The greatest obstacle I have had to overcome was facing failure. I have been in student council and leadership roles during every school year since 4th grade. So during freshman year of high school I was a student council officer and a member of the leadership class. It was obvious that I would continue in doing what I was good at by applying for the student council officer class as a sophomore. I went through the difficult process of campaigning and following all of the very strict campaign rules that had been set on those applying, even though others did not. I’m a very competitive person so I was determined to secure one of the eight spots in the class. Since I won every other thing I had ever tried out for I had assumed this would be the same. After all I had all of the classifications; good grades, never been suspended or had detention,a history with student council, and I even gave people candy with a campaign slogan on them to get people to vote for me. The day of the announcement I was so excited. I remember having that strange feeling in the pit of your stomach which is sometimes a good sign and sometimes a bad sign. As my teacher (whom I’d never really trusted,) read off …show more content…
The idea that maybe one day I will be able to use this failure to relate to others and help them overcome their failures is what has kept me going through difficult times. In the end, losing the election was a blessing in disguise. The amount of pressure on student council officers, particularly the sophomores is way too stressful for me. I’m now in a lower level leadership and I’m rather content there. I’ve faced many challenges, but they all seemed easier to face knowing one day my failure would lead me to something greater. I’ve struggled with self doubt and regret but if I just keep it close to my heart that while I’m deep in the struggle it will be difficult but sometime in the future I will look back and say that this has made me a better
Describe the most challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement?
I honestly am happy I did not win state office because I would not have had the privilege to meet some of the most talented individuals. There is an old saying that says, college is where we meet your life-long friends. In just the past year, I can attest to that. Failing is not always a bad thing, we can always learn from it, and sometimes we realize that we were supposed to be on a different path entirely. It is important to believe in the process and know that everything happens for a reason. When one door closes a window of opportunity can
The most challenging obstacle I faced was during middle school. Not only was I outcasted simply because my character did not fit into a whitewashed rich boy image.Most of my classmates would simply only think of themselves and how they can make themselves even more popular. During middle school I still hadn’t realized not fitting in would be fine. Not only did this incident brought me depression people simply didn’t care. Simply giving me punishments every time my grade fell. I would still tell myself to be happy that everything would be all right. But all it did was give me a fake mask to face reality.
Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How did this challenge affected your academic achievements?
The most significant challenge I have faced was when I was growing up was reading. Reading is one of the most important things it was hard for me to say some words that I thought I was never gonna learn to read ever even if they were just small words or big words I struggle so much while growing up. When I was
Some obstacles I had to overcome were mentally challenging situations. I always had people saying I couldn’t do it because it’s too hard to get into, especially for younger people, as me being 25. Another mental challenge is that it’s all on me, if I mess up I can’t blame no one else but myself. Odysseus had a challenge of this because he led his men on this journey as said in book. They trusted him, like my horse trusts me. We both had a lot of mental pressure from this and neither of us could mess up.
in high school some challenges did approach me, I did not let myself down and I was determined
The first obstacle had to face are my parent divorce. When this obstacle happened I was depressed and not do that good in school. My aunt had to take to with her friend that was an therapist I only went for one day, when it finish the therapy I realized that my life is not over just for a dilema. I was more relief and more ambitious to do all my work and pass all of my classes. The second obstacle is that I would struggle at school is turning in my work late when it was due the next day. Then, I had to overcome it by, making an agenda to keep my work on track and test to study for the agenda really helped me alot. My last dilemma is that I would work during school because me and my family depend on my dad sending money when sometime he wouldn't send us money. Me and my bigger sister would always try to find a job to help my mom to pay bills etc. Another obstacle is trying my best to have good grade and study in a correct way. I try to keep up my grade but sometimes it's hard. I sometimes
Having an obstacle to overcome will happen at least one time in everyone's life. The obstacles may be small, large, mental, or physical, but if you find the right people to stick with you through it, you can overcome anything. That’s what was going through my mind when I read an inspiring article about a young man named Tim Harris.
Everyone goes through a challenge at some point in their life. I went through a challenge last year at the beginning of my freshman year attending Foothills Christian High School. Last year, my freshman year I did not know anybody starting the school year. This made me super nervous to start high school. I was also concerned about the three days a week at school and two days homeschool. One of my challenges was going to school and parts of that challenge was not knowing anybody starting school, having to go to school on three days a week instead of five, and not knowing the campus well.
My biggest obstacle was August 1, 2005 when our apartment building caught fire. My Mother, Brother, Sister, and I were home, it was the most distressing thing I've ever had to encounter. The night of my Aunt's birthday a fire started and the smoke made me feel as if I was drowning. My cousin Kendrick Weber woke me up, because I wasn't waking up when my sister tried. He pulled me out through the window and my forehead
I was eager to put in all the work required, but I always felt hesitant throughout the entire process. I was not able to assert that I was dedicated to winning, and that ambivalence cost me the election. It prevented me from throwing myself into campaigning and committing my entire self to the sole purpose of winning. Working on my campaign felt not as a conviction, but as a chore.
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?
The most significant challenge I have faced was balancing my academics and sports. I have been involved in the boy's soccer program at Palm Desert High School since my freshman year and each season has proven to be a test for me academically. I must say that attempting to balance my school work and soccer during my freshman and sophomore year has taken a toll on my academic achievement. It is unfortunate, however, I learned many things that will benefit me in the future. It was difficult because stress and anxiety amounted on top of all the school work and assignments that needed to be completed with the little time I had in my hands. Each season lasted around four months and during those four months, I accumulated bad habits. I procrastinated
The most difficult challenge I have ever faced was dealing with my mother’s life-threatening illness. She knew of her diagnosis for a while, but kept it from me to keep me from worrying about her. It was not until she learned that she needed to have surgery to tell me what was going on. Being strong for her, while being scared and depressed myself, was the hardest thing I have ever had to do.