Ich habe vor ein paar Tagen die Bewerbungsunterlagen von Ayusa bekommen, und es wird verlangt, einen einseitigen Aufsatz über das Thema What makes me special? beizulegen. Ich bin gerade mit meinem fertig geworden und habe ein paar Bedenken… deswegen wäre es wirklich toll, wenn sich einer von euch ihn mal durchlesen könnte. Falls jemand auch gerade am Aufsatz sitzt und ihm nichts einfällt, kann der sich hier vielleicht ja auch ein paar Anregungen holen.
[list]What makes me special?
What is special about me? I think that’s a good question, and I will reflect on it.
In my opinion nobody is here in this world without a reason. Everyone has got special qualities, special gifts, strengths and weaknesses that make them to the person they are (Bei dem Satz bin ich mir extrem unsicher…). Everybody is special - in his or her own way.
Purely from a biological point of view I am unique. No other person in this world has got the same DNA, the same fingerprint as me. But I don’t think it’s only my genes that distinguish me.
When I asked my friends the question what is special about me, they answered with mentioning distinguishing qualities of mine. They told me I am very open-minded. That I like talking with other people, getting to know them, their families, their lives, making friendships. That I am very good at listening , when someone wants to talk about things that preoccupy him, and that I always try my best to help. I really do like helping other people, and certainly that is the reason why I consider studying psychology or medicine after finishing school.
My friends also mentioned I am very imaginative, for example in presenting school projects or things like that, that I am always interested in trying new things, and I must say, that is absolutely right. I have many different hobbies, and I would love to do so much more like starting horse-riding again - unfortunately I quit it a while ago - or playing another instrument… But my week just does not have enough days.
When I asked my piano teacher, she told me immediately that I am a great musician and that I have got a talent for expressing feelings with playing piano. Meanwhile I play piano for more than ten years, and music has become an important part of my everyday life. That’s why I started taking singing lessons three years ago, and I couldn’t imagine my life without singing.
I guess it sounds like I am a little angel now. But you must know this is not true… certainly you already do. Of course, my friends and my piano teacher didn’t lie with talking about my strengths, but naturally there are also negative sides of my personality. If you ask my father, he will tell you immediately that my room looks like a pig house (Kann man das so sagen?). It may be right that I’m a tiny bit chaotic. But he always exaggerates…
I am also quite bull-headed: When I have set myself a target, I want to achieve it, and I will try everything to do that. It may sound like a advantage, but sometimes it can be the total opposite of it.
After talking with my friends, with my piano teacher and other people in my life, I asked my mother. Her answer was “everything”. And in my opinion she is absolutely right. It’s not my interest in so many things, not the fact that I like helping other people or my talent for expressing feelings with playing piano or singing. It’s not the chaos that I can fabricate in my room inside of ten minutes. It’s not my blonde hair, my blue eyes or even my fingerprint. It’s all my qualities together, all my strengths and weaknesses that make up my complete personality, that form me to a human being that makes mistakes, meets decisions and goes its way. It’s me. And I would not the person I am without my family and friends who support me in everything I do, who stand behind my back, even if I make mistakes, and who know me as the person that I am.[/list]
Ich bin mir ziemlich unsicher, ob der Aufsatz nicht zu kurz ist - mit Absatz und allem komme ich gerade so auf eine Din A 4 Seite -, zu selbstlobend, und am Ende zu rührselig und kitschig. Vielleicht hat ja jemand Lust, mal drüberzuschauen. ![]()
Liebe Grüße


