The dictionary defines resilience as "the ability to recover readily from adversity", or as it's more commonly known, the ability to "bounce back". Adversity is something we, as humans, will unquestionably have to endure throughout our lives. In the biography Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis Zamperini, or Louie, faces his own form of adversity. As Louie demonstrates through his constant tribulations, the utmost essential component for being a "resilient individual" is having an internal locus of control.…
Over the years, I guess I have developed these other four strengths along the way. Since I have kids, husband and a lot of newer responsibilities I have learned to adapt to many changes. I have just learned to go along with the flow and to pick my battles with my kids. That I believe falls under being adaptable. It has also helps me at…
In the memoir of Jeanette Walls’ “The Glass Castle”, there are many themes to explore. Jeanette tells the tales of growing up in continued poverty with dysfunctional parents who find pleasure moving frequently in the dead of night. The Walls family was extremely poor and often there was no food, electricity or indoor plumbing in the multitude of places that the children called home. Jeanette grew up as the second oldest daughter in a family of six. Her father, Rex Walls, was a glorified entrepreneur who was rather bright, but always seemed down on his luck with a bottle of booze in his hand.…
Anna Harrington uses this paper to express her views on resilience. She begins by letting the reader know statistics about the number of employees who suffer from mental health issues, how it effects the workplace, and their productivity at work. She goes on to state that "Researchers question why some can survive difficult situations and become stronger while others become depressed. "(Harrington,2012) "Where there's a will, there's a way."…
Inner strength is not a genetic trait that all champions are born with; it is a type of resiliency that troubled people yield when the world seems to act against them. Having the mental stability to overcome hardships is a sign of inner strength. Inner strength is depicted throughout the plot of The Art of Resilience- a research paper written by Hara Estroff Marano. Additionally, the main character in “The Third and Final Continent” must possess inner strength to conquer the conflict of his story. Likewise, the characterization in Scott Westerfield’s…
I chose the article “Declining Student Resilience: A Serious Problem for Colleges” because the article title sounded intriguing to me. Right away I wondered why student resilience was such a serious problem and how it became a problem for colleges. The title of this article made me curious and determined to find out why the author thought it was such a serious problem. Another reason that I chose to read this article was because in my other classes, I have already read articles related to the article “On Learning Difficult Things”. After skimming “On Learning Difficult Things”, it was very clear to me that I wanted to read about student resilience.…
Being resilience throughout college is going to help me to finish strong and competitively.…
Resilience is established in a determination of spirit- a willpower to embrace all that make life worth living even in the face of difficulty. Resilience does not have a face, body, or even gender; resilience has a story. For me, I struggle with suicidal thoughts. Suicidal thoughts have taken over my life since I was in sixth grade.…
Is student resilience declining? A lot of educators believe it is. Some students just have a hard time making it on there own. Is this because there parents doing everything for them? Is this because of their previous teachers not pushing them enough or could it be just plain laziness?…
The Importance of Resilience Education A research study was conducted by Melissa E. DeRoiser, Ellen Frank, Victor Schwartz, and Kevin A. Leary, a panel of doctors and physicians in fields related to psychology, to explore the relationships between stress during the transition to the college life experienced by incoming freshmen and how this stress affects their lives (DeRoiser, Frank, Schwartz & Leary, 2013). The panel created a series of questionnaires via Student Curriculum on Resilience Education (SCoRE), that were completed by 644 first-year students from seven different universities across the eastern United States. The largest portion of the testing subjects were Caucasian females. The questionnaires were grouped into six different categories based on the stressors they faced.…
An example of how I was resilient in high school is having to face the challenge of having to take care of my single, disabled mother who is a veteran while maintaining being a full time International Baccalaureate student and participating in varsity athletics. Taking care of my mother involves taking her to numerous medical appointments, performing many household duties, and taking care of the pets. These tasks are not hard but are time consuming when trying to accomplish all the daily assigned advanced homework. There are many days where I would receive little sleep or must miss practice to attend to my mother’s needs, which separates me from the rest of my friends. This was the most challenging situation I have ever faced in my life to…
Extraordinary curiosity, tenacious integrity, and ceaseless resiliency combine to create the ideal student, teacher, and researcher. Inspired by the potential from understanding social dynamics, I have labored endless hours admiring the work of research from those who exemplify these traits and have become adamant about my pursuit of a career in sociological research. Through these endless hours of labor, I have developed the characteristics and mentality to exceed expectations in the field of sociology through my own life experiences and have become an ideal candidate for UCLA. Previous academic performance may indicate how an individual is likely to perform in the classroom, but is by no means the only predictor of performance, as a one-dimensional…
Young men and women all over the country find themselves pondering the destiny of their lives. Some will leave for college, employment, or the few that will choose to serve our country and fight, if need be, for the freedom of this Country. For the ones who will be serving our country, there are many factors to take into consideration, regarding their social and mental development. Resiliency is a key component in the effectiveness of any military personnel, it is thought to be crucial in the healthy development and functionality of any successful individual, some speculate that lack of resiliency can lead to depression or other mental health issues. It is also thought that being physically fit is a vital role in the efficiency of becoming…
Everybody has different experiences, the culmination of all the experiences become a personality; Makes us who we are. Trying to single out a quality that I have gained from all my experiences is a pretty daunting task but I would have to say the most prominent one would be resilience. One could say that it is a rather common quality amongst adults. Resilience can be built up from working hard for your examinations, the late nights where we burn the midnight oil and sacrificing whatever comforts we have to achieve a goal. My experience?…
Until last year, I never thought of myself as being resilient. Resilience is an attribute that I have but never really thought about until it was difficult for me to bounce back. I had to learn to be resilient at a really young age. My mother is addicted to drugs and alcohol. I was lucky enough to grow up with my dad with limited visits with my mother.…