The biggest obstacle I have had to face in order to succeed, is my mental disability, Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD. I loathe this term because I think it should be called Attention Surplus Disorder. I have such a short attention span because my brain is always spilling over with information. It feels like there are 100 tabs open in my brain at once. Learning can be such a challenge. Trying to narrow my focus on one of those tabs takes mental tenacity. I am always overwhelmed and typically have such drained energy. This condition, however, has not stopped me from accomplishing my academic, artistic and athletic goals. I am a National Honor Society member with a 3.7 grade average. I play the cello in the chamber orchestra for our school.
Everybody has educational barriers, and everyone has a specific way to overcome it.There’s always going to be barriers, but I never gave up. My first educational barriers were learning.In 1st grade it was hard to communicate with my classmate and teacher.I felt disappointed in myself and discourage making me feel important. Meanwhile, my cousin taught me how to speak English fluently, we first started with basic words like ‘’hi’’ or ‘’good morning.’’That’s how I worked myself through this barrier and to this day, I know how to speak English fluently. Although, some students would make fun of me because I would have an accent. For example, when people come from a different country and they try to talk English they would have an accent of their original country. In the other hand, I was failing math because unlike all the other students, I am not the fastest learner. I would always get confused with the structure and format of the question. For instance, fractions, decimals, and word problems would confuse me . Accordingly, I wasn’t very good with solving any of that so I knew I had to start attending tutoring. I had very good help from the students at Loma Linda University. They taught me an easier way to solve any problem, and that caused my test scores to increase. I can pass that class with no problem now. That means a lot to me because I know what will happen if I don’t give up. I will overcome any barriers that come my way! In addition, I would say that my educational barriers have been learning to speaking , reading, writing and math. I know I can overcome any barriers by putting all my effort and time into it. Education is the way to success, but I am determined to get there no matter what I go through.
What does a builder, manufacturer, and software company owner all have in common? The ability to work together to gain the experience, insight, and wisdom to help each other obtain success in their individual businesses, all while improving their work-life balance.
There are many things that can hold people back from goals that they are determined to accomplish. Despite these hardships and dilemmas that we face, if we have fight in us and the correct work ethic we are bound to succeed. I personally have faced my share of obstacles in my life and have been through plenty of hardships. However, I always overcome them in one way or another. For example, when I first walked the halls of Harlingen High School I entered as a shy but ambitions freshman with a lot of friends and unfortunately a lot of enemies. I was always put down due to play playing ability in band. I constantly tried to get better and better and that’s when freshman region auditions came along. I was excited to be able to actually compete
Many characteristics isolate me from the rest of my peers, but my learning disorder has been a burden to my life ever since I was born. While some of my classmates absorb information with simplicity, I sit behind them lost and confused. I have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, more commonly known as ADHD. Although learning is not easy for me, it has given me the ability to find alternative paths to overcome obstacles.
I struggled with social anxiety and attention deficit disorder. These disabilities were challenged daily by the standard learning expectations. The task of comprehending material was strenuous, which made me consider dropping out on multiple occasions. The teachers were puzzled on how to help me learn and assigned me into a special education class. Special education educators soon discovered that I was further advanced than the other students in that class. Educators were stumped on how to benefit my disabilities and decided to keep me in the special education classes. I felt misplaced and misunderstood that lead me to start behaving in inappropriate manners. This behavior caused my life to spiral downwards. Some claimed that the disability was all in my head and that it was just an excuse. Over the summer, I was trapped inside learning while I watched other children my age playing. To this day, I still struggle with the balance of work and
Throughout my high school career I feel as if I have had to work tougher than other students in my college level classes, good grades have never came easy for me. I have found that I have a very hard time focusing and staying on task this disability has made me a determined person. I have had to dedicate extra time into learning
Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement?
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Within the last year while taking classes to obtain my undergraduate degree I was diagnosed with Narcolepsy. I realize that being part of such an outstanding program requires dedication and commitment. In my case, my disability has been a learning experience and a great attribute to my motivation. I have learned that circumstances like this should only make you work that much harder.
There were many challenges for me in my past. I was considered an ESL student during Kindergarten because I was reported with a communication disorder called, speech and impaired. This disordered ruined my school years up to middle school, I was placed with this mentality that I am not worthy to take any Honors classes nor for what grade I was in. My friends and classmates were excelling while I was remaining with the same knowledge as before. However, Music and Soccer brought my despondency up since it was the only thing I was good at the time. Every day as a kid in Middle and High school, I would get home, open my instrument case, and play my trumpet for hours because I knew I was getting better at something. ( doing something right)
The most paramount challenge I have had to face in education and every facet of my life has been the divorce of my parents when I was in the 3rd grade. Overcoming the emotional chains of the event has been in an oxymoronic fashion extremely simple, and the hardest thing to do in the world. After about half a year of feeling like Atlas with the earth on my shoulders, a decision had to be made. I choose to continue on with my life, but also improve every aspect of it. My grades skyrocketed, I became extremely social, and overall I was much happier. A simple decision, but one that led me to where I am today. It is terribly unfortunate that too many people in my situation would simply give up, look at proverbial “bare wall” and proclaim, “I can’t
I was diagnosed with ADD and Dysgraphia in the 3rd grade and have struggled with it ever since. Particularly, because my afflictions are invisible to others, it was difficult to be treated seriously when I discussed them; my friends and teachers did not understand why I could not complete tests in the same time as others. For a very long time, I considered myself inadequate despite my academic competence. Even if I knew all the answers on the test, my slower mental processing speed ensured that I would not be able to finish within the allotted time. Despite this, I never shied away from embracing my unique mental makeup; to the contrary, I understood that if I wanted to succeed academically, I would have to accept my condition, even if I disliked
Your learning disability is what you make it. I’m not saying this in a dismissive way at all. I’m not saying that if you have dyscalculia you’re dumb. I’m very smart; I just don’t have a mathematical brain. But, I’m really great with animals. So that’s what I focus on. If you have a positive attitude (which I have to force myself to have sometimes) towards your learning disability, you can achieve great things.
According to Oxford dictionary a personality type is “defined as a collection of traits within one's personality that are thought to occur together consistently, especially as determined by a certain pattern of responses to a personality inventory. Stress is not always bad and can be very beneficial”. Everyone was born with a certain personality trait. The most common personality traits are known as Type A (TAB) or Type B. A TAB person finds it very how to relax and enjoy life. TAB people tend to live very stressful lifestyle that leads to an unhealthy life. A person with Type B personality trait will live a longer and healthier lifestyle than a person with TAB personality.
I have my own set of challenges because of disabilities I acquired while in the United States Army. A training injury became worse