I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people1I think about myself. I am glad that I am becoming a2person.
I think my3started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to finish my study and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I4talk to others in my classes. By the end of my first term, I was really5. It seems as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I decided to ask people around me how they were doing and if they were having trouble I offered to help. That was really a big6for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of them are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new attitude (态度), however, came when I took a part-time job at a Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer's disease (阿兹海默症) became my7. Every time I came into her room, she was so happy because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never visited her, so I8. The old lady really let me9that making others feel good made me feel good too. When she died, I was heartbroken, but I was also grateful to her.
I think I am a much better person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not forget these experiences. They have10me to care about other people more than about myself. I like who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
