More Than What I See
“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” This quote by Orion Swett Marden made me discover the strength I have to overcome adversities.
Survival, culture, hate, compassion, triumphs and failures-this is my life story summed up. If my life was a literary piece of art, it would bear no title. “Titles”, they say, describe “content”; But I’m a book without a cover, yearning ever so much for the wisdom and knowledge to understand. Originating from a family where no one had ever walked the hallowed halls of a university, going to college is my fictitious reality. As a fatherless child, growing …show more content…
It took forgetting my own truth and painting a mental picture of someone I could never be, that unleashed my determination, to make the ultimate decision and put myself through college- proving from within that I could be more than what I saw. Predestinating my life, I engaged in omnifarious school activities, as I was persistent in finding opportunities by which to experience the world. Time passed as I gained a fighting chance, although life proved strenuous and more infeasible when Ebola plagued my country. Scared for my life, and ambitious as I was, I risked applying for an American visa in which I was granted; Withdrawing my savings I purchased a plane ticket unbeknown to my mother and embarked on a forbidding journey which was about to change my life. I left for the US on the 16th of July 2014, with the help of a family friend- Ms.Tiah, who believed in my dreams like no other and saw me as her own son, accommodated me; She was my saving grace. I started school in Roxbury and a new chapter of hope began. My grades escalated as I got A’s and B’s in all my subjects, this was the real me. I was proud of myself as I extensively immersed in school work. I did better as a person as I related with my teachers and made new
“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” This quote by Orion Swett Marden made me discover the strength I have to overcome adversities.
Survival, culture, hate, compassion, triumphs and failures-this is my life story summed up. If my life was a literary piece of art, it would bear no title. “Titles”, they say, describe “content”; But I’m a book without a cover, yearning ever so much for the wisdom and knowledge to understand. Originating from a family where no one had ever walked the hallowed halls of a university, going to college is my fictitious reality. As a fatherless child, growing …show more content…
It took forgetting my own truth and painting a mental picture of someone I could never be, that unleashed my determination, to make the ultimate decision and put myself through college- proving from within that I could be more than what I saw. Predestinating my life, I engaged in omnifarious school activities, as I was persistent in finding opportunities by which to experience the world. Time passed as I gained a fighting chance, although life proved strenuous and more infeasible when Ebola plagued my country. Scared for my life, and ambitious as I was, I risked applying for an American visa in which I was granted; Withdrawing my savings I purchased a plane ticket unbeknown to my mother and embarked on a forbidding journey which was about to change my life. I left for the US on the 16th of July 2014, with the help of a family friend- Ms.Tiah, who believed in my dreams like no other and saw me as her own son, accommodated me; She was my saving grace. I started school in Roxbury and a new chapter of hope began. My grades escalated as I got A’s and B’s in all my subjects, this was the real me. I was proud of myself as I extensively immersed in school work. I did better as a person as I related with my teachers and made new