrificial lamb’ is no new word to me. Since I have always been taught even from a very tender age, the idea of making the best of everything and every situation, no matter its weight or wealth, propelling me to see the world from a very positive angle. Embedded in traits of selflessness, integrity, and diligence, I continue to make my services known whenever the need arises.
My desire to pursue a career in social psychology was initially ignited by an encounter with a female adolescent during the early days of my adult life, in a very remote community, south on the Ghanaian map. Then undergraduate students, my colleagues and I used to spend part of our vacations undertaking voluntary evangelism and teaching programmes within selected underprivileged communities in Ghana. Alice, she was called, was a 13 year old girl who always lingered around our mud-built classroom during the hours of our freely administered English and Social studies lessons. But for my inquisitive nature which led to chats with her, none amongst us would have …show more content…
I have always imagined if ever values could be changed or readjusted to suit current needs. Also questioning the extent to which people are willing to go in protecting their values. And so even without a background in psychology then, (because I was pursuing B.A in Information Studies with Linguistics, a degree I worked hard to realize my goal of graduating with a First Class Honors), I undertook personal studies and participated in discussions with my peers already learning psychology at that time just so I could promote my newly found passion, social