High School Worldviews Essay
Worldviews can definitely change and is easily influenced from many factors including from past experiences, credible people, passionate people, interesting subjects, and much more. To give a little more background of this experience, I was a curious teen who couldn’t wait for the new high school experience. Life was challenging, but I was looking forward to the new experience because it felt like a start of anew. However, that wasn’t the case. Just before high school, I moved into a new home, situated in a beautiful environment and looked forward to attending a new school. Then it all started, teasing, threatening, insulting, and spreading vicious rumors. The bullies claimed that I smiled too much and I was in my little happy fairy-tale
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I had to overcome my shyness and tolerate the bullies who attended my club meetings. I learned to focus on one of my goals: Help people smile. These families had troubles surviving on basic necessities such as food and shelter. Not having money for their surgery, children with cleft lip and palates attracted classmates’ teasing, humiliation, and even abandonment by their families. I felt that I could relate to those children who lost their smiles, friends, and families. The images of these unfortunate children and the realization of my role strengthened me to persevere. I was able to rise over $9000 during my administration as the president of Operation Smile Club. . I have come a long way since freshman year and will continue to change lives one smile, one hope at a time.
My experiences and accomplishments have taught me how to become a leader and allowed me to expand and sharpen my skills. To become a leader, I believe one has to be flexible, understanding, do what is best for the club and others despite external opposition, and have the ability to follow through on decisions with unfaltering determination. Operation Smile Club and the off-campus experiences have allowed me to fulfill this belief, and I look forward to playing a proactive role in college and in the years to
I had to overcome my shyness and tolerate the bullies who attended my club meetings. I learned to focus on one of my goals: Help people smile. These families had troubles surviving on basic necessities such as food and shelter. Not having money for their surgery, children with cleft lip and palates attracted classmates’ teasing, humiliation, and even abandonment by their families. I felt that I could relate to those children who lost their smiles, friends, and families. The images of these unfortunate children and the realization of my role strengthened me to persevere. I was able to rise over $9000 during my administration as the president of Operation Smile Club. . I have come a long way since freshman year and will continue to change lives one smile, one hope at a time.
My experiences and accomplishments have taught me how to become a leader and allowed me to expand and sharpen my skills. To become a leader, I believe one has to be flexible, understanding, do what is best for the club and others despite external opposition, and have the ability to follow through on decisions with unfaltering determination. Operation Smile Club and the off-campus experiences have allowed me to fulfill this belief, and I look forward to playing a proactive role in college and in the years to