Steve Jobs Hardships

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“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?” A simple sentence said Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple company. Which I think is frank and honest, but philosophical. I have the same dream with Steve Jobs, that is changing the world. However, there is one condition is that you need a chance. And the super excellent opportunity for me is studying Information Security in Waterloo University. For Information Security engineers, a solid foundation of mathematics, physics and computing is necessary. I was sensitive with numbers when I was a primary school student. And I could figure out the mathematic problem faster than any other students in the class. However, I never imagine that there is a day I will compete in the NOI (National Olympiad in Informatics) before I get into the high school. Since it is one of the five supremacies Olympiad discipline competition around the world, …show more content…

I enjoyed helping others solving a variety of problems since it is challenging and interesting. When I was a young boy, I was admiring the people who volunteering in the society since every volunteer told me it is interesting and satisfying after helping others. I started to find any chance helping others until once a day I met an old lady who taking the subway alone and seems restless. Nobody going to ask her about her problem but I did. Then I found that she forgets which station her should get off. Fortunately, I found a note in the lady’s pocket which is a phone number. I made a call to that number and her daughter answered. In the first place, the old lady had Alzheimer disease so that she forgets the station. Finally, I helped her back to her home and I felt a sense of happiness after helping her. From then on, I started to helping others and volunteering since It could not only help others out of trouble, but also enjoyed the sense of happiness after the problem was

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