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Personal Statement

My name is Li. I graduated from United International College with a BA degree in (专业) in (毕业时间). I would like to apply for a MA program in Education in CUHK.

Although I did not major in Education Science and I might not have the qualifications to be a teacher in the university, my experience as an assistant teacher in a primary school in the earthquake-hit area in Sichuan made me decide to be a teacher. In 2009, I participated in a two-week volunteer activity in Sichuan, which helped me

understand the significance of education. As volunteers, we were to assist children with their study and play with them. The school is a backward and remote primary school in Shuimo town, Sichuan, and few teachers want to work there. When we arrived, the kids were very happy and gave us a warm welcome. We organized a study program, teaching them Chinese, Math and English. Due to poor teaching conditions and the lack of good teachers, the pupils did not do well in the subjects being taught, but they were quite eager to learn and most of them were hard-working. Through communicating with them, we found that they were still haunted by the disastrous tremor attacking the area a year before. The students were in great panic whenever there was an aftershock. The suffering of those lovely kids made me so sad that I tried my best to help them recover from the fear caused by the quake. Those two weeks passed quickly and we had to leave, though they wanted us to stay there longer. The eager eyes of those pupils would often shine in my mind after I returned to my school in a metropolitan city in southern China, as if they were saying, “we need you.” This made me reflect upon the meaning of my life. If I were a professional teacher and could help those kids in need grow healthily, how meaningful my life would be! But I know I have no systematic training in education science or experience in teaching. There is still a long way to go to realize my dream.

After graduation, I worked in a kindergarten for half a year. This job gave me an opportunity to know more about myself and about what life meant to me. In the nursery school, I nursed and taught lots of kids, boys and girls, naughty or obedient. This experience made me realize that I love to be a teacher and that, perhaps more importantly, I have the qualities to be a teacher, for I have enough patience, passion and willingness to help. It also provides me a better understanding of the importance of education in our country’s development, especially in the far-off areas in western China which needs hundreds of thousands of qualified teachers. Wouldn’t it be a great thing in my life, if I were a teacher and can help those kids who have no chance to receive education to grow to be useful? Finally, the experience also made me realize that my knowledge on education is quite limited and that I should further improve myself by studying for a master degree in education.