Life Experience Essay

Humble The Poet, an author, once said, “life doesn’t start after the obstacles; life is the obstacles.” Many think that once they get over the obstacle, they can move on. They fail to understand life is a obstacle. This idea drives my story, and my obstacle of life in which I was given a new life to live, that without it not only is my application incomplete but so am I. Imagine being a little kid constantly having to worry if tomorrow will ever come. When I was 3 years old, I was diagnosed…

I was in 10th grade and it was a Friday night at midnight and i told my mom that i was going to stay the night at my friends, but really we were going to go to a bond fire. we her house to go pick up her boyfriend then we headed to the bond fire, there was drinking and i said no at first because i knew it was wrong. Then i was really tired and so i took a few drinks and got really drunk. My friend drove home and first we dropped her boyfriend off and we went home and she had to hide me from my…

Piece #1 - Reflection June 3rd had been a horrible, miserable day. The humidity was thick and sweat slowly trickled down my legs in beads. I remember feeling anxious in the pit of my gut; a feeling that I was not accustomed to. I remember I was watching the pitter-patter of the rain dancing along the bus windows when I first saw her. I had watched the gloomy atmosphere immediately change as she stepped onto the bus. Her smile had glowed and her presence had illuminated the bus. Her rosy cheeks…

tired and stressed out with the treatment and pay that she got from her patients. She one day took me to one of her jobs as a maid and we cleaned a house-top to bottom as we sat down to take a break she looked at me and told me that this is not the life she wanted me to live, she emphasized how much I should get an education and better further myself so that I won’t be stuck cleaning houses and scrubbing floors and having two jobs just so she can pay the rent. One thing about my mother I admired…

Everyone thinks I'm an ugly freak. They call me names and sometimes physically do things to me. Such as throwing stuff at me sometimes pushing or tripping me. I think they think I'm a freak due to my mother killing herself. They think I'm ugly because I'm ugly. There's nothing that happened to make me ugly. I splashed my face with cold water and stared at my taunting reflection in the mirror. I looked like a complete mess as my reflection stared back at me. I had to look away. I hate that I am…

frustrating and bitter life.” In regards to relationships and life, I agree with this statement. At one point in our life, a majority of us hoped to meet and marry our ideal husband/wife and live the lifestyle we 've envisioned for ourselves. As important is to create and have those dreams and setting standards, it is also crucial to stay grounded and realistic. That doesn 't mean giving up on goals and the standards that you have set and settling for the very least in life; however, reflect…

1. What extracurricular or personal activities, work experiences, personal perspectives, or life experiences have been most meaningful to you? It was the summer of 2010 when I had made a decision that impacted my life considerably, and that decision was to learn how to play the cello. It all started when I had to choose a fine art to pursue in the 6th grade as a part of the mandatory curriculum. As I had prior experience with the piano, I thought that it was logical to choose an instrument…

Life is an adventure and includes many feelings like regret, madness, happiness, sadness, and excited. Many people have different experiences in their life. Some of the experiences are remarkable, but some others are like a nightmare. Sometimes suddenly I remember about the past. I see some blurred pictures about my experiences and feel the event again and again. I feel something good or bad that depends on which experience I remember. All experiences help us to learn the life and to be…

some experiences that change a person’s life forever and those experiences are remembered for a lifetime. The one experience that turned my whole life around, was the time that my family and I immigrated to Houston, Texas from India On May 13th 2008, I had the opportunity of coming to the United States and fulfill my dreams as a child of going to America. But moving across the world had its ups and downs. I faced many challenges and some I still face today. However, through these experiences, I…

for my life then I realize I have suddenly been face with my ultimate fear. A few years ago I had suddenly become epileptic and had hit the ground having a seizer in the process of falling I had hit my head and got a concussion and was in and out of the hospital trying to figure out what was wrong with me. During this time, I felt alone and like an outsider. I wasn’t allowed to drive and my family was afraid that I would hit my head at any given moment. I felt like I could never live my life…