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Personal Narrative-It's Time To Double Major In Economics

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I have always been proud of my reasoning process and my planning ability. These skills failed me once, however, for I abruptly decided one day to double major in Economics with no rational reason. I owe that to Fadhel since he pushed me into this endeavor. I met him when I started volunteering at the Red Crescent during Ramadan. Every year during this holy month, I spend my nights preparing dinner, washing dishes and lending my ear to the unfortunate. When I hear their depressing stories I try to lighten up their spirits with kind words. Fadhel was the first to point out the emptiness of my words: “By god, those words are as empty as my belly, so spare me that talk and give some broth, kid”. Despite his vulgar language, I admired his candor …show more content…

He used to own two supermarkets at some point, and was renovating his first supermarket when the recession hit our economy. Banks wouldn’t lend him money so he borrowed at a tremendous interest rate from local gangs. He was able to keep paying them until the revolution. Then, his second supermarket was pillaged during the instability of the Arab Spring and the insurance company dismissed his claims. With his only source of revenue gone, Fadhel had no other choice but to sell all of his assets to repay his debts and started living in the streets afterwards. Moreover, his master’s degree in Business couldn’t land him a job, so he remained an outcast of society and blamed the economy for his …show more content…

I learned later that it was Fadhel. I may not have promised him to change our economic situation, yet I vowed to try. Today I am attempting to attend Cornell to seize a better opportunity to save my people. I want to take macroeconomics electives that are more adequate to my objectives while fulfilling my dream of becoming a high energy experimentalist. Finally, I want to surround myself with people who want to change their community, so I can learn from them and honor his

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