My Math Problems In My Life

I’ve been lucky enough to have experienced a tremendous amount of success and opportunity throughout my life. I had always performed well in school, I took advanced courses, I got into the private high school my mother went to, and because my parents owned a little Thai restaurant since I was four, I had an extracurricular that taught me people skills and offered me more work experience than any of my peers had. When I realized that I was exceeding the expectations of my parents and those around me, I became content with not reaching my full potential. It was until much later that I realized that adopting that mindset was where I went wrong. When my high school decided not to accept me into the National Honor Society during my junior year, I was devastated.

Throughout most of my early life, I had always wanted to challenge myself, especially from an academics standpoint. For the most part, it seemed like it was not all that difficult; that the path to succeeding in these advanced classes would not be too stressing. But this view would drastically change during my sophomore year. It was only my second year in high school, and the very busy schedule with advanced classes hit me hard. Certainly, this life required someone with a hard work ethic, great discipline, and very good time management; honestly, however my 15 year old self was not well equipped for the challenge. Also during this year, I worked hard and placed myself on varsity basketball, which proved to be very time consuming and demanding. Balancing the arduous schedule of varsity basketball, string orchestra, and advanced academic classes

I know I can do the tasks I strive for,but I just do not know how to achieve

When I was a child art was my worst enemy, it was “impossible” for me, but now it is one of my favorite hobbies because I chose to try hard to defeat my enemy rather than let it convince me I could not do something. Another example of doing the “impossible” is from not that long ago when I told my sister there was no way on Earth I could possibly do a piano duet I did not have enough skills, but in doing so realized that I had created an enemy, the thought of “I can not do this”. So I pressed the “I can not do this” out of my mind and the next week we performed our first piano duet together. Both of these instances challenged my belief that most things are possible if one tries hard enough, but I have proved this to myself over and again through the many years I have told myself “I can

I worked just as hard, yet my test results were notably underwhelming in comparison to my ‘top 10’ classmates. What was different about me, I thought every night before I fell asleep. Then I realized, I was alone in my cherishment of extracurricular activities. While my classmates were up late Friday nights studying, I was cheering on the sidelines, exerting myself to pep up the crowd via backflips. When others were reading ahead, I was helping to feed outlying communities. While the ‘top 10’ was still cramming, I was at a Wednesday worship program. I’m committed to giving my complete impetus to everything I take part in, and sometimes, your best isn’t enough for what you want and there is almost nothing you can do about it. This taught me that in order to be truly fulfilled, you need to accept failure as part of your life and learn to move on. Thinking about it, I would not be happier if I quit doing the things I love to study more so that I could be in the ‘top 10’. In fact, I would most definitely be more miserable. Learning to accept failure, I have decided to cultivate my energy into simply giving my all and to welcome whatever rank, or not, I receive with open

Life is a long process of learning and developing as human beings. We constantly make mistakes that allow us the opportunity to learn and improve ourselves. I completely agree with author Ralph Waldo Emerson's statement " Unless you have tried to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." because if we set limitations on ourselves then we will inhibit further growth. Only an individual's determination and persistence to achieve a certain goal will allow the individual to move past limitations and realize their true potential. The limitations we set upon ourselves will dictate the rest of our lives as we begin to doubt and undermine our abilities. As a student, the moment I accept the idea that I could

Some people spend their entire lives constantly asking themselves, “What do I ultimately want to do with the time I am given here on Earth?” On the other hand, some individuals are lucky enough to have insight on what exactly they want to accomplish or who they want to become. Yet despite this, they never have the courage or ambition to manifest it into existence. Fortunately for me, I have always had a clear vision of what I plan on doing in my future, and I’m certainly not hesitant to make it a reality. Naturally, I am a compassionate person who enjoys helping others, and I’m also intensely interested in health and wellness.

I see my life as a series of experiences that build upon one another and, through my hard work and determination, lead to overall long and short term goals that I have set for myself. There are thousands upon thousands of things that affect my life both directly and indirectly all of which have varying degrees of influence on me. Three areas of my life that most certainly have had a profound impact on me are scholarship, spiritual formation, and service. These three areas have affected me positively, and have motivated me to pursue higher levels of education, and have challenged me to set my lifetime goals higher. Though I'm not exactly sure where I will end up in life, I know that if I let my academics, spirituality, and service

The book of Proverbs states “In their heart humans plan their course, but the Lord directs their steps.” (Proverbs 16:9) For a lot of us, we notice the first part, and leave out the ending. Any typical girl plans her wedding at age five, designs her dream house before she can draw, and decides to chase after a career without knowing what degree is needed. We hear fairytales and bedtime stories that make us want to dream bigger and expect more. Most of the time, our “happily ever after” isn’t that we pictured. Like most stubborn females, I thought I could determine what was best for my life. But little did I know, God’s plans are far greater than what I could ever imagine.

I'm trying to finish something,anything. I start an endeavor and somewhere down the line I talk myself out of completion. I want to do everything and wind up doing nothing. I just want to do what I love and that is snapping pics. I want to travel the world and become a photojournalist but it seems unrealistic. I live in a fantasy world and I'm just realizing that being an adult is hard work.

If a person wakes up every day and does the same thing they did yesterday this person is not allowing himself to grow. Everyday at work or school challenge yourself to master a different ability, it could something as small as learning to cook a different type of food. A person who has abilities in many different fields is looked upon with favor from society. In high school the most popular kid is going to be the kid who gets good grades, is very athletic, is very social and is all around good in many different things. He was not just born with those gifts, he worked he's ass off every single trying to master those things. In wrestling my coach say every day you do something hard you may not want to do, you get 1% better and this is the same with life. Do not just sit on the couch waiting day by day for life to get better, go out of your comfort zone, find your limit because everybody has one but most will not find what it is. Limits are the one thing that hold us back from being next to perfect. Some people will find their limit in one thing and never try to find it in other field. They want to accept they will never be an amazing person, they just want to stay in their comfort

There were several times in which I felt like it would be easier to give up, but I knew I needed to get my diploma. The odds were against me . . . “you’re not going to graduate, you’re never going to do anything with your life,” my father would say, when we’d get into a disagreement. As much as I despised such words; eventually, I welcomed them with open arms. They sparked a motivation in me that I never knew I held before. I couldn’t wait to show him and everyone else who had ever doubted me, that I would

During my freshman and sophomore year I was trying to find myself, trying to find what I was good at and how I can be that "well-rounded" student everyone talks about. So I joined a bunch of sports and clubs that I really had no experience at, not saying joining new clubs/sports having no experience is a bad thing, but I did go a little overboard. I was frustrated with myself at the thought that I wasn't good at anything I joined, but I figured out why. I gave up easily and I had no passion of what I was doing. I gave up at everything I did, if I saw that I wasn't good enough, I didn't practice to get better. This was my mistake, I was scared that this failure was going to define who I was forever, but it wasn't. Summer 2016 I went on a two-week trip to Puerto Rico, I met up with my family and caught up with my cousins. I told my cousins everything about my high school days and they laughed at me. They asked "How did you expect to be good at anything when you didn't work hard for it? Anyone can be good at anything if they tried hard enough" I took that by heart. This is where I came to my senses and changed, I understood the impact of having a growth

I remember sitting back in my chair gazing at my group of friends gathered around the table; all possessing a great talent or skill. Each specializing in their natural attribute and using them to their advantage, I could not help but be envious in some forms. I began questioning my own possible abilities that could make me unique, only to be crossing them off a list one by one. I do not believe my talent or skill is something that I was born with, it is almost like an evolutionary trait that has gradually grown with me throughout the countless obstacles I have been blessed with. I say blessed because these obstacles were more than a mere “bump in the road”, but were crucial milestones in my life that have made me realize my true talent and skill; devotion and perseverance.

I, being the only kid to represent my grade, had to take a bus to the high school on my first day of eighth grade to continue my study of mathematics at a higher level. Nothing in my life was more terrifying than seeing the seniors who, in my eyes, were comparable to the beast of Frankenstein. Upon my return to junior high, I was given an abundance of names. Of these identities, math genius seemed to boost my self-esteem the most, but with all praises come difficulties. Because I was labeled a math genius, my fellow classmates not only expected me to be smart in math, but in all subjects.