First of all, I want to say that I don’t
have any special experience like the guy who survived from an airplane crash, or great
achievement like Nelson Mandela. I’m just an ordinary teenager like you guys,
so I have thought a lot about how to make an inspiring speech. After lots of
thought and deciding, I arrived at a conclusion. I won’t be making an
impressive speech like Steve Jobs, but I want to share my little experience
with you guys. While preparing my speech, I searched for numerous famous
speeches such as the speech made by Steve Jobs and Abraham Lincoln. Nevertheless,
the most inspiring speech that I have watched was a speech made by Martin Luther
King Jr. It starts with the famous saying “I have a Dream”, and talks about an ideal
society that he dreams of. I was impressed by his speech since his dream was so
beautiful and he has lived for that dream. I also want to talk about a “Dream”. When
I was young, I used to say that my dream was to become an international lawyer.
After entering middle school, nevertheless, I recognized that I wanted to
be an international lawyer just because of high salaries. Therefore, when people
asked about my dream during my middles school years, I said “I don’t have a
dream.” I was not sure what to do in the future and didn’t even decide my
career. So, I want to share concerns that I had while thinking about my dream.
As most teenagers do, I had a hard time since I didn’t know
what to do in the future. I wanted to be a lawyer because of high salaries, I
also wanted to be politician because of the authority and honor it provides,
and also I was hesitating between other numerous careers. Therefore, I did not
have an exact path or role model to follow. When I watched my friends, they
seemed to have a dream and they looked like they were studying for there
dreams. Nevertheless, I didn’t know what I was studying for and my future was uncertain.
Studying such subjects like Korean, American History was very stressful and painful
since I could not find the relationship between such subjects and my dream.
Nevertheless, studying statistics was fascinating and interesting for me. Since
I really liked studying statistics, I decided to become a math professor. I knew
that it is extremely hard to become a professor, and especially a math professor receives
low salaries. But I decided to become a math professor since I believed that dedicating
my knowledge to the society was worthwhile. Even though I might not be famous
or rich like you guys in the future, I guarantee that I will be very happy. It’s because I will be teaching and studying what I want. Now, I
want to help you to become a happy person.
Some of you might be in agony because you are not sure what to do.
However, what I learned from searching for my career is that you are not wandering
without a destination. It is just a process of preparing for your dream. Before determining
to become a professor, I searched about the pros and cons of numerous jobs. It has
taken 16years for me to find my career. Some people might think that searching for a career for 16years is a waste of time. Since I was not able to choose my
career, I could not focus on one subject so I have studied American History, Korean and English
which are not related to statistics. Even though there is a saying “jack of all trades,
and master of none.” I do not regret studying such subjects. By studying such
subjects I learned more about my life and perspective. I did not have a chance to
learn statistics sophisticatedly but politics taught me how to think deeply and
philosophy suggested to me an ideal life. Even though some people believe that one should find a career in childhood and prepare for it, but it is not true. You are not
wandering without destination, but widening your perspective. Having a dream
itself is beautiful, however isn’t searching for your dream also beautiful?
I was very impressed reading your writing. I really agree with you as a person who think having a dream is beautiful. I think dream is the ultimate goal of human life. But you don't have to hurry to find future dream. There is a doctor who became paleontologist recently. You can experience many advantages and disadvantages of diverse occupations in the process of searching dreams. It's sure that if you find something proper to your temper, your life must be beautiful!
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