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but because I didn’t want to look or be like everyone

else. When in a crowd, I would stand up for issues that I believed in.

In addition, I have a loud voice and an expressive personality that I inherited

from my mother. I admire my mother as she is very active in our church

community and people look up to her for solution to various problems. My father

always says that: “do not spare the effort to do good things, it will always

pay and achieve your potential but not at the expense of the group”. What I

gained from my father is a logical mind, the capacity to break things apart or

unbundle complex ideas and be able to put them back together in a different

but value added manner.

My brother is the polar opposite to me, he also had a logical mind and the same

thinking process, but as opposed to me he is calm and not as physically strong

as I am. When I was younger, I disliked him heavily for the reason that he is

always trying to be like me. Today, he and my sister are two of my most

cherished people, they continuously have a positive impact on the person I am

today by challenging my ideas and actions. When I moved back to Togo from

Tunisia, I switched from the American education system to the British one, it

took me a long period to adjust as I had been in the American system for 7

years. Even though this period was a difficult one for me it was very

beneficial; the change made me a more disciplined and resilient person.

The lesson my father told me to learn from this experience is that life is

about change whether voluntary or not and my capacity to adapt and use change

to my advantage is what is going to make me successful in life.

Four years ago, back in Lome (Togo) I was slightly overweight and living with

my mother didn’t help matters. In addition, during this period after school I

would go to my grandmother’s house, which is near the British School and she

would give me loads of sweets. At the time, my best friend in Togo was a

basketball player in the school team. He told me that if I want us to still be

friends, I should be fit and a decent basketball player. I took the challenge

as I value the friendship. The first practices were like torture, but after a

while I progressed and it became a habit to play every day. After 3 months,

I was fit and I am really grateful to my friend for the change he brought

into me and the way he challenged me. I was always confident in myself, but

being a better athlete made me more confident.

In summary, I think that with the rich and diverse environment where I lived in

and the various experiences I went through, I am well equipped to tackle the

many and diverse challenges that the world is bringing, starting with the

university life that I am going to embrace with a lot of