Student essay written in en (native language: French, CEFR level: C1, field of study: Sciences humaines et sociales)

How have i ended up studying psychology ?
Three years ago, I was majoring sports science, specially as a tennis trainer. During those studies, and particulary during the third year, I had to train a group of 15 young people with a mental disorder. The goal was to create and animate some tennis sessions, in order to make them practice sports. But the main objective was to make it possible to talk without words. To express themselves with their body, to communicate with each other, because many of them didn't have access to speech, weren't able to express their feelings, and talk. As a consequence, it was quite difficult to communicate with them, but i quickly found some alternative ways to build a relationship with them. By looking at each other, by smiling, and with some gestures, we established something good, something beautiful. We often think that talking is the only way to communicate, but in my opinion, it is one of the worst. We can say so much by smiling, by looking at each other, and with our body. This professional experience really opened my mind, and changed something in me.
I really got into the world of differences, a world where everbody has something to bring and can inspire others, despite all those stereotypes that we have on them. Those children, those teenagers made me emotional. I felt something in me that I have never felt in my entire life. Seeing those smiles on their face, seeing this little spark in their eyes when they succed in one of the activities made me realize that i can bring something to them, i can change things. I felt so comfortable communicating with them, and seeing them being as fullfield as i was made me requestion my professional carreer.
I wanted to be around them, to help them. And that's why i decided to follow a new path, the path of psychology. I wanted to get some knowledge about people, about how they think, how they process things, what are the cerebral mecanisms, and more importantly, how to help them.
And that is how and why i got to psychology, and i think it's the best decision that i could have made.