In Yeonmi Parks memoir, In Order to Live, she undergoes many hardships that can be related to Americans. Throughout her journey to live she experienced difficult experiences that would not be known to most Americans. Some of her troubles included: human trafficking, rape, forced labor, kidnapping, and a catalytic growth for independence. Although, I have not experienced hardships close hers I can relate to her need for educational success in the most competitive circumstances. As a 17-year-old freshman, I am always competing with my classmates and those in my career to be better and smarter.
Once Parks moved to South Korea she was distorted of most of her reality. Suddenly, she was free with large limitations of financial, societal, and academicals. …show more content…
I passed through the same fear of change as Parks did when forced to present and had to learn by myself how to go against my teacher’s irrational process of thought that I would be unaccomplished unless I had been held back. I quickly learned how to fend for myself and decided that I had to stay focused to be able to achieve my dreams I have dearly hoped for. Fortuitously my mother has always believed in me and found different pathways so that my journey would not have been more difficult then it had too. I was tutored all the way until middle school, was able to guide myself and taught myself to continue academic achievement leading me into the best moments of my life. I have been an intern at the South Florida Federal Credit Union, a very prestigious position to gain; graduated from a mega-magnet, Coral Reef Senior High School, with a 4.1 grade point average; have Full- Ride to any college/university for four years; have been offered two job positions at great swim teams and am able to reach for straight A’s in Florida International University at the age of 17. I now realize that I too can live my life “ with no limitations” through my college life and
Once Parks moved to South Korea she was distorted of most of her reality. Suddenly, she was free with large limitations of financial, societal, and academicals. …show more content…
I passed through the same fear of change as Parks did when forced to present and had to learn by myself how to go against my teacher’s irrational process of thought that I would be unaccomplished unless I had been held back. I quickly learned how to fend for myself and decided that I had to stay focused to be able to achieve my dreams I have dearly hoped for. Fortuitously my mother has always believed in me and found different pathways so that my journey would not have been more difficult then it had too. I was tutored all the way until middle school, was able to guide myself and taught myself to continue academic achievement leading me into the best moments of my life. I have been an intern at the South Florida Federal Credit Union, a very prestigious position to gain; graduated from a mega-magnet, Coral Reef Senior High School, with a 4.1 grade point average; have Full- Ride to any college/university for four years; have been offered two job positions at great swim teams and am able to reach for straight A’s in Florida International University at the age of 17. I now realize that I too can live my life “ with no limitations” through my college life and