I used to overlook the importance of little things in life. As a child, I would go to convenience stores to buy snacks, and would often throw away the change if they were coins. Even in academics, a few points lost on a test did not really seem to matter to me. However, my attitude changed after one incident two summers ago. I was riding in a car on the back seat with my friends, squeezed like canned tunas. It...

I love meeting new people. The high school I am currently attending is a close-knit school, and is something I do not particularly enjoy. Although I am constantly in close touch with the majority of the student body, there are no clubs supporting my interests. In addition to that, I feel like the community at my school is not as diverse. I want to learn more about people from different parts of the worlds and their backgrounds. However, at Boston...

As a child, I often overlooked what an individual could do to contribute to the community. I did not understand what the common good is. I would give donations to the poor because I thought that was enough. However, as I grew older, I learned that actions that come straight from the heart are much more valuable. Thus, I began sharing my knowledge with the people who lack access to education. At the Bangkok Planetarium, my friends and I volunteered...

My family is involved in many charitable organizations, which are funded by a successful plastic factory built up by my father and his siblings. Since I was a child, my parents would bring me to charities like Wat Phra Batnampu Foundation and iCare Foundation to make donations, and I learned to sympathize with those orphans or the children who were born disabled. Thus, I set a goal for myself that when I grow up, I want to be more involved...

I used to overlook the importance of little things in life. As a child, I would go to convenience stores to buy snacks, and would often throw away the change if they were coins. Even in academics, a few points lost on a test did not really seem to matter to me. However, my attitude changed after one incident two summers ago. I was riding in a car on the back seat with my friends, squeezed like canned tunas. It...

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