College Essay
Prompt: Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
Focus, Capture, Develop, and Take another shot are hard concepts to grasp while growing up and maturing. Throughout every obstacle that I have faced whether personal, academic or social I have had to remember to apply these qualities to my life daily.
Due to participating in yearbook, the anatomy of the camera has truly allowed me to put the concepts of focusing, capturing, developing, and taking another shot into practical application. When focusing the camera on the targeted object or individual I am reminded that in order to succeed in any facet of life, I must …show more content…
In order to succeed, I have had to learn from my mistakes and better myself in order to gain a better outcome. Ultimately, I have had to remember that despite how bad a second or hour might seem, there is always a rainbow at the end of every storm. Rather than, dwelling on what I don’t understand, I do my best to take steps to develop the necessary areas and acquire the wisdom/knowledge needed to try again and succeed. This also requires me to be patient with myself and the process.
In my life thus far, I have experienced loss, victories, rejection, sabotage (of self and from others), love, the feeling of entitlement and privilege (as most of my generation feels), belittlement, injustice and justice. With every experience, I have grown wiser and more open to change. Tomorrow is not promised to me so I strive to be the best that I can be every day and in every moment despite my …show more content…
I, on the other hand was not given the opportunity.
Much of my life was inconstant, my life with my mom was stable and constant but summer breaks with my dad were anything but normal. I remember always feeling like no one understood me because when I was with my mom, my life was so joyful and blissful but when I was with my dad it was the complete opposite. I felt that I had no control over anything in my life, every decision regarding my life was made by members of a court system who did not know me personally or even care to know me. In these most lonely moments of my life, I decided to change my outlook on life and focus on what I could control; capturing the good times with my father, developing from the good times and bad times, and if things did not work out the way that I wanted to try again and not give up.
I was scared of my father, I was scared of how he behaved when he lost control. He would slam doors, yell, and hit things. These expriences with my father marked my transition from childhood to adulthood. Being so young, these events made me grow up very quickly in order to protect myself at all times. My dad showed me what I did not want to become and how to seek out healthy
Prompt: Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
Focus, Capture, Develop, and Take another shot are hard concepts to grasp while growing up and maturing. Throughout every obstacle that I have faced whether personal, academic or social I have had to remember to apply these qualities to my life daily.
Due to participating in yearbook, the anatomy of the camera has truly allowed me to put the concepts of focusing, capturing, developing, and taking another shot into practical application. When focusing the camera on the targeted object or individual I am reminded that in order to succeed in any facet of life, I must …show more content…
In order to succeed, I have had to learn from my mistakes and better myself in order to gain a better outcome. Ultimately, I have had to remember that despite how bad a second or hour might seem, there is always a rainbow at the end of every storm. Rather than, dwelling on what I don’t understand, I do my best to take steps to develop the necessary areas and acquire the wisdom/knowledge needed to try again and succeed. This also requires me to be patient with myself and the process.
In my life thus far, I have experienced loss, victories, rejection, sabotage (of self and from others), love, the feeling of entitlement and privilege (as most of my generation feels), belittlement, injustice and justice. With every experience, I have grown wiser and more open to change. Tomorrow is not promised to me so I strive to be the best that I can be every day and in every moment despite my …show more content…
I, on the other hand was not given the opportunity.
Much of my life was inconstant, my life with my mom was stable and constant but summer breaks with my dad were anything but normal. I remember always feeling like no one understood me because when I was with my mom, my life was so joyful and blissful but when I was with my dad it was the complete opposite. I felt that I had no control over anything in my life, every decision regarding my life was made by members of a court system who did not know me personally or even care to know me. In these most lonely moments of my life, I decided to change my outlook on life and focus on what I could control; capturing the good times with my father, developing from the good times and bad times, and if things did not work out the way that I wanted to try again and not give up.
I was scared of my father, I was scared of how he behaved when he lost control. He would slam doors, yell, and hit things. These expriences with my father marked my transition from childhood to adulthood. Being so young, these events made me grow up very quickly in order to protect myself at all times. My dad showed me what I did not want to become and how to seek out healthy