Being Misjudged Research Paper

helped me come to terms with something that I had struggled with for 10 years. I was able to express feelings that I had bottled up inside, and discover new things about myself. I was able to develop a healthy coping mechanism and inspire others around me as well as help myself.

I was so mad that just wanted to scream till my voice dried out. My face was redder then the fake apple that she would pass to student who had the right to talk or answer the question. I had to step out the room and get some air because that was just too much. I couldn’t accept that one teacher didn’t gave me any chance because she thought I was unintelligent. Next day I asked to change my schedule but was denied since it was almost near the finals and change my schedule would change all the other course. I explain to the teacher how I had felt and the reason behind me stepping out the meeting, she was so shocked as I was when she gave a piece of chocolate and hug saying how sorry she was. I had no words to explain what was going in my mind because it was full of confusion, shocked and gladness that she had finely understood me. That cold feeling stopped and I began to continue to asking questions when I didn’t knew answers. Slowly she had started to stop ignoring my hand calls and started asking me

Realizing that I'm me, not anyone else. It took me a while to realize it, but that makes me who I am today. I will not hold grudges for the people who have hurt me. Now I have moved on in my life. I think that's what makes me work so well with other people is that I know they they

Everyone in their life has had something happen to them that influenced them somehow, whether it was something big or little, good or bad. Some examples would be a death of a family member or a close friend, but it could also be being nominated for something outstanding that sets the course for the rest of their life. I have a lot of things in my life that have impacted me in some way or influenced how I saw something. An experience that has greatly impacted my life and influenced me would be moving. The move that my family and I recently went through impacted my entire life a great deal, and it influenced me to see things in a bigger way, to appreciate the little things more, and to always try to see things from a different perspective.

Similarly to Christy Brown in My Left Foot, everybody has experienced significant moments in their lives that have shaped the people they are. There is one specific moment in my life that stands out to me as a substantial event in determining my character as a human being. Likewise to Christy Brown finally being able to use writing as a form of communication, I was finally able to appreciate how lucky I am and realize that many other people are not as fortunate. When I was in fourth grade, I stepped outside of my comfort zone and unknowingly gained information that was difficult for me to comprehend at the time, but ended up having an immense effect on the way I view other people. That very day, I learned to treat everybody with kindheartedness because you never know what he or she may be going through in his or her life.

Even knowing that everyone must feel suffering to be able to grow stronger. And I know that part of this comes from how empathetic I am. That was interesting to learn, finding out that not everyone can feel others pain as well as I can. I made my former best friend mad at me more than once for being able to tell she was upset and wanting to help her. And since then I have tried my best to leave that behind. I know that I tried to be less nice, I didn’t want to become a doormat. But apparently I underestimated just how friendly I appeared and was.

One day in the fourth grade, my teacher asked the class if they wanted to either go outside or stay working on math problems if we behaved badly. Believe it or not, I chose to stay and work on math problems even though I was always well behaved. This action (even though it was many years ago) reflects who I am today. When given the chance, I dont always go out to hang out with friends and have fun. I mostly stay home trying to get as much homework done as I can. Now homework isn't the only thing I do with my life.

My teacher still probably believes I suffer from the “problem” he originally thought I did, and the teachers that work at the school still probably believe the same. I still have issues in class discussions and in sharing my opinions that I have yet to fully recover from as well, and I predict that, as long as I am in school, the experience will still haunt me. I should have told him as soon as he brought up his concerns that he was incorrect, and he should have acted more professionally and either kept it to himself or confirmed it before telling other staff members. What a teacher says and implies in a classroom can drastically affect the lives of that teacher’s students, for better or for worse. Obviously, in this case, it was for worse. I am also aware that I should not let such a small event affect my life so severely, and I plan to work diligently on pushing myself to speak up in class more this year, and to increase the range of my comfort level. The Safe Space in the Classroom guidelines would have been helpful last year, if my teacher had followed them. That experience has shown me how damaging it can be to disregard the guidelines, and therefore I will be careful to make sure I follow them this year to avoid causing anyone else to feel like I

In the eighth grade I was diagnosed with a learning disability and was given a IEP. Even with the IEP I still struggled to maintain a passing grade through eighth grade and the first semester of ninth grade. During the ninth grade I was put into an academic support class and for the first half of the year I didn’t take advantage of it. I guess, at the time, I didn’t realize the importance of living up to my academic potential and always thought I was stupid and there was nothing I could do to change that. At the beginning of the second semester of my freshman year, my academic support teacher and I had a serious conversation about my future. I told her my plan to go to a four-year university and she didn’t take me seriously. She told me I was

It is interesting how sometimes it is he smallest decisions that can change your life forever. For me it was deciding to enter a submission in the VFW Voice of Democracy competition that changed the course of my life. Achieving success in the contest and the opportunities I experienced afterwards led me down a different path than I first planned and was a call to action to pursue a career in public

Being poor means you barely have enough money for the luxuries in life; you can only afford the absolute necessities in life. Being middle class means you can afford to splurge here and there on luxuries. Being wealthier means you live a life of opulence, and you are not concerned with money in the slightest. I do not live an extravagant live nor do I live a life devoid of luxuries. Most of my significant events in my life do not have money involved in them. Whenever I have money I carelessly splurge it on things I will never come to use or I treat myself to candy with it. I loathe saving money in such a manner it drives me insane whenever I save more than a couple dollars. I choose Katie Nolan for this section because she is the polar opposite

I went from a single father to a wholesome family who actually ate dinner together and liked to hug and talk about their feelings. My world shifted upside down. This realization opened my eyes, and my heart. My father dying taught me to understand that many people with a hard outer shell are most likely being held back on the inside by something that has affected them. His death taught me to appreciate everyone and show kindness because that is what was shown to me during my time of need. My youthful family who adopted me, did not expect for me to feel like a part of a family or call them my parents. They got me counseling and showed me the affection that I needed to cope. Without these generous deeds, I would have crumbled. I believe whole heartedly that showing appreciation for those who also walk on this earth, like my parents did for me,will help anyone get through a rough day with a

never would've even thought that so many girls, ones I knew in elementary school and ones I met that year, would drastically shape, and scar, my life. A lesson that I learned then has been guiding my life ever since then. I've learned that helping others become strong makes me stronger. I feel that it could affect many people.

I returned to full time education to College after having a gap in my education for over ten years. I was a mature student and I was a little apprehensive at first about starting because I didn’t know what to expect. There were several groups on the course I thought I was in a very nice group at first but after a few weeks things changed and the bitchiness and back stabbing started. I was in control of my anxiety at first but the singling me out and bulling got too me. Making it hard for me to be in class I would go and see the Colleges Councillor to help me calm down and to keep me on track with my work. My grades got worse with missing classes as the bulling got more and more then I eventually had a panic attack in class and reluctantly told the tutor I didn’t want to get them in trouble. My grades suffered from this I worked my hardest to pass the course, but I did not for fill my potential. I later found out that I could apply for the Foundation course for Community Health and Wellbeing at USW something I did not think I could ever do with my grades. I had applied for the Adult Nursing Course previous, but I did not meet their criteria with my grades. Now starting Community Health and wellbeing, it has now given me a chance to make something of myself and to be proud of something.

Throughout my life I have made a lot of changes in the way that I live. By doing so I have become a much happier individual with a clear path for my life. Some of the things that have made the biggest impact on my life are: spontaneity, acknowledging that everything happens for a reason, and choosing to pick my battles.