Personal statement
When I was 5 years old ,my father bought me a magic cube as a gift for primary school Openning Day .However ,I failed to work it out in spite of all my exertion .Finally my father tell me the solution in combination belonged to mathematics.It is my first time to encountered mathematic and I was obsessed with it from then on.To solve the magic cube problem,I teathed myself the related knowledge and I succeeded. Throughout my time playing with this toll,I achieved a siginificant matter—my interest of mashematics field was kindled.That is why I choose mathematics as my specialized core course.
As I deepen my knowledge of mathematics,I have been fascinated by mathematics from day to day.Also the great aptitude for this subject have shown during the long period .I continued to teach myself parts of elementary mathematics before I started at High School and I have an obsessive interest in algebra.I took part in the mathematics match for the glory of school twice and got the fifth prize once.Meanwhile I read a series of books which aim to introduce the excellent mathematicians or the mathematical principle.Such as.<Men Of Mathematics> whose writer is E.T.Bell.With the writer’ guidance ,Iwanders through the mysterious world and the worship of me to those mathematicians especially lsaac Newton has been continuously increasing as I enjoy infinitesimal calculus.
After I finished this book with overcoming a great deal of troubles,I
evolved an capital notion that I aim to become a person whose vocation is mathematician or those related to mathematics.
As the old saying goes :”To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.”I have not set a exact goal until three years old.Beginning with the financial crisis in2007,I got more opportunities to touch the financial world. When I saw some people were completely bankrupt at one night . I realized that I can apply mathematics into finance and do my best to protect their
interest.The subject which I am looking to pursue further at university allows me to tackle real life problems.So I am convinced that this is the subjects area for me and ultimately one I would like to follow as a career. I believe that I have been fully prepared for studying this subject already. First of all, I have graduated from the high school with excellent grade.Excellence is a habit for me.I was entitled “The Outstanding Student Of City”at grade 10 and have been elected a “Merit Student” for 9 years. It shows that I am a student regarded as worthy of trust.And another reason why I get so many honour is my attitude to the study is serious . I can dedicate myself to it for my motto is”ten thousand is too long, seize the day,seize the hour.”It is my favorite line that gave me motivation to study more.
Secondly, I have a strong thrist for knowledge.That is why my best-loved place is library. Another way to solve my question is discussing with my classmates and my teather.I even proposed a mathematics club to develop students’ interests during my tenure of office when I was the monitor. I am fully aware of “My existence due to my thinking”which comes from Descartes.I still do like that.
The last one is that I have enough courage and patient to meet different challenges.I also enjoy the kind of chanllenges coming among the curriculum.Some vital scenes are still in my memory that the moment I solve the complex mahematics problem when I did my social practice or I help my mother to work out account with
mathematics.Though I have not had enough knowledge to help others in more wide aspects,I can confidently make it up through systematic ,step by step learning.
In my spare time,I am crazy about piano just like Einstein is a keen fan of violin.My favourite musician is Beethoven for his musical talent ,his perseverance and his serious attitude to music.I also enjoy mountaineering with my family and friends.
The oportunity to study mathematics further at university ,with the emphasis on rigorous proofs and understanding of the application as well as the fundamental concepts,is appealing.I have an outgoing
character and I am excited about the prospect of participating fully in university.
第二篇：Personal Statement 教育类
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Jia Xin
原作者岁数不大，但专业改换不少。怎样才能讲清楚现在申请的专业现在有其必然性呢？
In China as in the US, one can easily give up the career of a language teacher to
become a lawyer or a businessman. I, however, gave up a promising legal and business career to become a language teacher, but I have never regretted it. In fact, the more I teach, the more committed I am to teaching. But not just teaching. Having battled with China's traditional mode of teaching for several years, I now would like to help improve teaching in China by introducing new and more effective instructional technology and media into the country. For that, I would like to pursue an advanced degree in education in your country.
Now an English teacher at the training center of the China National Container
Corporation, I graduated in 1995 from the Capital University of Economics and Business in Beijing, where I majored in business law. At this highly respected higher-learning
institution, I received broad training that was both rigorous and vigorous. After four years of undergraduate studies, the strong logic inherent in law translated into strong logic in my thinking. With the knowledge and skills I attained in the law program, I boast the kind of intellectual maturity that would help me whatever I do. But law was never my first choice for a profession.
Starting from my high school days, I always dreamed of becoming a teacher. In the second year of high school, we once had to write an essay on the topic "what do you want to do when you grow up." I proudly wrote, "I want to be a teacher!" But my parents shattered my dream by insisting that I pursue another profession. My father, an engineer with a Ph.D. degree, and my mother, a university teacher of English, had their reasons. Chinese teachers, particularly those teaching at the primary and secondary levels, are poorly paid and begrudgingly respected. Being young and inexperienced in the world, I acceded to their wishes when I was choosing my major for the university.
But my passion for teaching was not to be stifled forever. Given any opportunity, it would burst out. Upon graduation with an LL.B. degree, I first took up the position of a supervisor with the China National Container Corporation in charge of its Overseas Sales Department. As the job entailed frequent translation and interpretation between Chinese and English, I persisted in improving my English proficiency by attending
various training courses and learning it on my own. My command of the foreign tongue became so good that, after about one year, I began to teach it to my colleagues on a full-time basis at the company's training center. After a huge detour, my career finally got back on track.
What makes teaching so enjoyable to me is that it is a learning experience. I enjoy it the most when my students ask difficult questions, particularly questions that I have to think long and hard to answer. I also enjoy posing questions to students, but my questions are never intended to intimidate the students or even test their knowledge but rather
designed to stimulate their minds. In the constant exchange of questions and answers, students and teachers improve themselves alike to the credit of the old Chinese saying: To teach is to learn. In my three years of teaching, I really have learned a great deal.
One of the things I have learned is the ability to not only deal with but also strike an accord with people of different backgrounds. My students at the training center are all adults accomplished in a variety of roles and professions. In most cases, they are older than I am. While I stand as their equals, I have served as their mentors and role models the same way as most teachers do their students. By so doing, I have won their trust and confidence in what I teach, which has helped to make my teaching powerful and effective.
To take full advantage of my teaching skills, I started in October 1996 to teach English and other subjects at the primary school I attended when I was a child. As the children I teach are at the age when I studied here, I am particularly sensitive to their needs and appreciative of their potential. Together with other teachers, I designed various training programs in calligraphy, art, writing, mental calculation, and English, programs that combine learning with entertainment. The kids in my class are now learning more and faster thanks to the fun they find everyday in my programs.
Entertainment is, however, by no means just a ploy I use to sweeten the bitter pill of learning for the children, but rather has its own intrinsic value. While kids can hardly learn well without being able to have fun, the lack of fun hurts more than the kids' ability to learn. It can impair the kids' emotional and psychological health to an extent that no amount of knowledge and skills drab teaching force-feeds into them can make up. Entertainment is therefore part and parcel of what we teachers have to provide to
children if we are to help them grow up into productive members of the society. The way I see entertainment, it should be considered an end in education.
As China's education is oriented overwhelmingly towards helping kids pass exams, entertainment is about the least on the mind of an average teacher or principal. In the rush to produce super kids as measured by the grades out of exams, the purpose of
education is lost all too often. The curriculum is limited to subjects covered by mandatory exams. Students are seldom encouraged to come up with original ideas. Interaction between teachers and students is kept at a minimum in the classroom. The teachers compete to heap homework on the students, as do the parents. While everybody is tired to death, few kids get armed with the ability to take initiatives or solve real-world problems. It is high time that fresh approaches were brought in.
One of the ways to make a change to the Chinese classroom is to utilize new
technologies and media of teaching. School authorities in China, as those elsewhere, increasingly realize the importance of computerization, and many of the better-off schools in China are already stacked with state-of-the-art computers. But reports say only a tiny fraction of those computers are adequately utilized. The situation with other educational technologies and media is no better. They are either absent from the school setting or vastly under-used. Few Chinese teachers have acquired the know-how or the drive to make use of these modern facilities.
I therefore would like to pursue first a master's degree and then a Ph.D. degree in instructional technology and media in the United States, where the use of modern educational facilities is undoubtedly the most advanced in the world. Judging by the
information I have culled from your website, I think your institution is an American leader in the research and studies of this field. I am anxious to study under the seasoned
guidance of your distinguished faculty. I hope that, after I complete my advanced training