I am a medical student of 3rd grade and study medicine everyday. The way things stand I will be a doctor after graduation from university. So far I have some experiences that made my mind to choose this way, and I want to talk about those experiences.
Let’s start with some background. I have always interested in human science such as psychology, sociology and history. I dreamed of being a journalist firstly. If I were a journalist, I would try to have a thorough knowledge of society and be able to give information through the mass media. These days I did not imagined that I would change my mind.
What happened was this, I met a girl who had a severe health problem in high school. She used to be absent from physical training and sometimes failed to attend school. She and I belonged to a different class, but I was completely shocked to know how severe to live normally for people who have some health problems. If she had not had such problem, she would have much happier high school life. I regretted deeply that I had no practical skill to cure the disease because if only I had had such power, I would have treated her.
Moving on the last year of my high school, she was operated at a large hospital in Tokyo and became much better. I was keenly aware of the effectiveness of modern medicine. I thought that if I were a journalist, I would be able only to say something big, which had no practical power. On the other hand, to become a doctor seemed too responsible for me. So, I could not make my mind for long time, but eventually I decided to be a doctor.
Finally, I would like to say that I have gone a long way round and made a lot of mistakes in the course. However, now I can challenge many new things that I have never experienced because I got tougher though these regrets. So, I want to keep up the good work through all my life.
