Having a sudden burst of productivity amidst my prelims exam week is quite hard to ignore, especially if all the exams that I took prior to sitting down and finally starting this blog were all minor subjects that I utterly find disengaging. So, why not go back to this website that I probably made 4 to 5 years ago - brilliantly bored, self, good job!
I am Jazmin G. Simeon, 18 years old, and a current first year BS Physical Therapy student at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay. I am also a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas under the General Academic-Health Allied Strand (GAS-HA). Basing on the recent credentials, I'd bet that you already peg me as the type of person dead-set on being a medical doctor about to drag on and on about pursuing it.
Well, not exactly. You might be shookt that this never was my plan growing up.
As any child, I used to switch aspirations everyday; lawyer, architect, graphic designer, photographer, and film director. Despite admittedly flunking most times or barely excelling on the creative subjects, I was adamant on being this insanely eccentric woman that I once envisioned myself to be. I studied how to draw and paint, take and edit photos, as well as researching random articles of the Philippine Constitution during my free time, yet none of it seemed to like me back.
It just didn't naturally, as if I was waiting for a field to speak to me, not as much as science did.
While I was chasing my love for art, I looked back on my skills and interest for science. Maybe I was late in realizing that I was meant to be pursuing a health-science career, but I'm still glad I did. This was all rippled into motion since the day that I ticked the box for GAS-HA on my USTET application form back in 2018.
And that was all it took to make a difference.
My junior high school self was a consistent honor student, but not high enough to get into the 20. She was a carefree soul who only studies before the exams and barely took notes in class. She was in the star section but she never bothered to compete with her peers as she knew she did not have a chance. She wasn't exactly shy, but she was not confident either. She was just there in her comfort zone. Come senior high school, I found myself crossing my own borders which turned out to be walls that felt like forever to climb.
And I want someone to know how I did it.
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