Describe the Most Challenging Obstacle

Johanna
Describe the most challenging obstacle you've had to overcome; discuss its impact on your life, and tell us what you learned from the experience and how overcoming that obstacle has shaped who you are today.

One of the most challenging obstacles that I had to overcome in life is going back to school. From the time I left high school was only seventeen years old and I knew I had to go back and finish my High School. I had gotten pregnant at the time I didn’t have any family member to support me. I had to come up with a plan to finish my high school this was the biggest problem I was going to face in life by myself I didn’t know where to start or who to ask for help I had to work hard to support my son. I worked day and night but I knew that sooner or later my dream was going to come true no matter when or how I was determine to finish m school I didn’t want to be a statistic.
The first part of the plan was to force myself to do a little bit of a sacrifice raising my son own my own. I didn’t have any family member next to me but I didn’t want my son to grow up thinking that he could it done the same thing I did by dropping out of high school and getting any low paying job. I had to sacrifice myself just for a little bit until I could work one job and go back to school.
The second part of the plan I had to put it in to work as soon as my son reached the age of one, I started making phone calls I knew I had two jobs, but there had to be a way for me to finish my high school. I didn’t have any idea on where to look or where to start but I started making phone calls and asking everyone. I found this GED program I was so excited about it I went to my local university and they told me I didn’t have to take classes at a local school I could study on my own by developing a study strategy. I did I bought the book and study every night when my son was sleeping until one day I felt prepare enough and schedule for testing.
The third part of the process was done after a few years of waiting I finally had the courage to go to my local university and finish my GED it was the same as getting your high school Diploma. When I got the results in the mail and saw my GED I was so proud of myself I cried for me and my son this was the start of a new beginning because I knew a lot of opportunities will open thank to my Diploma I wasn’t going to be one of a million teenagers mother that come out pregnant drop out of school and the story ends the same I was going to make a difference.

At the end I was very satisfied with the results this was one of the hardest obstacles I had to face in life, it took a lot of work and sacrifice a lot of nights of my life but at the end I got it. After a while I enroll myself to one of the University’s in my town and after two and a half years I got my Associates in Liberal Arts & Science to me it was the best thing that ever happen to me. I did it without anyone’s help I just focus on my future at this time I’m doing my bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and after this I ‘m going for my bachelor’s it takes a lot of work but is worth it. I’m on the Dean’s list and this makes me feel like a proud mother I have three kids and I’m still going to school I thank god every day for this opportunity this is the best gift I can give my children the gift of knowledge. No matter how hard it gets you can make it happen.