Through my whole life, I have lived in the same country and due to this I developed a quite narrow perspective and understanding of the world since the people who are near to me are often very similar to each other, though recently through coming to an international school, my perspective of the world has been widened.

In the past I have been very much the same as how I am now, all my traits have not changed over time and despite being brought up in a family which encourages social interaction and relationships, I still prefer to be alone. In addition, due to my parents open-minded perspective, I have been given many opportunities to learn new skills throughout my whole life and due to this, I have developed many skills, from playing multiple instruments to life skills such as cooking, alongside academics. My family also encourages independence strongly as my parents have a rather negative view on human loyalty and trust, therefore most of my life I have depended upon myself and avoided trusting others to perform a task which I could do myself. This has lead me to develop an introverted personality which actually conflicts with their beliefs in social interaction.

My goals, in general, follow the idea of comparison. The foundation of all my goals is that I need to be better than others, not be the best I can be. This is once again due to my parent’s ideology that being the best you can is useless in the real world unless you are better than others.