Essay on Why I Want to Study Physical Therapy

nurture my curious mind. The eagerness to explore new concepts and ideas eventually led me to read magazines like the Economist. As a young reader, I never made an attempt to fully understand words like poverty, economic development, and inflation. I thought these were just jargons that adults used in order to provide depth to their articles. However, when I took A-level Economics in my junior year of high school, my perception towards these words changed. Economics was not some decorative dictation;…

Debating since middle school made me concluded that I want to study international relations and I hate debating yet I love story-telling. What I don’t like about debating is not only because we have to be ruthless for the reason all that matter is how we win the motion from the other side without taking concern of other party’s opinion, but also the win-lose situation that debate forced. What I like about story-telling is not only it is fun since all that matter is everybody should put their best…

my childhood years, I was struggling with school that I was placed in special ed classes and a lot of people thought that I would not be motivated to focus on my education and my future. During my years at Van Derveer Elementary school, I had a hard time adjusting myself in the class and my grades were not as good as they are today. But that didn’t mean that I would try my hardest. My only problem was that I had a hard time concentrating in class that when I had an exam, I would just sit there…

Studying Sport and Exercise science would help me build on my knowledge, about three main aspects of sport: physiology, biomechanics and psychology. The theoretical side of physical education has always been one of my strengths. Studying physical education at GCSE this has given me an understanding of the functions of muscles and bones and has provided me with an insight of the physiological and psychological effects of exercise on the human body. Developing an understanding of the human body has…

The sun exploded into a million shades of orange. I sat, friends at each side, atop a monstrous pile of boulders. I looked over the vastness of Joshua Tree National Park, and saw a glimpse of myself. Love filled my soul; love of people, love of family. The backcountry has always helped me find this love; it has been my personal northstar, shepherding me toward research and medicine. I started backpacking at 13, trekking across the winter-harsh lands of Idaho and Montana. It was difficult…

The career path I have chosen to enter upon the completion of my college major is in Occupational Therapy Assistance. Occupational Therapy is the medical treatment for people who are limited by mental health problems, the aging process, physical injury or illness, and learning or developmental disabilities. An Occupational Therapist Assistant, or OTA, is the assistant to the Occupational Therapists, or OT, and assists him or her in providing Occupational Therapy treatments and procedures. An Occupational…

Academically, I have always been a diligent and stable individual, which is why I believe a degree at university shall be my next step. Business Studies has always fascinated me with the fact that it is a forever changing environment and the way it blends with current affairs. This is important since it plays a key role in the economic growth by helping the society operate as it provides job opportunities. Through my BTEC Business course I realised that not just academic understanding is needed but…

Why should anyone want to study English? Why not French or Spanish or even Mandarin Chinese? Is English so much more interesting than any other language? Why spend time studying a language and not mathematics or science? Well, there are some very good reasons for that. Never before, has a sound knowledge of languages been so important for finding a decent job. It is probably the first question they ask you if you apply for one. Someone who knows different languages will be preferred to someone…

Physical therapy Some say that PT stands for physical therapist; others might say that it stands for physical terrorists. People who say it stands for physical terrorists are usually the people who have been patients before. Patients call it physical terror because in physical therapy you use different exercises that usually will make the area that they are doing the therapy for hurt in order to help it recover to its full range of motion. The career I want to pursue is physical therapy, in order…

With this kind of attitude towards machines I was introduced to computers about what they can do and how they do it. This was enough for me to decide that I was going to work with computers all my life. The boundless possibility of trying out and the instant knowledge of the outcome that stimulates one for further analysis of a rationale in question is what I find most appealing about Computer Science. Keeping up an inquisitive and explorative attitude, I believe, leads to a constant learning process…