Personal identity and development

Personal

My most important non-academic achievement was volunteer work I did against child abuse. I love children and feel that they need protection more than anyone else. They are delicate and need adults' attention, love and care. However in our country and in many around the world, children are constantly being neglected and subjected to inhumane treatment by bad parents or uncaring guardians. I started working for children in high school by joining the society for child abuse and child protection. As a volunteer, I was required to spread the message around and make students more aware of this problem. It was a spiritually very enlightening since it put me in direct contact with children whose life had been put in danger by some adults but who could now benefit from love and care provided by volunteers of the society. We were also required to hold small seminars at various places around our area in order to educate people about this problem and inform them of possible legal consequences of such inhumane behavior. We also encouraged other people to come forward if they had witnessed any cases of child abuse or if they felt some child's life might be in danger. We also researched the topic at libraries and collected statistics and important facts to enlighten the people. This was by far my most important non-academic achievement.

Mandatory core course is one of the best parts of university education. We also had some mandatory courses at high school so I understand the basic idea behind their inclusion. They are more general in nature i.e. despite varying majors and minors- a mandatory course provides all students with basic knowledge of the field in which they are pursuing their studies. A mandatory course in business for example will familiarize us with different areas of business without focusing on one specific aspect for too long. The course can be seen as a foundation course which prepares you for the complexities and intricacies of business studies. The course is meant to provide basic knowledge of business to students knowing that most students have little or no prior knowledge of the subject.