“I never look back, darling! It distracts from the now.”
“The Incredibles,” became a special movie for me after seeing it for the first time many years ago. However, what brings me back to this movie as a young adult is this line from Edna Mode that shows a philosophy I try to hold myself by today. With the onslaught of living with a depressive disorder that affects only 11% of adolescents in the US, and the challenges of finding a place to live while helping my single mom with my brother, I find that looking forward is the only thing I can do.
My mom and I were one of the first family members to move from rural England, AR, where most of my extended family resides. I grew up in Little Rock, and lived most of my childhood life with only her in a two roomed apartment. I was bespectacled …show more content…
It was the task of being challenged by my AP classes that helped me begin to find my way in high school.
During junior year I didn’t want to fail the first two AP classes I’d take, so I found ways to study and take notes. I joined a community on Tumblr for people to motivate themselves and make progress on their studying habits, more informally known as “Studyblr.” I whipped out my textbooks, actively looked up resources when I didn’t understand something, and I did my homework—and it felt great! It was at that point that I was ready to handle a more challenging course load after gaining more maturity in my studies.
If there’s anything that I learned from the above experiences, challenges, and setbacks, it’s that your education is meant to be for you. You have to truly want it to reap the benefits. I let my middle school experience haunt and hinder me for many years before I realized that I did not have to be a product of my past or environment.
And through my past academic records, past and even present obstacles, I once again think of Edna’s wisdom:
“Go, confront the problem. Fight!
“The Incredibles,” became a special movie for me after seeing it for the first time many years ago. However, what brings me back to this movie as a young adult is this line from Edna Mode that shows a philosophy I try to hold myself by today. With the onslaught of living with a depressive disorder that affects only 11% of adolescents in the US, and the challenges of finding a place to live while helping my single mom with my brother, I find that looking forward is the only thing I can do.
My mom and I were one of the first family members to move from rural England, AR, where most of my extended family resides. I grew up in Little Rock, and lived most of my childhood life with only her in a two roomed apartment. I was bespectacled …show more content…
It was the task of being challenged by my AP classes that helped me begin to find my way in high school.
During junior year I didn’t want to fail the first two AP classes I’d take, so I found ways to study and take notes. I joined a community on Tumblr for people to motivate themselves and make progress on their studying habits, more informally known as “Studyblr.” I whipped out my textbooks, actively looked up resources when I didn’t understand something, and I did my homework—and it felt great! It was at that point that I was ready to handle a more challenging course load after gaining more maturity in my studies.
If there’s anything that I learned from the above experiences, challenges, and setbacks, it’s that your education is meant to be for you. You have to truly want it to reap the benefits. I let my middle school experience haunt and hinder me for many years before I realized that I did not have to be a product of my past or environment.
And through my past academic records, past and even present obstacles, I once again think of Edna’s wisdom:
“Go, confront the problem. Fight!