Earthquake: Middle School

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I grew up in a family of accountants and auditors, where watching business news on TV during dinner time and listening to investment discussions at dinner table constituted my daily “extracurricular activities”. However, my real interest in accounting accelerated after I started middle school.
Encouraged by my father, I volunteered to become the class treasurer when I was in the sixth grade. Our class had 283 students and organized six events a year. I was good at math since elementary school and was extremely confident with the responsibility I had to carry. However, the devastating Yushu Earthquake in China on April 4th, 2010 entirely changed my attitude towards accounting work. To give affected children some help, care and love was my primary

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