Stephen Otun
College essay
The worst obstacle I had ever face started when I was 4-5 and was in kindergarten. Kindergarten, you might ask.... Yes, it's true this event had forever transformed my life and made me into who I am today. Approximately 13 years and 19 days or 156 months and 19 days or 681 weeks or 4767 days I was sitting in a luminous classroom filled with other smiling lighthearted children my age.
At this moment I was completely petrified and afraid of socializing with my classmates and teachers. Throughout my life I have been different from "others". Sometimes people ask which came first the chicken or the egg? Well, my life revolves around this question. I consider myself to be the egg and others to be the chicken. The chicken or "others" are roaming around filled with exuberance, while I am the egg, encaged in a shell, waiting for the shell to break or crack open, all whilst being alone and isolated from everyone else.
This occurred during kindergarten when I had to get over an obstacle. This obstacle had taken me a long time to get through. It had taken me almost the entire school year in kindergarten for me to conquer and triumph over my impediment. Eventually I had conquered my shyness, by having enough courage one day …show more content…
Any deterrent that might stop you from doing something immediately has to be removed. I let my shyness be my deterrent and it stopped me from almost not talking in kindergarten. Overcoming my shyness has helped me get through many stages and events in my life. Equally important, I had learned to persevere and to never give up on something even if it seems unlikely and not possible. The most valuable thing I had learned from my experience is when you set out a goal it is very possible and maybe even easy to achieve as long as you put in patience, hard work and
College essay
The worst obstacle I had ever face started when I was 4-5 and was in kindergarten. Kindergarten, you might ask.... Yes, it's true this event had forever transformed my life and made me into who I am today. Approximately 13 years and 19 days or 156 months and 19 days or 681 weeks or 4767 days I was sitting in a luminous classroom filled with other smiling lighthearted children my age.
At this moment I was completely petrified and afraid of socializing with my classmates and teachers. Throughout my life I have been different from "others". Sometimes people ask which came first the chicken or the egg? Well, my life revolves around this question. I consider myself to be the egg and others to be the chicken. The chicken or "others" are roaming around filled with exuberance, while I am the egg, encaged in a shell, waiting for the shell to break or crack open, all whilst being alone and isolated from everyone else.
This occurred during kindergarten when I had to get over an obstacle. This obstacle had taken me a long time to get through. It had taken me almost the entire school year in kindergarten for me to conquer and triumph over my impediment. Eventually I had conquered my shyness, by having enough courage one day …show more content…
Any deterrent that might stop you from doing something immediately has to be removed. I let my shyness be my deterrent and it stopped me from almost not talking in kindergarten. Overcoming my shyness has helped me get through many stages and events in my life. Equally important, I had learned to persevere and to never give up on something even if it seems unlikely and not possible. The most valuable thing I had learned from my experience is when you set out a goal it is very possible and maybe even easy to achieve as long as you put in patience, hard work and