Qualities help me fit in new environments

From a child to an adult, our life environment will change many times as we are growing up. From primary school to college and to going to work, people will meet many different people in different period in their life. However, some people can adapt the new environment very quick and achieve amazing success but another part of people need to spend a long time doing it. That’s because some people are easier to fit in a new environment than others, like me.   

Many people said that I’m an adaptive person because I never show any worries before I go to a new environment. I am good at observing the environment and I will try my best to be familiar with all the facilities and all people. Also, I am willing to join in activities to get involved in to my new life in new places. For example, my parents were worried about whether I can adapt to the life in America. But the fact is that I improved my spoken English and make friends with my seminar classmates. Something like culture different and language obstacles are solved easily and quickly. In another aspect, I’m adaptive because I don’t care about what happened in the past but only focus on what will happen in the future. Specifically, some people will feel depressed if they failed many time in one subject, nevertheless, this kind of things will not happen on me forever because I think everything is fair for everyone if they don’t give up. So I will judge if one subject is important for my further study, if so, I will put efforts on it no matter how many times I failed in that subject’s exam. My adaptability is one of most important factors to get achievement during my study career.

What’s more, I am also an includer. In the daily life, I am very easy-going and be willing to communicate others. I want to include people and make them feel part of group no matter what their countries, culture or habits are. I hate look at people stand out of the circle and make them feel lonely. I hope everyone can be a member of group and get well along with others. Also, I will try to solve the conflicts among the members of group. When they make some mistakes, I will solve problems immediately and remove their guilty. Empathy is my characteristic as an includer; I am so sensitive to others emotions that my friends are surprised to how I can know if they are in good moods or not. I am able to see the world through my friends’ eyes and share their perspectives. Therefore, I can organize people very well, like a pearl necklace; I am not the brightest pearl but the string which connect them together. So I think that’s why many people are willing to make friends with me although I have so many disadvantages.

       Although I am an easygoing person in my daily life, I am not easygoing at life in my academic study. I am strict with myself when I am studying, especially in some science subjects. Some of my friends said that I even have a little bit OCD. Once I studied 21 different kinds of plants in my biology class but I thought the pictures that professor gave are kind of ambiguous so I looked up all of their pictures on Internet and walked around the campus. At last I found 18 kinds of plants and made them to samples. My friends admire my determination so much and they are willing to study with me and finish our homework together and every time they have some questions, they will come to me and asked me to help them. According to many team studies, I have already met many friends who are interested in biology too and now we will have some discussions in the library from time to time.