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Why LSE
I think I deserve an LSE scholarship because I was offered a place to study in LSE. I believe it is wrong when an offer holder has to reject the proposal only because of financial need. To my regret, this may be my case. I am a student who always does it best – every year I graduated from the school only with distinct marks, and brought all the effort to be the best student in every subject ranging from Literature to Chemistry. The key is that I have never been forced to study perfectly by parents or teachers because I enjoy the process of studying itself. One of the jokes about me is that studying is my hobby. Although, the school gave me quite good education, it was never enough for me. I participated in different Olympiads (intellectual competitions), and I was often successful. For example, in 2016 I became the winner of all-Russian Olympiad in Social Science. I always attended different additional courses and lectures to broad my mind because the knowledge is the power in the modern world of information.
My parents both studied in Moscow, in USSR. They graduated from good universities, but they couldn’t even dream that they could study abroad because of the political situation. Today due to the change of politics, I have such a possibility, but there is another obstacle that I faced with – financial.
My academic interests are quite various. My choice of a degree in International relations was not random, and I was not simply captured by a tempting career of a diplomat. From the very childhood, I was fond of history, but the profession of a historian is not for me. I think that studying of history is necessary to enhance people’s lives in the current world. With the help of history, our purpose is not to repeat the mistakes of the past. One of the ways we can do that is to improve the relationships among countries, reduce the number of conflicts, and guarantee human rights. Apart from history, I always enjoyed learning about the people’s cultures – every experience was different from the previous one. The learning of foreign languages has always been exciting and never boring for me, so today I speak well English and French. The knowledge of three widely spoken languages (including my native Russian) is valuable for a person who wants to make a career in International relations sphere. Moreover, I find that it is extremely important today to have a skill to solve conflicts and find the best decisions.
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From a sweetooth to a top model
I took a decision to become slim enough so nobody could say that I was overweight. The next day I tightened my belt and fully stopped eating all kinds of pastries and sweets. I started swimming vigorously (about 1 mile a day), working out at the gym, dancing and doing martial arts. My parents were surprised with my new way of living because earlier they had tried vainly to influence me to stop eating sweets. I always refused to do this because I wasn’t convinced that it was the right thing for me. I must take important decisions myself, and somebody else (even my parents) should not make such a choice for me. I have never failed to violate my diet because it was a definite decision. I have a clear understanding that when you take decisions yourself it means you are fully responsible of them, and this is the main reason to follow them.
Overall, I lost 42 pounds and I still follow my diet. It’s better to say that it has now become a way of life – healthy eating and sports. I even promoted that among my friends: my successful example helped them abandon junk food and fizzy drinks. In addition, I developed cooking skills and now I prepare healthy treats such as chocolate cakes from almond flour or coconut pancakes for my family who have started to follow a gluten-free diet after my experience. I understood how great it is to be independent from food when you don’t think about it like a friend or companion. Now I eat to live, and not live to eat.
Frankly speaking, physician’s prescription was not my only stimulant. I am tall enough to become a model, but I was too fat to enter this field as all the model agents told me. I was very curious to try something new that seemed so attractive and peculiar, but frustrated that my weight put a spoke in my wheel. I didn’t give up to the difficulties and struggled to become fit enough to achieve my goal. Finally, I showed myself that if I desire something nothing could stop me. Nobody believed that I could make such a progress. On 13th October 2016 I represented on the runway Slava Zaitsev’s collection (one of the most famous Russian designers) during Mercedes-Benz Moscow Fashion Week. I was happy not only because my dream has become a reality, but also because I learnt how to manage my life. This experience gave me extra-confidence and a craving to overcome difficulties: there is nothing that can’t be achieved if you make an effort.
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Girls can't get education
One of the global issues that I consider to be extremely important is the lack of women’s education in developing countries. This problem is one of the consequences of a widespread stereotype that the only woman’s destiny is to become a housekeeper and a mother. For me it’s horrifying that it is considered to be normal that girls don’t go to school. When I compare my position and other girls’ positions, I understand how lucky I am. I have never experienced any kind of inequality while studying and was always assessed according to my knowledge not my gender. Meanwhile, millions of girls are deprived from education in Asia and Africa for a number of reasons. Women have less rights in different domains, and inability to get an education is just one part of discrimination.
If we compare educated and non-educated women, the former are less likely to marry against their will, die in childbirth and get HIV. Education and future life are mutually correlated. Educated women are much more independent: get marry and have children later, get higher wages, and send their children to school. Getting an education means a higher level of life for a woman.
To resolve this problem we should use different approaches. Resources spent for education are usually limited in poor families, and parents mainly invest money in boys’ education. So, the government should provide special grants for girls to pay not only the school fee, but also to cover all additional costs such as textbooks, uniform, school trip. As many girls are often being used as free labor, and they have to get married under the age of 18 (family acquires money for the bride), education must become compulsory at primary and secondary levels for them.
The number of separate schools must increase because girls experience time after time violence and sexual assaults from male peers. Proper sanitation facilities will be established in separate schools because their current lack humiliate girls.
A bigger number of female teachers is necessary because they can translate their experience to younger girls. It is vital that these teachers come from the same environment, therefore; they can simultaneously teach school subjects in comfortable environment for girls and be positive models for them.
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My favorite activity
An activity that had a great impact on me was UN’s model (MIMUN) that took place in Moscow Institute of International Relations in April 2016. To start with, the process of preparing for it was amazing. I chose to be in FAO – French-speaking committee that struggles against famine and malnutrition. Frankly speaking, it was an venture itself: I chose French-speaking, not English or Russian, which would have been much easier for me, to face a test of character. I decided to become a representative of South African delegation, and I read a lot about the situation in this country that was completely new for me. The participation for me was not as easy as it might seem to be. The representatives were mainly junior students of different universities, experienced in UN’s models and fluent speakers in French. A half of the committee was from France, Switzerland and Africa, and their attendance taught me that I had to be very well-prepared to convince my competitors speaking their native language. The sessions, which were exciting and exhausting, took 8 hours a day and lasted for a week, but for me the end of the sessions didn’t mean the end of work. I came home, and I was writing the drafts of resolutions, amendments, reflecting, consulting with my Dad and searching the Internet to find better solutions. I represented my country’s position in front of 50 representatives of other delegations, secretly negotiated with other members, and formed a coalition. I was even called a revolutionist who proposed an establishment of the international bank that could be in charge of all finances and earn money to sponsor FAO programs. Overall, I felt passionate while stubbornly struggling and ardently debating with other representatives to solve the problem of world famine and protect my country’s interests. Nobody could believe that I was just from the 11th grade because I was very active. To sum up, I have refined my public speaking skills, got a useful experience for my future profession and met very interesting people with whom I still stay in touch.
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