Okay first off, this is definitely a throwback in time in the year 2011 when I applied for a leadership assembly in Ateneo. I just chanced upon the file as I was helping Pat with something very similar, hehe. I can’t believe I even wrote or at the very least, thought like this when I was a senior. This definitely gave me back my perspective. This essay had so much drive and passion, I didn’t recognize these were my own words.
In 500 words or less, explain your development during your org experience. How has your org helped you grow as a person? How can you use your experience to contribute to nation-building?
| ACOMM has helped me grow in a lot of ways. Starting out as Project Associate then working my way up has been one humbling learning experience in all these years of college. I could never imagine myself to be the person I am now if it weren’t for ACOMM. My 1st year self would never have thought that I had these capabilities in me that at the end of the road in college, I can actually become a leader, a real one at that. The fact that I was able to handle one department under my roof, under my name is already one I would never get to do if ACOMM didn’t give me a chance to recognize my strength and my capabilities and that in the end, the only thing left for me to do was to tap and use them. At first, I was just a person who kept to herself and to her friends, now I’m someone a random Freshman runs to whenever they are in need. ACOMM has definitely expanded my horizons, not just professionally but socially in the regard for other people. The organization has taught me how to look towards other things outside of myself, to look beyond my own interests and concerns. It has significantly influenced the way I do and think of things and how each action can impact other people. Call it cliché but it’s one of those things that you overlook and forget in the process.. that you don’t just do things for yourself, you do it for other people. It has more than just molded me into becoming a competent, hardworking and dedicated leader, it has made me realize the importance of being aware of others and their needs. Being in Human Resources, it’s the member who breathes life to the organization. Without them, we wouldn’t be standing. That’s why I have come to learn the craft of listening to the members and what they need. Communication is key not only in organizations but in everyday life and that’s something I will bring with me come graduation.
In the end, we are not here for ourselves but for others as well. This, I believe will help in contributing to nation-building. If we just try to look beyond ourselves and at the bigger picture, we would see how much of what we focus ourselves on could have been rendered to other people. How much time and effort we’ve made to furthering our own selves could have been used to further our fellowmen or our country. A chance of making it big in our endeavors is another chance for the others such as the unfortunate, poor and marginalized for just making it. |
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