Personal Narrative: A Career As A Physician

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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” This is how the peace and social justice godfather Nelson Mandela described the power of knowledge. As an American, who had spent a major period of his life in Syria, the only dominant power I knew had been the power of violence. Although education was free in Syria, many educated people believed that blood was the only way to reach life goals. I started to lose faith in a bright and peaceful future. However, I was one of the people who believed that the ink of a pen is mightier than the gunpowder of a bullet. As a result, I came back to my country of birth, the USA, which illuminates the dark pathway, especially, in my educational career. Indeed, I will state the main reason of my choice of being a physician. …show more content…
Within the start of the Civil War in Syria and its resultant events, civilians have suffered from physical disability, hunger and homelessness. The universities and the student were also in danger. For example, in my college, I didn’t finish my chemistry class because the lab was bombed and I didn’t take many finals because of armed clashes. Then I decided that I could make even a small change in that dark reality. With this gloomy view, my story with the war had started. The first step of my long pathway started with an opportunity to volunteer with the Armenian Cross Organization (Aleppo), an organization believes in the principles of the Red Cross organization. After a short training period, my helping experience began as a member on the first aid and the foodstuff team. I used to walk under a different kind of danger, like snipers and mortar rockets to reach my high school, the base of the organization, in Al-Medan