by Matthew Otis
How will I make the future a better place?
How will I make the future a better place? By trying my hardest to develop technology to help others. I also will be better equipped because I have seen the world and
lived in it from different points of view. (I certainly don't have the answers to all of the world's problems, but hopefully I will be able to help solve a few of them.) When I was an exchange student to Germany I
realized that the world is but a tiny island upon which there are billions of people who are all dependant upon one another. Technology has shrunk our world so that a once difficult travel is reduced to a pleasure of
flying or one can speak with a loved one on the other side of the planet with clarity such as if they were in the next room. The political situations of the world and the increasing strength of the United Nations has
helped prove that we all depend on one another no matter who we are or where we live.
So where do I fit into the grand scheme of things? Well I have often asked myself that exact same question and have thought of
many different things that I could do to help promote world peace and prosperity, such as I believe that I would make a great foreign diplomat. I have already been a miniature version of such when I was an exchange
student to Germany. I would also like to do this because I enjoy and am good at settling disputes between to warring parties, this I attribute to the fact that I have a total of six siblings. I would love to do such a
task where I could actively affect millions of people's lives.
However, I love the sciences and can never turn my head from trying to gain more scientific knowledge. I then thought of a way that I could affect the
lives of many in a much more personal way, This is when I decided to attempt to develop devices to help the infirm. I saw that many could not care less about the wealth of nations in our world, but were rather more
concerned about matters within their own lives. I hope to one day through becoming a Biomedical Engineer develop new ways for people to have a personal feeling of peace by making their lives more productive or of higher
standards. If people then have more time to focus on other things it will give them the chance to see what the world truly is and would make many more willing to help solve the world's problems as a group of mighty
people rather than a small contingent of individuals seeming to struggle alone for such a cause.
What are my career goals?
I wish I had more than one life to live for there is so much that I would like to
do. Ever since I was about eleven years old I've wanted to go into medicine so that I could help those that are ill. And when I went on a tour of the prosthetics department at a local hospital I knew that my future
career would be to merge the high tech world with the crude mechanical world of prosthetics. That is when I decided to be a Biomedical Engineer because I realized that I had the drive to work hard so that I could
achieve the lofty and rewarding goal of being a Biomedical Engineer. I hope to take technology that is being developed involving the use of artificial synapses and continue the signal to a mechanical device that would,
in turn, send signals back to the brain. This would help those who have lost limbs to regain their sense of touch by an artificial means.
Then I realized that by developing such a device I could possible help others
even more threatening problems such as paraplegia or Cerebral Palsy the effects of the development of such a device would be profound. It could literally make the lame spring with glee and the mute cheer. I knew,
however, that to achieve such a ponderous goal would take an immense amount of time and dedication to my studies. Realizing this helped me keep the dedication that I have needed over the years to stay strong in
academics while also not denying the community of my services. For my main goal in life is to help others and make them smile, and to do so it will take much learning and dedication, but I believe that I can achieve the
once dreamed and with the help of a good university I will learn the skills that will make others, throughout the world, smile and show them the happiness that can be gained by feeling normal again and no longer feeling
like a "monster" to society.
Whatever becomes of me and wherever I happen to go, I know that I will do my utmost to make the world of the future a better place for many.
