Throughout] my life I have experienced both positive and negative things that have changed who I am today. I’ve always wanted to change into the nice, generous, kind, humble, loving, caring, thoughtful person that could change the world by his dedication to serving others. I wanted to give everybody respect and politeness that they deserve. And ADHD has helped me get there. the thing that has changed my life the most is a disorder people call ADHD. ADHD has given me many opportunities to change myself into a social butterfly, a stronger person, and a nice person that cares for people. From forcing me to overcome obstacles that has helped me develop better social skills, and teaching me valuable life lessons like learning to concentrate. And
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During my freshmen year of high school, when I ended up cramming for a science test and ended up failing it because I lacked the attention and concentration skills to study. About 2 weeks before the big science test. I got home and went straight up to my room to begin to study for my science test. I sat down and as I opened the textbook and started to read, I found myself constantly losing focus. I read a paragraph, but I didn’t keep anything because my mind was thinking of thousands of things while I was reading. What am I going to eat for dinner? How hot does Susan look today? How I’m going to write my odyssey essay for English which was due in a week. Thoughts rambled around in my mind constantly when I read. And as I sat there trying to keep all the information I could. But over time I just gave up. I read the book for over an hour and in that hour I didn’t memorize anything. And I got frustrated and I gave up. A week and a half goes by and it’s the night of my final exam. I get home and pick up my textbook off the couch and ran upstairs to start studying. I sat down at my desk and opened the book, as I was reviewing I realized I knew a lot less than I thought I did. I panicked and started cramming all the information I needed into my brain. While I was studying, I walked into the bathroom of my house and looked myself in the mirror. As I saw myself, tired, hungry, and depressed. I realized that this is not how I want to spend the rest of my high school life. I want to manage my time effectively so I can study while having fun. The next day came, I walked into my fourth period, looking like a zombie. I sat down to begin the test, and as I looked at the test, I realized that I was studying the wrong section. And it’s all because of my lack of concentration skills. After I saw my test score, I knew that I had
During my freshmen year of high school, when I ended up cramming for a science test and ended up failing it because I lacked the attention and concentration skills to study. About 2 weeks before the big science test. I got home and went straight up to my room to begin to study for my science test. I sat down and as I opened the textbook and started to read, I found myself constantly losing focus. I read a paragraph, but I didn’t keep anything because my mind was thinking of thousands of things while I was reading. What am I going to eat for dinner? How hot does Susan look today? How I’m going to write my odyssey essay for English which was due in a week. Thoughts rambled around in my mind constantly when I read. And as I sat there trying to keep all the information I could. But over time I just gave up. I read the book for over an hour and in that hour I didn’t memorize anything. And I got frustrated and I gave up. A week and a half goes by and it’s the night of my final exam. I get home and pick up my textbook off the couch and ran upstairs to start studying. I sat down at my desk and opened the book, as I was reviewing I realized I knew a lot less than I thought I did. I panicked and started cramming all the information I needed into my brain. While I was studying, I walked into the bathroom of my house and looked myself in the mirror. As I saw myself, tired, hungry, and depressed. I realized that this is not how I want to spend the rest of my high school life. I want to manage my time effectively so I can study while having fun. The next day came, I walked into my fourth period, looking like a zombie. I sat down to begin the test, and as I looked at the test, I realized that I was studying the wrong section. And it’s all because of my lack of concentration skills. After I saw my test score, I knew that I had