Dealing With Adversity

Overcoming adversity is hard, but these people survived the toughest obstacles that life could throw at you. Adversity is something everyone goes through, but these are extraordinary cases of what people went through.This crowd of people overcame adversity in three ways, only caring about what they thought, being creative, and facing their problems.

The popular media example we chose discusses how Rosie MacLennan had the pressure to defend her Olympic gold, and how she recovered from her concussion. It talks about how she had to change her training to accommodate her injury. As trampoline routines involve twists and flips, it took Rosie awhile to fully recover from her concussion. Due to the concussion impacting her negatively, she had to seek help to improve “her balance, timing and focus.” Rosie had to practice one step at a time, as she did not want to reinjure herself. Overall, this discusses the pressure on Rosie since her goal was to win an Olympic gold, while struggling with an injury.

Although they’re famous, professional athletes should not be using this status as a way to make people protest. You can make a difference too, no matter what your status is. Together, we can make the world a better

If you could be any famous athlete, who would it be? You might admire them for their physical ability, but mental ability also plays a huge role. It is even more important than physical ability. Yes, the athletes have trained and are in good shape, but there is more than meets the eye.

When adversity strikes, am I a carrot, egg, or coffee bean? That is a complex metaphorical question that requires thoughtful deliberation before being answered. A carrot, egg, and coffee bean all respond to the same adversity (boiling water) in different ways. A carrot enters boiling water strong and hard, but comes out weak and soft. When an egg enters boiling water it is fragile, but afterwards the inside becomes hard. The coffee bean that is subjected to boiling water actually changes the water and releases a pleasant fragrance and flavor. Responding to adversity the way a coffee bean does would probably be the best option, but I do not feel that I respond like a coffee bean during every adverse situation I face. In reality, I feel that I respond to varying situations in different ways, as a carrot, egg, and coffee bean.

Overcoming adversity says a lot about a person. The adversity in life I have had to personally overcome is a birth defect. I was born with a cleft lip which has caused me to have five procedures from the ages of three months to sixteen years old. Not a day goes by where I’m not reminded of the challenges I’ve had to overcome, because every time there is a mirror, I’m reminded by a scar upon my face.

I believe that everyone should be interactive with their family. I’m really close to my family, and I trust them with all of my thoughts. My family has always been there for me no matter what happens. My family makes me the center of their attention. They always try to go to my sporting events and always tell me that I do well to build my confidence up.

“An athletic person trained or gifted in exercises or contests involving physical agility, stamina, or strength; a participant in a sport, exercise, or game requiring physical skill,” (Athlete, n.d.). Celebrity athletes

Just when everything's going your way, it can change in a blink of an eye. Even when things don’t go your way, you can’t give up. This is a story about my experience about overcoming adversity, and not giving up.

Athletes are willing to risk their health and well being because they want to keep going and playing or doing what ever it is they love. I know this because In both passages it tells of how several athletes have sustained injury's and still played. I know this because in the passage "Hard Hit" it states that "An Athlete should never return to their sport before being fully healed" this shows that the person writing this wouldn't have said this had it not happened

It is 2016, a lot of things have happened this year. There has been shootings, police brutality, an increase in minority deaths, the killing of animals due to human encounters, terrorist acts, and so many more. Over the past couple of years, I have noticed a tremendous decrease in hope. I have seen that each year that passes, the people of the world turn against each other. They try to eliminate and destroy one another which in most times leaves them in agony. Today all the media covers everything bad going around and I, with honest truth, believe that this affects the people of the future. It decreases happiness and increases hatred and negativity. It is 2016, not enough people have hope nor positivity for the world. I have no idea if the

Adversity is most commonly defined as a difficulty or misfortune that an individual is forced to face at some point in their life. At many different times in my life, I have been in situations where I have faced adversity: in the classroom, on the basketball court, or just among people I know. The following essay will be detailing a major moment in my life in which I was faced with a difficult time or misfortune.

I was eight years old when my grandfather first took me to work. He ran his own handyman business. We went to fix a toilet at one of his client’s homes, who was a lawyer that graduated from Harvard Law School. I was amazed at what I was witnessing that day. A person of color being able to own a house, present himself in an exemplary demeanor, and provide for his family. My dream was to become a lawyer after that day.

Overall, all these great sports heroes have contributed to what the world has become today. Discrimination and prejudice had been a big obstacle for the athletes, and for them to overcome and beat discrimination in such a diverse world is what made them what they are today. They have not only surpassed the obstacles for themselves, they have conquered discrimination and prejudice for the people of this world. They have transformed diversity, from being a problem among groups or between individuals to a creator of potential

Adversity can be a very ruinous situation to both an individual and anyone else around them. This can become a serious situation if not instructed by a professional. Growing up with has become a new norm to many individuals especially including my older cousin Angela who lost her brother to gun violence. It was during her adolescent years where she had to live with the adjustment of her new reality to adversity.