First of all, I would like to thank you for providing me with the opportunity to compete in this scholarship competition, no matter what the outcome, the competition provides me with an opportunity that I otherwise wouldn’t have had to prepare me for real life high-pressure scenarios. When posed with prompt of ‘Outside of Academia and family, what has helped shaped you into the person you are today’, the first thing that came to mind is my determination. I have this determination and this passion to be a lawyer bursting inside of me, and I simply can’t ignore the fact that I am destined to be a lawyer. Throughout my essay I hope to relay to about a struggle I faced, an opportunity to blossom, and about a dream that I have long been hoping to …show more content…
From a very young age, bullies have been a major problem for me, I constantly feared that the day was going to end in tears like most my days. I would get bullied and bullied, day after day, constant trips to the guidance counselor to try to put an end to this; there was never an end. There was something I could do to change this, it just never appeared to me. One day as my family was flipping through the channels they stopped on a channel that was showing a court case featuring a woman who was being verbally abused and a lawyer defending her, suddenly it dawned on me that I could put an end to bullying by bypassing the counselor and going to someone who definitely would take care of my problem like the lawyer and judge did on that show. From that day forward I have embodied the determination to be someone that could help others as the Principal did for me that …show more content…
Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world”, and that wise woman is Harriet Tubman. From that quote I see so much of myself, so much about myself, and many things that really hit home, one of those things is changing the world with your passion. So often in today’s time we see more and more people getting away with crimes and being free to roam the streets, in my perspective that means someone isn’t passionate enough to get up and fight for the safety of this state; In a state where murderers and larcenists get away free, you can’t feel safe and I want to change that. My big dream is to make North Carolina a place where kids can play outside without the fear of ‘mean people’ attacking them, it’s unjust for a five year old to have to be informed by his parents on what a criminal is and how to protect themselves if one approaches them. There is only two people that can make this change happen, a great lawyer or a great judge, and I feel as if I can be that great lawyer and then one day that great judge. With a passion and drive like mine, I can move mountains but the only way that any of this is going to be possible is if I get a good quality