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Jeongbae Kong
EDCP 305
Autobiographical essay
People coexist with music. When they watch movies, videos, and even documentaries, the role of music is to make audiences concentrate into what they work on. Moreover, music not only helps people relax, but also motivates them to be more emotional. As personality affects our life in numerous ways, in my life, music is one of the most important elements which motivated me to be aware of and carefully consider of my dream.
I encountered music when I was a little baby because my mom was a classic pianist. I used to spend a lot of time with my mom at that time, and I consequently sang my favorite song, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 along while she played her piano. As my parents realized that I was talented in music, they registered music school and forced me to expand more knowledge about music. Because of Korean education system, I had to stay more than five hours in piano academy. Studying only music for a lot of hours bothered me and took away my leisure time. As a result, because of too much pressure and high expectation from my parents, I stopped playing piano and even worse, started to hate listening to modern music too.
When I went to middle school, I suffered from puberty. At that time, not only my physical appearance changed, but my personality was reconstructed. Therefore, I hung out with friends who used to drink alcohol, run away from their homes, and even shoplift. Even if I had creed that I would never try drugs which impoverish brain and body, I had to smoke due to peer pressure. Because none of my family members smoked, parents and younger sister easily figured out that I smoked. Due to my behavior, it was my first time to have a huge trouble with parents. Furthermore, I fought numerous times with my classmates and damaged public facilities. My reconstructed character was violent, negative, and short-tempered. I was not able to control myself, and I thought that I crossed too much line to modify my terrible personality. When I came back home after I ran away from my home for three days, I heard beautiful music from my mom’s room. My mind after hearing the wonderful music became really comfortable, warm, and peaceful. It felt like the music filled my empty mind with full of happiness and desire. Since my parents and I were concerning about my imprudent personality, we met music therapist in order to turn short-tempered into patient personality. Surprisingly and luckily, I followed the therapist’s instruction really carefully over three months and my new life began. Before I say or react, I reconsider the better way to convey my opinions. Also, my improved skill in persistence helped me to be mature. Therefore, I spent a lot of time to develop myself and finally, I got an admission to UBC.
I sometimes listen to a lot of classic music when I have a problem nowadays. It helps not only me to relax and rethink for better solutions, but also to be devoted to my duty. Because of music, I restart my new life with full of dream and happiness. It has been a pleasant time to live with music and I want to help others who have a huge trouble with music.