Irene Landolf

It is a concept that has been shown to me by my parents’ struggles throughout their lives. My dad persevered to get where he is today. He grew up fairly poor and was determined to make a better life for himself, so he didn’t let anything get in the way. Even when he was eighteen living in a dilapidated nine dollar hotel and hanging power lines in the bitter Iowan winter, he didn’t give up. He said that even though he felt hopeless, he knew he had to preserve. Perseverance is not giving up when facing struggles and my dad is the embodiment of that concept. By my dad persevering through his struggles, he showed me that I cannot let obstacles be my demise. Another person who has displayed perseverance in my life is my mom. When I was about four, my loving, caring grandma died. This greatly affected my mom, but even though she was in pain she put on a brave face for me and my brother, and I think that this is a great example of perseverance. This also makes me want to be brave and have perseverance when I face challenges in my own life because if she got through hard times in her life then I can too. The people around me have shaped my idea of perseverance by the way that they have displayed it in their

Mothers show tremendous grit throughout their lives. Grit can be defined as courage or strength in character. My mom grew up with 6 other siblings while they lived on a farm. While having 3 other siblings, I thought that was hard, I couldn’t even imagine having 6. She grew up and went to college becoming a special needs teacher, she got her masters in 2012. She loves everyone and never has a bad attitude. She always forgives and forgets. She has moved from Michigan, to Texas, to Ohio, back to Michigan, and finally Indiana where we have lived the past 15 years.

Perseverance-steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. This word describes the actions of Zeitoun. He along with his 3 friends successfully fought Hurricane Katrina, after their many trials with the national guard. Then Zeitoun successfully escaped the clutches of FEMA, after being wrongly captured and abused to the point of no return. Then there was his family the Zeitouns and more importantly Kathy.

I’ve been bullied all my life in a life full of strife if I may add

Perseverance is a trait that is needed throughout life. In the book, Call of the Wild, Buck has to adapt to a new lifestyle in the frosty Yukon, unlike his previous life in sunny California. He is put to the test of survival and maturity. Like Buck, my mom has to use perseverance to get through a time in her life where she struggled, but her journey was much less extreme. She went back to college for her master’s degree to become a nurse practitioner, while dealing with her job, money, and more importantly, her family.

I have not had the opportunity yet to work with students that have dyslexia, because as you mentioned they are in early grade level as kindergarten, and the times that I had ask or point out a difficulty

My moms name is Diana Lynn Boucher. She is 44 years old and she was born on January 10 1973. She was born and grew up in turlock and lived on South Kilroy Rd. My mom went to Cunningham elementary school, Turlock junior high, and Turlock high school. When my mom was younger, she used to live on a dairy. My mom has three sisters and one brother. Currently my mom is a stay at home mom but before I was born she worked at medical alert getting information for people's medical alert bracelets. My mom started working at medical alert in 1992 and she quit in 2001. My mom enjoys reading, Cooking, and spending time with her family. My mom and I enjoy going shopping and baking together. My Favorite memory with my mom is going shopping at the boutiques in Boston. My mom's favorite food is homemade cheesecake brownies that my dad is

I believe that having the ability to persevere in any given situation is one of the best but also one of the toughest qualities that one can posses. Perseverance is not a quality that everyone can have because being able to persevere takes being strong-willed, having the mental capability and the tenacity to push through anything even when it gets difficult. Having perseverance is not easy, I have to be willing to continue with whatever is being done despite the difficulty or delay of succes.

Dyslexia is a lifelong struggle with constant challenges with reading and speaking. About five to ten percent of the United States population deals with the learning disorder dyslexia (Van den Honert, n.d.). It is a neurological condition that is mainly caused by genetics but there are some rare cases in which it is acquired. Dyslexia interrupts the normal processes of reading and speaking (Van den Honert, n.d.). All of which are used in daily life and this makes life and school so much harder for dyslexics. They must learn to live with the condition for their entire life and there is not really a treatment for it. With the constant struggle and reminder of their

I am Matthew Kristopher Meloni. I am 13 years old. I was born on February 5, 2004 at Saint Joseph’s Hospital. I live with my mom and go to my dad’s house on the weekend. I have 2 sisters and their names are Rachel (15) and Maggie (10) .

My mother was born exactly nineteen years and two months before me. On March 31, 1979 she was brought into this world to my grandparents, Karen Jones and Dwayne Knox. She was raised in the Glenville area of Cleveland. My grandparents were not together so she has live with both of my grandparents at different points in her life. My great-grandmother was more like the mother figure of my mom. She stays off of East 105th street. My mother went through all of her school years in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Glenville High School in 1997. In her tenth grade year of high school she met my father who was a senior at the time. They dated and later married and had three children: my brothers and I. She attended The Ohio State University as well as Cuyahoga Community College.

Some people may be thinking “What is perseverance?” or “What does having perseverance really mean?” Perseverance is the ability to keep fighting for a certain belief and being able to maintain a strong effort towards a goal no matter how many hardships

Dyslexia is my disability especially when it comes to writing an essay or reading out loud in a class where I'm afraid that I will pronounce the wrong words and will fall under the eyes of judgement. As a result my dyslexia I have become very creative on how to achieve normal day tasks, for example if I have to write an essay I usually use the speak-to-text feature on my computer to get my thoughts out without having to fear that I won't be able to write correctly. Therefore I never

My family is like the phenix our personalities are born from travesties. “Obstacles can 't stop you, problems can 't stop you, most of all people can 't stop you, the only one who stops you is yourself.”( anonymous) My definition for perseverance is to keep going through the hardest times in one 's life. All the people I know that are kin to me practice steadfastness no matter difficulty or delay in achieving success or perseverance is how to live life. I interviewed three people: my dad, mom, my mom 's dad, and myself. The people of my my kin are extremely persistent and resilient.

I was born on November 19th, 1995 in Peoria, Illinois. When I was born I had two older siblings, my sister’s name is Meagan and my brother’s name is Jake. A few years after I was born my younger brother was born on April 8th, 1997 and his name is Sean. We all lived in Illinois till I was second grade then we moved to Hillsboro, Tennessee. My older sister was 18 when we moved to Hillsboro so she just stayed in Illinois and lived with her friends and she still currently lives there. I went Hillsboro elementary school till the end of fifth grade. The summer after fifth grade we moved to Estill Springs, Tennessee. For middle school I went to North Middle School in Winchester, Tennessee. For high school, my freshman and sophomore years I went to Franklin County High School. When I was at Franklin County I played football my freshman year and my sophomore year I decided not to and went to the gym with my father. During my sophomore year, just about the end of the school year, we moved to Tullahoma, Tennessee. So my junior and senior year I went to Tullahoma High School. My time at Tullahoma, I decided to start playing football again and both years, we made it to playoffs. In high school I made some great friends that I know I can always talk to if I ever need them.