Personal Challenge Essay Examples

It was around 6:00 pm, and my mom, and sister's Nikki and Tori, and myself, all walked out of the dirty, cream-colored door, leading into the garage at our house. As we piled into our dark blue mini-van to go to my third-grade parent/teacher/student conference, nervous energy was suspended in my skull. The nervousness didn't surprise me. I always felt fear whenever I headed to the parent/teacher conference. My mother, with her off black hair, and black grown-up looking glasses, must…

biggest personal challenge in social action and community advocacy is in learning with the community, gathering its history, and having the passion to build relationships with others. I learned this while working within a recovery setting, which proved to be very challenging. But helping women at the program gain a new outlook on their own recovery, for the better, was a challenge I was up for. Understanding the importance of community and relationship is the key to success. Keywords:…

Jobs are the cornerstone of our society. They act as a method of supporting one’s self and one's family as well as symbolizing the effort and sacrifices made to get that job. As our society is becoming more and more technologically advanced, what jobs are in the most danger? What can we do in response to this impending revolution in labor? This problem identified itself in Eli Ginzberg’s book, “World Without Work.” in this book, he describes a world where no one has to labor away all day, and…

Throughout life everyone is faced with challenging obstacles that they have to overcome, sadly I learned this for myself sooner than most. In October of 2012 I became a licensed driver in the state of Virginia. I was your typical sixteen year old boy with plans on taking road trips, modifying my car to increase its performance, and planning on never riding the school bus again. In three short months my world was turned upside down and I never thought it would be right again. It was December…

Coming into college I faced many challenges as a writer. Being that I was enrolled in a high school that did not care much about my academic performance, I was already led to a disadvantage and predicted not to do so well. I have missed out on an immense amount of useful tools that would have been essential to my writing process. Not knowing how to properly provide information so that I can build my essay filled with academic language led me to optimizing and remaining resilient. In my past…

For my thirty-day pushing the limit challenge, I chose two parts. Why did I choose two parts for the challenge (BE7)? Because I wanted to challenge myself and see if I could accomplish it (BE2). To fulfill my challenge, I had to refrain from pop, juice, and candy and exercise daily (BE8). The first part of my challenge consisted of me not being able to have pop, juice, candy, and it was much harder than the second part (SC4). Throughout the first three days, I got headaches (I did not like this)…

Challenges play an important role in people 's life. At the time it may seem bad, but there is a positive side to it. Everyone has challenges in their life, within those challenges there is a lesson to learn. The main challenge that I had to go through had affected me both physically and mentally. Domestic violence is not an easy thing to go through, yet again the worse part is to go back and talk about it. My family consists of six people: my father, mother, older sister, little sister and…

The Challenge that I Overcame Many kids while growing up learn to speak in English, but I was different. While I was growing up, my parents would always speak to me in Gujarati. My parents came from India to give my brother and I a better education. Despite the fact that my parents were not aware with the English language, they still did not hesitate to give me that knowledge. I remember in my early childhood years I was educated in both English and at the same time in Gujarati because my Mom…

First Essay – Challenges in Educational Goals There are many obstacles and challenges I face when it comes to College and my education. I worked 40 hours a week plus enrolled in 12 units at the College of Marin. Eventually, I dropped out of school; I was 19 years old then. I had a social life and a group of friends which somehow became more important than school, sometimes more important than anything. College was for the determined that didn’t have family obligations as I did. I took…

The automotive industry adapting to the fast-changing world of technology. If Henry Ford could be here, he would be amazed at how advanced vehicles are today. With each generation of transportation, the average car is becoming more of a personal computer than just an engine with wheels. The average car owner in 2016 can now get a Wi-Fi chip installed in their vehicle. This brought forth new features to vehicles that were never done before. With artificial intelligence moving forward, the…