DISTORTED WOMEN'S BEAUTY INFOGRAPHIC

Analytical Essay

Choosing Social Work as my major

Getting into university, I could finally choose what I really want to study and figure out what my future would be like. Before flipping through the list of majors I could consider, I had already made up my mind when I was studying in secondary school. In this essay, I am going to analyze why I should choose Social Work as my major in terms of the aspect of my interests, career outlook, my personality

To start with, voluntary work was compulsory for us to do ever since I was in secondary school. At first, I thought it would be a wasteful of time and extremely boring for us to help a bunch of strangers. Surprisingly, the first volunteering experience completely changed my impression towards social work. It was a program which our class has to be the tutor for a group of ethnic minorities for four weeks. Originally, I thought it was an impossible thing for us to do as I imagined that there will be a lot of communication problems and the kids would be a mess for us to handle. However, it turned out to be an amusing experience that we can understand more about the culture of the minorities and at the same time fulfilling a responsibility to help them cope with their school life. Since then, I was very keen on joining different kinds of voluntary work and started to develop my interest in studying Social Work as my major in the future. What’s more, I regard myself as a patient and outgoing person. I am confident in helping others when they are in need and are willing to communicate with all kinds of people. There are a lot of target groups such as elderly, ethnic minorities, children who we can help in Hong Kong, I feel like I can make use of my qualities and help these people’s lives easier. Although the salary of a social worker might not be high, I don’t expect much of it as I want to do what I like instead of getting into a well-paid job solely because of the payroll.

Furthermore, I always assume studying Social Work would be a lot of fun. It’s mostly because of the chance for me to learn comparative theories to work with different kinds of individuals, families or organizations, and to utilize communication skills differentially and creatively. Furthermore, I can learn more about different social issues such as ageing population, drug abuse problems in the society and contribute to the community by helping to improve these problems in the future as a social worker. Nowadays, there are a lot of social problems are being ignored by the majority of us, for example, the problem of wasting too much food. By studying this major, I can join into the line of help saving our community. Moreover, students of the major are required to go social work practice, in this case, I can gain more experience before I become a social worker. This could help me to prepare myself before I step into the society in advance.

I know a lot could change from now, but Social Work would be my first priority when choosing my major at the moment. At the same time, I am still open to other options and would like to understand more what other majors are about before I made the final decision. Hopefully, I could choose the most suitable major for myself and enjoy the next three years of university studies.

Descriptive Essay

The aquarium

Do you love going to the aquarium? I still remember the first time I went to an aquarium with my family I was still a little girl and how it surprised me with the wonder of sea life. 
As I went through the stone-grey entrance, I was stunned by the miraculously huge ocean-blue tank placed in front of me. And meanwhile a breeze of chilly air inside the aquarium hit me, goose bumps crawled all over my skin. The chlorine-like smell in the aquarium felt refreshing and clean. That was the first time I've ever been to an aquarium, the excitement within me aroused. I ran towards the tank and put my hand onto the icy cold glass while I was watching a group of fishes chasing each other in the water. When I lifted my hand, a steamy handprint was left on the glass. The aquarium was filled by the sound of fishes gliding in the water, ripples were formed on the water surface when I looked up. The sound of laughter from the visitors inside the aquarium was loud and clear. 
There were a lot of diverse and colorful fishes swimming freely in the tank, some of the slimy and scaly fishes look gorgeous and some of them look hideous. Some of their colors were showy and vibrant while others act as a camouflage which can easily be concealed among the coral reefs. Each of their scales look different, some have a smoother edge while some may look sharp, having a tooth like shape. What most enchanted me was the fact that all those exotic fishes are swimming seamlessly in the water, each of them having different characteristics and living their own lives in this enormous tank. I discovered that those with a pointy or a bullet shaped body could swim faster than those with a hump-back body shape. Fishes with a smaller mouth were nibbling on the small plants while those with a bigger mouth were eating the food distributed by the aquarium staff near the water surface. I stood by the glass and gazed into the tank for ages, refusing to leave until my family had to drag me out of the aquarium. As time passed by, it has already been a long time since I’ve been to the aquarium. I decided to revisit it recently but the whole experience of my impression in the aquarium once I remembered as a child, completely changed.
Seeing the enormous tank again, despite of the enchantment of the sea life, I felt pity to the fishes inside the tank. What bothers me the most was that I noticed a disturbing action made around me, where most people were taking photos of the fishes using flashlights. Red lights shooting out from the cameras, pointing towards the tank regardless the signs of forbidding visitors to take photos using flashlight was hanged beside the glass. What’s more was that seeing all the sea creatures captured in a bounded space, it made me realized it was and never would be a freedom for them to swim in the never-ending ocean. The smell of the aquarium was no longer refreshing but hospital-like and discomforting. It is a freedom for us to visit an aquarium as our entertainment but on the other hand, are we abusing the freedom of the sea creatures for a moment of our happiness?