What will I major in?

Choosing major in university is one of the most momentous decisions in my whole
life. Studying ideal major can help me to realize my dream. “What is your dream?”
is a typical essay in local primary school. To be frank, I think our dream is depends
on experience you had but not pure imagination. I am in a dilemma choosing
Psychology or Social Work as my major.
 Through doing the career research, I found out that I am suitable for career related
to socialize and serve the society. Suddenly, memories become a movie showing in
my brain. In my primary school, everyone has a chance to take up a post to serve
others. My friends chose to be librarians as they thought the tasks were relaxing.
They prefer working with books instead of communicating with others. At the same
time, I raised my hand straightly and nominated myself to be a “small teacher” for
the junior form students. I found teaching them with their homework was really
enjoyable and satisfied. Starting from that moment, I figure out I like interacting with
people rather than lifeless machines and objects.
 My other habit is spending the whole afternoon in a library to read psychology
book becomes part of my life. People may think theories insides bore them to
death. Actually, the theories are all applicable to our daily lives such as explaining
why people would like standing at the corners when they enter a lift ─ these books
satisfy my curiosity about human behavior. In addition, I become more sensitive to
the people around me in psychological aspect. So I would like to further my studies
about Psychology in university.
 Psychology is really powerful and lights up my future road. Especially when
psychological theories are applied in social work aspect, they become much more
practical.
 Starting from secondary three, volunteer work has been appearing on my schedule.
I experienced position ranging from participant to organizer in volunteer work. A
sea of impressive experiences makes up me. When I was in secondary four, my
classmates and I organized a volunteer project in our community. At first, we
thought that we could directly serve the needy. However, we figured out we have
to understand people’s need first. We advocated installing a lift for the elderly
people as they have to walk along stairs every day. After walking on long stairs, we
feel how tiring the elderly feel every day. One year later, I was so pleasant to be
one of the young envoys of the UNICEF and outstanding young volunteer of Social
Welfare Department. Thus, I had valuable chances to go to Gansu and Taiwan. These
experiences intensify my passion for doing volunteer work only as I see people smile
and laugh. I can also apply the psychological theories practically such as how to get
along well with participants.
 Recently, I went to Mong Kok to visit the homeless with HKFYG. It was the first
time for me to visit their specially designed ‘home’ under the footbridge. Through
chatting with the homeless, they were really nice to us like giving us a lecture about
life. Although we had to squat instead of having a comfortable seat, we were really
enjoy it. I would say it is the most meaningful and impressive lecture for me. They
are strong and determined even though their situation were poor. At that moment,
I felt like an angel delivered a task for my whole life. I dare not to say I can save their
lives but make a small change in their lives. At least, they know that someone is
willing to give them a helping hand or just simply care about them. I am determined
to step up for the society rather than read psychology books in my comfort zone.
 The above experience in my life does change my career direction. Although I really
love Psychology since I was small, I would instead major in social work to apply
psychological theories to help the needy. I believe ‘Everyone has mission in his/her
life.’ My mission is to make a small change in our society and work with others to
make our home become a better place to live. It is just like a simple butterfly flap of
wings can cause a typhoon. Thus, everyone can smile wholeheartedly.