Overcoming Obstacles To My High School Career
Throughout my entire senior year, I had reflected upon my experiences in my high school career. With this, I have come to the conclusion that whomever said and believed that high school were the best years of their lives obviously did not ever attend such an institution. Although my input is rather cynical, I have realized that, although high school posed one of the most disappointing and exorbitant challenges, these barriers have helped me become the mature and forthright young adult I am today. Within my first year of high school, I was already presented with an issue that I had to overcome and by luck, I surpassed this barrier to my success. Although seemingly trivial, the issue of surrounding myself with friends who shared my will and drive to succeed was rather difficult. In fact, this presented such a great challenge that just
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Although I didn’t get an award because it was rigged, I had managed to power through all the crap and kissing up sprouted by the east coast kids as well as the dangerously low amounts of sleep and junk food we could barely afford. Despite the odds, Anida and I kept working together and honestly blew the others out of the water with our perfectly crafted speeches and with the level of effort we put into every minute has made me proud of our efforts. Throughout my high school career, I have volunteered at a multitude of locations for several events. The place where I have been humbled and learned more than at any other place was down the hall, in the math tutoring room. There, I learned not only how to help explain how to help solve equations but also how to relate to others, and put them at ease in order to induce an environment where they feel safe enough to be open to learning and relearning concepts missed in the classroom. By fine turning these people skills, I am inching towards my goal to become a doctor with a great bedside
Although I didn’t get an award because it was rigged, I had managed to power through all the crap and kissing up sprouted by the east coast kids as well as the dangerously low amounts of sleep and junk food we could barely afford. Despite the odds, Anida and I kept working together and honestly blew the others out of the water with our perfectly crafted speeches and with the level of effort we put into every minute has made me proud of our efforts. Throughout my high school career, I have volunteered at a multitude of locations for several events. The place where I have been humbled and learned more than at any other place was down the hall, in the math tutoring room. There, I learned not only how to help explain how to help solve equations but also how to relate to others, and put them at ease in order to induce an environment where they feel safe enough to be open to learning and relearning concepts missed in the classroom. By fine turning these people skills, I am inching towards my goal to become a doctor with a great bedside