又到了報名前往夏威夷大學參加PBL workshop的時刻，不同於去年，今年高醫在七月會先辦一場PBL workshop，徵選三十個名額，然後再從這三十個名額當中，選出表現優異的四名代表前往夏威夷大學參與活動。
還記得去年搞不清楚狀況的我，尚未確認報名資格前就洋洋灑灑準備了一篇近千字的英文自傳，細問之下才知道原來報名資格只限醫三和後醫一，聽到醫學院秘書那番話時，當下的感受只能用傻眼來形容。
今年活動既定的那段時間我已經另有行程，儘管我真的很想去夏威夷，但礙於自己既有的行程，只好放棄報名的機會啦 :(
以下是我去年白寫的自傳：
My name is Andy Liu. I am a second grade medical student in Kaohsiung Medical University. I am so glad that the authority of school is going to provide an opportunity for medical students from first grade to third grade to visit Hawaii University. As a second grade medical student in Kaohsiung Medical University, I will make every effort to grasp this great opportunity. I was born in Kaohsiung city and I have lived here ever since. My father is a family doctor and a physician. He runs a clinic in the Yenchen district of Kaohsiung city. He is a graduate from my school. My mother is a pharmacist, and she works in my father’s clinic. There are also two adorable girls in my family. One is my 19-year-old sister, Annie, and she is a freshman in a university; the other is Esther, my 10-year-old sister, she is a fourth grade student in an elementary school.
When I was a child, I was very playful. Because I was taller than other children, I sometimes hurt others inadvertently. I like to watch cartoons about robots and superheroes, such as Superman, Batman and Spiderman. I had lots of toy robots, and I viewed them as my treasures. Reading is another habit of mine. I read all the Sherlock Holmes novels during the middle grade of elementary school. I also read a lot of historical books. The concept of Chinese history was established at an early age, and it influenced me a lot. When I was twelve, I became a member of my school’s basketball team. Because of my height advantage, I was 180cm then; our team worked hard and got the fourth in the Kaohsiung city competition. It is an unforgettable memory.
While many teenagers rebel against their parents and teachers, I was quite obedient. When I was in the first year of junior high school, my studies were terrible. I lacked confidence in myself, and I couldn’t keep up others. However, I didn’t stop studying hard. My grades became better and better, and I realized that Kaohsiung Senior High School wasn’t too difficult a goal for me to attain. During my junior high school life, I found myself living under a lot of pressure from studies and exams. I didn’t view this as something evil. On the contrary, I adjusted my attitude to accept so many tests. I could always find something interesting in the boring lesson, and was optimistic toward the challenge. Building up strength of character and a determination to succeed was my biggest harvest during junior high school.
In the mid of April, 2001, I passed the mathematic and scientific exam, and got my ticket to go aboard the big ship- Kaohsiung Senior High School. As a graduate from junior high school, entering Kaohsiung Senior High School was just like shipping off to a bright future. Unfortunately, I found it was just the beginning of difficulties.
During my time at Kaohsiung Senior High School, I met a lot of talented and smart students. No matter how hard I studied, I couldn’t compete with them in math or physics. However, I tried my best to compete at my favorite subject, biology. Besides studying at senior high school, I also went past-time to National Sun Yat-Sen University to take biology lessons for senior high school students. I was crazy about biology; as a result, I bought Campbell Biology for further reading. In my third year of senior high school, I was lucky to be one of my school’s representatives to attend a biology competition. Although I didn’t get an ideal result, I learned a lot from some training in experimental skills, logical thinking processes and knowledge. I thought that all my effort were worthwhile. Three years of senior high school life passed by fast, it was a critical time for me to take the College Entrance Exam. After considering my interests and the background of my family, a career in medicine is my final objective. Fortunately, I got good grades and entered Kaohsiung Medical University.
How time flies! Now I am a second grade medical student. I am happy to study in this campus; I have made a lot of good friends, and have learned how to deal with public affairs as a class representative. I have held some activities to assist freshmen and organize event for the medical student association. I am also on the basketball team of our medicine department team. However despite these activities, I don’t neglect my studies.
Medicine is such a broad field that nobody can embrace its entirety. As a second year of medical student, what I know about medicine is just the tip of the iceberg. I aspire to get this chance to visit Hawaii University so that I can not only learn more about medicine but also broaden my view of the world.
