Statement of Purpose I have been interested in the field of education since I was very young. The careers of my parents and brother both serve as inspirations for me. For as long as I can remember, my parents encouraged us to take our educations seriously, so that we would have the skills necessary to compete in today’s society. After high school, I earned a scholarship for the Arabic language program at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt. In 2008, I graduated from the Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages named after Abylai Khan, with a degree in Translation. My goal as a student at Indiana University is to acquire the skills that will allow me to effectively teach students how to build an educational system sensitive …show more content…
Since March 2013, I have been studying in the Intensive English Program in Bloomington, Indiana. I am in the most advanced level of this program; completion of this program will provide me the language skills necessary to pursue a graduate degree in International and Comparative Education. The program at Indiana University is directly related to my work aspirations. As I have read, one of the strengths of the program at Indiana University is that it is designed for students who wish to combine practical and theoretical competence in education systems with training in workplace management and administration. The program would build on the skills gained through my three years of experience as a lead manager in the Center for International Programs under the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan and my experience working in the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. In addition to managing personnel at while I worked at the Embassy, I participated in meetings between the Embassy and Kazakhstani companies and government officials and I was the primary person responsible for translating official contracts and agreements from Kazakh to Arabic and English, or from Russian to Arabic and