Overcoming Obstacles In Life

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Conflict, obstacle, everyone goes through it some time in their life. Many can resolve their conflict, while others cannot. These obstacles and conflicts can get in the way of career path and life goals, we can all solve it but it varies on how we solve it. My biggest obstacle in life was when my maternal grandpa passed away. In the next paragraph, the background of conflict and how I solved it would be described.
My biggest obstacle in life was overcoming my maternal grandpa death. He was diangsis with Alzimer for as long as I can remember. My grandpa could never tell the differece between the weather. During Christmas he’s wearing a tank top, and the summer he’s wearing a huge puffy jacket. This been going on for years, the worst was 2012, the year before he passed away. In
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My grandpa was put into the ICU for about 4 weeks until finally he was stabilized and on the road to recovery. My family and I went back home for work and school, when the following night my uncle called to inform us that grandpa have gotten ill again and that he won’t be able to make it. With no time to spare we all pack our bags and drove to Kansas. When we got there, grandpa was already gone. None of us, my family, got to say goodbye before he passed. My grandpa’s funeral was held the following week. After his funeral, my family and I went home, back to Texas, where my school performance didn’t go so well. My grade were dropping to the lower C’s and my musical performance were horrible as well. I became emotionally unstable on the inside, but not on the out. However, sooner or later, I began to progress in school. An oportunnity to be part of a Science Academy at the high school I was to attend, offer me a chance to redeem myself. I felt that it was what my grandpa wanted me to do so I began to study and soon enough my grades were up to a high A, rather than a C. However, another opportunity came to me when I was offer a spot at a new high school. This high school is none

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