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German Personal Statement

When I was young my dream job always involved high pay cheques! Now I have grown to appreciate the word I live in. Since I was young I have always had a flair for languages. From the age of four I could speak fluent Serbo-Croat because my mother came from the former Yugoslavia

When my parents realised how fluent I was in Serbo-Croat they insisted on only allowing me to speak English which they felt was more important to learn. Whilst I am no longer fluent in my mother's language this experience first inspired my love of learning different languages. At the age of ten I started to pick up a new language, french, and at the age of thirteen I started to learn German. I decided to study GCSE in both languages for which I received an 'A' grade for both. I am currently the only student in Gordons School sixth form to take both German and French as full 'A' levels. I am also taking A-Level ICT in which I am learning how modern technology impacts businesses and every day life

During 2001-2002 I enjoyed work experience in a variety of places. In Germany I worked for a week in a Primary school; dealing with children in a foreign languge was a challenge I enjoyed. I worked for a week in France in a computer shop. I found the way this small shop worked fascinating and I learned a great deal of trading vocabulary from that week. I am very interested in Marketing because recently I visited a friend of the family in Singapore. He worked for 'Deutsche Bank' in the Marketing division. I visited his work place and I was facinated in the way marketing was one of the most important aspects of a company. Lastly I worked for a week in HSBC bank in England, Woking

There I was placed in all the different divisions of the bank for a day each. I found the marketing and foreign affaires aspekts of this very interesting

During my years at Gordon's School I have helped out in many different ways. During my time in the sixth form I have helped out in after school activities such as 'Orienteering'. This developed my leadership skills. Once a week I help out in our library during prep time to assist the younger students. I have helped out many a time in the school house with cleaning and helping younger pupils round the house

Next year I am planning on going on a trip to Romania, possibly with Raleigh International. Here we will be going around Romania climbing the mountains and helping people in different villiages who are less fortunate than the rest of us

My hobbies and interests include: Travel, Swimming, Skiing, Water Skiing, Computing and just basically having fun! I also enjoy reading, I have read fully various french and german books. 'Ich fuhle mich so fifty-fifty', 'Un sac de billes', even 'Harry Potter' in French! During my life I have visited many different countries, I have seen extreme poverty in India and the complete opposite in North America

From these experiences I have learned to appreciate other cultures and to make the effort to learn a bit of each language. After a course at University I would like to take a year off before working and I would like to join a group like Raleigh International for a month to help out people in different countries.

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