As a Chinese proverb goes, there is no easy luggage in a long way. Life is considered to be away, and the luggage in this way is or knowledge and experience. But to gain it, people need to improve steadily. Asian philosophy suggests that only by following one’s own way can a man improve.
It happened so that accounting has always played a crucial role in my life. I have liked to count since my childhood and had been winning all the games which required mathematical skills and rapid oral counting. That is why, as soon as circumstances allowed, I started working as a Restaurant Manager in Arang-Korean restaurant. My task was to investigate and create a statistic program that has information on daily income, distribution of tips, attendance of employees, the flexibility of customer numbers based on hours and days to optimize the business management system. I collected income and disbursal data and compared them to maximizing profit. After I had gained some working experience, I started participating in training employees in customer service and explaining procedures, and further mediate problems between customers and staff. It became one of the steps of my spiritual improvement, as, except accounting, I learned how to communicate with people and settle conflicts. Most probably, I would never cope with it if I had not been working in Hui Lin Dysgnosia Service Center, where I had to Guide an autism patient, and Beijing North Catholic Church, where I collected and donated clothing and daily supplies for Joseph’s Handicapped Children Hospital. Luckily, these places were a kind of preparatory school of communication where I realized that the world consists not only of pragmatic calculation. These jobs taught me to support people who really need it.
Such life affairs only help but never harm. I attained some leadership skills, which I successfully used in the Institute of Industrial Engineering. As a group leader, I had to Record financial flows and journals and also provide and analyze financial statements.
As for my education, I have been studying at Mesa Community College and now applying to the Accounting professional program at Arizona State University for Spring 08. If everything I great, I’ll graduate in 2009 with a Bachelor’s major in Accounting. I presume that my life (my way) taught me to be not simply a calculating machine (in spite I am still a passionate fan of accounting) but also have a heart. And I do my best to improve my skills. While studying at Mesa Community College, I participated in the College’s annual math contest. Unfortunately, I got only second place. It shames me to confess, but it happened because of my excessive self-assurance.
The GPA level which I have earned (GPA (4.0), Cumulative GPA (3.97), and Transfer GPA (3.97)) while studying in High school, as for me, fully reflects my abilities and diligence in my studies. I always get the highest grades on the subjects which I like most. I try to do my best on all the subjects, but it often happens so that I devote more time to studying my favorites, and less time stays lefts for the others. I am easy to be carried away person, and sometimes it may be merit, and sometimes it harms my study.
The fact is, I never stop at the achieved level. Even if I consider that I know enough in any sphere, I always try to find additional information; that is why it is sometimes difficult to find me at home, as I usually disappear in libraries and internet cafes.
Now I feel proud of being able to ASU, as this would promote my further improvement as a specialist and as a human. As a Russian writer, Anton Chekhov said: “Everything should be fine in a man” – that is why I hope to continue my studies, get acquainted with new people (it could sound a little bit childish, but I can affirm that it is sincere).