A Fundus 6th Period

One sentence today:

“[Mr. Zartmann] puts the ‘fundus’ in the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.”

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Motivation (essay)

What motivates me to strive for academic success? The first two things that come to my mind are: my parents. I know this sounds clich?d, if not corny, but it��s the absolute truth.

Being of Chinese descent, I have always been hounded by my parents to do well in school and to always strive to be number one in every endeavor I pursue . “Do well in school or you��ll will be living on the streets when you grow up,” they tell me everyday. They would always explain to me the great rewards of going to college and having a successful career of being a doctor, lawyer, or engineer�Kas if it were some sort of unattainable fairy tale goal.

Over the years, their words have ingrained themselves in my psyche. I realized that recently, my motivation has been shifted from my parents to myself. I am a very competitive person and because of my parents, I always strive to do my best. I’m lucky to have friends that motivate me, friends who are just slightly more intellectually brilliant than I, so I am always trying to keep up with their academic standards.

Another motivation for me is my desire to become a doctor. Knowing that if I succeed in college, I will be able to attend a prestigious medical school, so I work hard everyday to achieve that goal. Most of my passion for medicine is rooted in my burning desire to help humanity. I don’t want to be a doctor to earn lots of money, or even to be famous. My reasoning is that I simply want to help those less fortunate than I in receiving medical attention. My ultimate goal is to travel to developing countries and help those people who the need the basic care that is essential to leading healthy lives. Why should these people be deprived of something so vital to survival?

Doing well has been a habit of mine for as long as I can remember. It’s hard to kick that habit, especially when it has gotten me this far. At the moment, I am striving towards my goal of being in a medical profession. But before I can do all this, I need to attend college. I feel as if attending university will be like “striking two birds with one stone,” in that it will benefit humanity in the end and put a stop to the constant badgering from my parents of attaining good grades.

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