There is a reason why this essay is limited to 150 words. What is expected from your writing is economy. Simply put, this means you are not required to elaborate on the activity or the achievements you have won. Instead, you are to write about how this activity has shaped your personality or your perspective or your understanding about life as you choose to live it.
To do this, you will require:
Descriptive skills for the activity
Narrative skills for the impact it has had on your living
Understanding how to place detail, aesthetic, and structure to make your writing impactful with what it wishes to negotiate.
The activity you choose need not be sport or any competitive activity. It could be an interest, a hobby, or a talent you are tutoring yourself to sharpen. Whatever you choose, please make sure that the activity does, in fact, mean something special to you.
Answer these questions:
Do you think it is important to have a life of learning outside the classroom? What kind of learning do you think this should be?
How would you define the word activity?
What does inactivity mean to you? Do you think inactivity has consequences on one’s living? What are these consequences?
Think how any activity contributes the following to individuals. Then, articulate your ideas for each of the things listed below.
New skills
Perseverance
Patience
Trial and error
Competition with self
Technique
Style
Understanding others
Ability to contribute
Ethics
Habit
Discipline
Self-evaluation
Critical faculties
Precision
Challenges
Maintenance
Order and neatness
Strategy
Timing
Grace
Humility
Appreciation
Raising the bar
Respect for self
Respect for others
Redefinition of success
Learning through failure
Self-awareness
Motor awareness
Cognitive awareness
Emotion management
Maturity
In not less than 10 sentences, describe (not define) the following activities:
Chess
Badminton