I sat on a rock watching a group of elementary school kids explore the natural world. They looked at fish, hopped on rocks and followed bugs to their hearts’ content. We were about a mile from our cabin, at the end of Christopher Creek before it went under the road. As a junior counselor, I probably went way out of my jurisdiction in taking my four campers on such a long trip down the creek, but their enjoyment was worth the potential trouble. I couldn’t believe it; none of them had ever taken a trip down a creek. Opening up their lives to new sights and feelings, even changing their lives and perspectives flipped my world around.
My goals in life have been set since ninth grade. I wanted to help people, improve my society and learn a lot about various topics. I felt that an engineering degree from MIT fit that bill well; however, that day I learned that engineering did not fit me. Truly, I want to work with people, not computers. I want to improve the lives of people close to me, not go out of my way to …show more content…
A few weeks after my trip to summer camp, my family took a trip to the antelope slot canyons in Page. Our tour guide, a Navaho, named Jim, gave us a great time riding on the back of a pickup truck through the desert and describing the significance of certain rock formations, but the truly magnificent part of the journey was learning little fragments of his life. Jim was born and raised on the Navajo reservation. He was eight years old when his friend discovered the slot canyons, and they played in them daily. On our trip, his melancholy expression bore a sadness for what was gone; thousands of tourists trampled the canyons daily. His culture was giving way to the modern world before his eyes. Arizona is a patchwork of diversity where I can gain an infinite expanse of knowledge of different cultures, lifestyles and traditions, so I can serve and preserve
My goals in life have been set since ninth grade. I wanted to help people, improve my society and learn a lot about various topics. I felt that an engineering degree from MIT fit that bill well; however, that day I learned that engineering did not fit me. Truly, I want to work with people, not computers. I want to improve the lives of people close to me, not go out of my way to …show more content…
A few weeks after my trip to summer camp, my family took a trip to the antelope slot canyons in Page. Our tour guide, a Navaho, named Jim, gave us a great time riding on the back of a pickup truck through the desert and describing the significance of certain rock formations, but the truly magnificent part of the journey was learning little fragments of his life. Jim was born and raised on the Navajo reservation. He was eight years old when his friend discovered the slot canyons, and they played in them daily. On our trip, his melancholy expression bore a sadness for what was gone; thousands of tourists trampled the canyons daily. His culture was giving way to the modern world before his eyes. Arizona is a patchwork of diversity where I can gain an infinite expanse of knowledge of different cultures, lifestyles and traditions, so I can serve and preserve