Cannonball Moment In Life

The year was 2015 and in my mind it was going to be one of the most pivotal moments in my life. I was turning 16, getting my driver’s license, inching closer toward adulthood, gaining my independence, and free from adult responsibilities and worries. What I did not know was that one catastrophic event would have such a devastating impact on my life.

While the hardship that I have been through by no mean even comparable to what Janette has been through, yet in the same way, the adversity and hardship that life brought upon shaped me into the person I am today and made me stronger. This one particular hardship happened in 2010 had eternally changed my perspective. The incident happened in September when the weather was perfect in Hawaii, I was at my first year at college with my heavy 17 credits work load and a 19 hours part time job. Since the work load was intense, I barely had time for myself. Typical days normally involved me go to class, then work, library and bed. One evening, I started to feel throbbing pain in my lower abdomen region, so I wake up and took some pain killers to ease off the pain. The pain got worse rapidly in a matter of hours. My forehead started to sweat, and tears started to trickle down my cheeks. The pain was excruciating. I have never felt this kind of pain in my entire life. I started to scream as the pain started to move from my belly button to my lower abdomen. By midnight, the pain was unbearable and I started to feel as if this agonizing pain could

This essay is based on an event that changed my life forever. It is a passage that is mixed with feelings and emotions. This experience gave my life a purpose and a sense of direction. It allowed me to grow from a boy to a man in just one day.

When I was in 7th grade, I learned to be religiously literate, through trusting God in hard times instead of being ‘medically literate’; I learned that letting go of things, and not letting my emotions take over at the wrong times, helped me to step up my faith. During 7th grade I had an experience that most people will never have or understand. I was great at hiding it externally, but internally, I was on my death bed. It all started with a physical, which, of course, was no big deal. Not until there appeared to be a big problem with my X-ray and I had to be referred to a spinal surgeon to double check my results. I ended up receiving a confirmation; I had scoliosis, and that there was nothing left to do, but wait for back surgery. Naturally,

Everyone who decides to enroll in college must, at some point, think about what area they want to major in. There are many things that students consider when choosing a major. Some make their decision based on what they think can make them the most money once they begin their lives in the work force. However, many students believe that if you choose a major that interests you and challenges you then you can use those skills that can help you in any career. (R. Landrum & S. Davis, 2014) Let’s face it. Employers know that when they hire someone straight out of college they are not immediately going to know

I was told pretty early that he had broken his neck, but I had no idea what that really meant. I didn’t really understand what the word ‘quadriplegic‘ entailed. In my mind, my interpretation was that one-day I would help my dad walk again. I envisioned him taking slow, unsteady steps, but once I learned what paralysis really meant that image was shattered. Never walk again. The words took a while to sink in, but my mind was already reeling. I became more aware of the adaptations I was going to have to make as his daughter, the alterations in the routine and activities that directly affected my life, and my fear of the unknown. This was not the type of problem that had a clear-cut solution. Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual. Conflicts arise everyday that demand determination and creative thinking to solve. I’ve learned how to step up to those tasks and take the

A big concern in todays’ world for graduating college students is being able to find a job right out of school. More times than not, there are many problems that occur when a student chooses a specific career path. In the short exert “Why Focusing Too Narrowly In College Could Backfire”, written by Peter Cappelli, he discusses in his opinion, as well as many others, the right path students should be taking. The lead way students should be following to secure they get a job in a field they will enjoy. Many students have trouble picking a college to go to let alone what major they want to focus on. Students are told to pick a major and start taking the classes for it as soon as possible without realizing they might not even enjoy that field of work. There are many struggles in college with picking the correct classes and

In “The Common App Fallacy,” article provided by The Washington Square News, and written by Damon Beres, excoriates the college/university institutes that manage online applications for prospecting students, by allowing unrestrained access, being undemanding, and allows easy public access. Beres states students would more likely get into college by prohibiting the College Application, in which he feels, is not personalized, but rather a “crapshoot in this day and age” (A Sequence for Academic Writing 79). Beres enlightens the reader that the absence of devotion, in the process of completing the college application has become staggering. Beres also

I have had a pretty painless life, compared to most people. The only struggles I have had up to this point have been difficult tests, or getting cut from a team. This summer, however I experienced the most humbling moment of my life. One night in the second week of summer, I was at my friend’s house playing an intense game of pickup basketball.  The second game of the night began, I checked the ball in not knowing that my life would change for the next 8 months. As I sprinted toward the hoop I felt something that I had never once felt before.

However, tech-oriented industries still need people with liberal arts experience to create, develop, and sell their products. With new advances in computer technology, tech companies don’t need as many programmers. What they are focusing on now is making the product more visually appealing and user-friendly, both of which are tasks commonly allotted to people with a liberal arts background. Improving the communication capabilities and visual features of widely-used apps is more practical in today’s society than calculating the new highest prime number, though there is beauty in that as well. According to Forbes Magazine, only approximately thirty percent of Silicon Valley hirees actually get jobs in software engineering. The other seventy percent are involved in a myriad of roles ranging from sales to administration to software interface. Silicon Valley is not an exclusively tech industry; today, liberal arts are just as important a part of this innovative

It all started with a twelve-year-old playing football. Football was my dad’s passion; he was constantly working to be better, sprinting to get faster, and playing all the time. One day, when he was catching the football, it hit him in his stomach and he had to go to the hospital. His spleen had to be removed, but otherwise he was fine. 24 years later, in the middle of the night, my dad started to

From the very first day of freshmen year in high school, determining what college you will attend is an idea constantly engraved into students’ heads. Teachers apply a constant gentle pressure to motivate students to get good grades, become involved in extracurricular activities, and find an area of interest to assist in selecting a college major down the road. Students endure the four years of high school, some working part-time jobs, to afford weekend entertainment, miscellaneous expenses—such as Whataburger after a Friday night football game, or gasoline for their car. However, the requirement to decide between a career and education is only beginning to become a reality for many. Some students decided to take time off after their high school

Education: Education will be measured by asking participants their major. For example, “what is your major?” ____

“The most beautiful moment in life may not come as soon as you think and once you have it, it doesn’t always last forever or end the day you have it. It lasts for however long you wish for this moment to last within your own life,” read the colorless poster on the wall above my bed. I honestly thought this was complete and utter idiocy, considering the fact that this quote were to be based on their absolute perception of this world. The creator of this quote were to have been refusing to fully comprehend that not everyone is treated with the same respect as others and may live a devastating life to the extent that they cannot create a beautiful moment in life now, nor in the future.

One thing that varies faster than the gasoline price may be the debate around the value of a right path for a young adult— which major guarantees a smooth access to a decent job offer. According to the article, “Not All College Majors Are Created Equal”, the author, Michelle Singletary, indicates that college degrees are not the same based on the different majors. She starts her article with a question that she asked her college students, “What’s your major?” Singletary immediately determines her student’s future by the major that the student is choosing. Later in the article, she states her opinions on how majors have played a great important role in one’s career life by using different examples and statistics. Indeed, college majors are not