College Admissions Essay: The Turning Point Of My Life

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A turning point of my life
“Your breaking point is really your making point”. All of us are bestowed with the unique personalities with both good and bad qualities as part of our personality. Sometimes the evil that dwells inside us become so strong that it makes us blind to see the real good of others.
I remember when I was in my high school, I used to be one the naughty boys of the class who are always indulged in doing mischievous acts. I was among the back benches of the class because I was well aware of my classroom activity and understanding towards the topic.
In high school, we were taught five different subjects in the 1st year and one of those subjects was the basics of automobile engineering. Mrs Louis was our instructor for this
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But as someone has said that,
“A good teacher is like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for the others”.
During the few minutes somebody threw me to one side in order to save my life. When I turned back to the sneaking sound produced by the truck breaks, I looked Mrs Louis with her legs smashed completely.
At this time I do realize that why she always come back to my seat with her legs that I hate the most. Because being a teacher, she was committed to perform her duty. She lost her legs in this accident while in order to save my life.
This incident changed the complete perception about the people in my life. Once I used to hate those who criticize me or stop me for doing something, including my parents and Mrs Louis. Mrs Louis was the major victim of my hatred as she might not be the part of my family or blood relations. But the act of kindness done by her had a major influence on my life. I promised never to hate anybody and to perceive things in a positive manner. Now I am very happy that Mrs Louis is spending her life with great happiness with her family in New York

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