Bethany Hamilton: An Example Of Resilience

First, people overcome their adversity by using creativity. In a “Work in Progress” Aimee Mullins became creative and designed a fake leg to help her out. This is important because this shows Aimee is ready to move on. Also, this shows Aimee is not ready to give up and she wants to succeed in her new life. To continue, in “Soul Surfer” Bethany Hamilton's dad helps her out and uses his imagination to make something to his daughter’s advantage. In addition, this shows

Despite the attack, Bethany Hamilton is resilient because, she doesn’t look at herself as an amputee like other people, also because she never gave up, she wanted to surf, and because she is now an elite surfer.

Bethany Hamilton, one of the greatest female surfers in the world, received multiple awards, including the Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award, soon after recovering from a truly life-changing experience: a shark attack. Even though difficult days were ahead of her, Hamilton displayed her wonder-woman strength by staying positive, persevering, and dedicating herself to her passions of serving the Lord, inspiring others, and of course, surfing.

The reason that Bethany Hamilton has so much resilience is because she is a strong person. And she does not give up very easily And if she falls she will come back even stronger than ever. And even this day in time she is one of the best surfers in the world.

A shark attacks Three out of fifteen people every year… Bethany Hamilton, a championship surfer, was one of those unfortunate victims. Bethany was only thirteen when it happened; it was just a normal October morning at the beach, until tragedy struck. A fifteen-foot long tiger shark tore Bethany’s arm off, she was later brought to the local hospital. Bethany lost half of her blood, but she survived. But, there was a long road of recovery for Bethany, but no matter what happened she wanted to get back to the water. Bethany worked hard and showed great resilience during recovery in order to achieve her dreams of getting back to the water, and start surfing again.

Bethany Hamilton is resilience because she is brave,confident,hard worker.she over came a shark bite.keep on reading if you want to know more.

Bethany Hamilton survived a shark attack. Bethany was only 13 years old, and Hawaii’s most promising surfer. Her dream was to surf forever. And make it to the national championships. Bethany Hamilton showed great resilience in overcoming a shark attack in order to achieve her surfing dream.

Bethany Hamilton, a thirteen year old girl, loses something special. After the terrifying shark attack, Bethany Hamilton demonstrated resilience by over coming the tragedy to achieve her surfing dream. Bethany was not ready to let her dream go down the drain. If Bethany wanted to end happily in her career then she was going to have to fight for it.

REPORTER WOULD LIKE FOR THE SOCIAL WORKER TO COME OUT TODAY (03/15/16) TO ASSURE THE SAFETY OF THE CHILD.SHE IS CONCERNED THE FATHER WILL RETALIATE ON THE CHILD. Per reporter Brianna states there was a physical altercation last night (03/14/16) between her and the father. He left marks on her arms and back. It is unclear what caused the altercation, but the child is very upset and afraid to go home. Brianna reports he has been emotionally abusive in the past, but this is the first time he has become physically abusive. She reports he was physically abusive towards an older brother in the past. Brianna reports DHS was involved with her family 8-10 years ago. Brianna continued to note, her father choked her to the point she almost passed out.

''Try it one more time. This will be it.'' Bethany Hamilton father shouted at her. Everybody was traumatized after the attack people had their doubts that she wasn’t going to make it others were worried she wasn’t going to be the same. Don’t many people get attacked by sharks 2 out of 10 people will be attacked by one each year. Luckily she survived the attack by staying calm and not panicking. After the terrifying shark attack, Bethany Hamilton demonstrated resilience by overcoming the tragedy to achieve her surfing dream. She's a hero if you asked me. Although it may not seem like it Bethany helped many people with achieving their dreams and never giving up.

By the age 13 Bethany Hamilton was one of the best young surfers. All that changed when a tiger shark bit her achieve her surfing dream. The shark that attacked her was 15 feet long! After the terrifying shark attack, Bethany Hamilton demonstrated resilience by overcoming the tragedy to achieve her surfing dream.

Choosing an individual that has overcome adversity was difficult because there were many options. When reviewing my options, I realized Bethany Hamilton was my best choice. She is known as the “Soul Surfer”. She is not an elite thematicization, or famous artist, or even a freedom fighter but she is an inspiration. Bethany was just a teenager who had a lifelong dream of becoming a pro surfer. One day she went surfing with her friends and left as a victim of a violent shark attack that took her left arm. It took a while but this attack did not break her spirit or faith.

Nicole Everett is a twenty-two year old female born and raised in Higganum, Connecticut, a very small village of 1,671 that resides within the town of Haddam along the Connecticut River. Her father, Jeff, is an electrician that acquired his own practice at the age of twenty-three. He has always supported Nicole and pushed her to create her own dreams and accomplish them. Jeff raised Nicole with the confidence to belief in herself and not to succumb to doubt from other people or within. Her mother, Lori, worked three different jobs, two as an optician and one as a paraprofessional for individuals in high school with learning disabilities. Nicole’s mother was a hard worker and would do anything to support Nicole and her two younger brothers.

The third person that I had interview was Renee Hubeny. I conducted this interview over the phone with her on Thursday the twenty-third at twelve thirty. Renee and Elizabeth Little (the person I talk about next) were both recommend to me by Dr. Golden; they were both in her class that she taught at Baldwin Wallace. Renee went to community college for nursing, but she changed her mind and went into the education field. This upcoming school year Renee will be working with the younger child at Campus International, she was so excited to tell me all about it and how nice her class room was. Her advice to me was to be prepare for anything and to seek out professors that I can benefit later on my path to success.

I feel Harriet Tubman describes the main character perfectly when she said “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” Bethany Hamilton even after getting her hand bitten off by a shark she was determined to surf because she was passionate about surfing, ever since she was a child. Her best friend Alana was also passionate about surfing they both competed together and Bethany placed first and Alana third. They day of Bethany’s dad’s knee surgery, Bethany and Alana go surfing, and as Bethany sits in the warm water, a tiger shark approaches her and rips off her left arm. As you can imagine this crushes her, but her passion