Socrates once said: "The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing." I would like to learn for the love of learning, education, appreciation, dedication and success. As an immigrant from Taiwan, I was given the opportunity to seek a better education in America, in New York. I am terribly grateful to my parents for bringing me here, sacrificing the best they had for me and my siblings. I have advanced in math since third grade and advanced in science since eighth grade. My school, Columbia Secondary, also offers engineering courses such as computer science which I am currently taking. I do very well in all my classes and always maintain good grades. In the future I would like to become a child psychologist with a PhD. In the near future, I want to be as far ahead as possible with my educational career. I have to be successful in the future to prove to my parents that they didn't waste their life, youth and efforts for nothing. My mother gave up her college degree so her children could earn college degrees, and I am determined to thrive in return. Carpe diem is another reason why wo...