Basic Training ENG 121 English Composition 1 April 23‚ 2014 The ability to overcome personal fear is very difficult to accomplish. Anxiety gripped me and sweat began to bead on my forehead‚ all I wanted to do was to cry‚ as I am terribly afraid of heights‚ but I knew I had to do this‚ and be brave‚ to be an Army Soldier. Imagine being 70 feet up in the air on an old rickety‚ wooden tower and an angry Drill Sergeant below is yelling‚ “Jump‚ just
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Overcoming My Fears of Returning to College as an Adult Many people in today’s economy are finding it very difficult to survive financially and are frantically seeking ways to overcome that threat of losing everything they have worked so hard their entire lives to achieve. Since the job opportunities are few and far between many are turning to furthering their education‚ but some of us from the older generation have found it can be very frightening and challenging to return to the classroom
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As humans‚ we overcome obstacles daily‚ from homework to household work etc. Although some of us like the easy way out of conflicts‚ nothing in life is easy you have to earn it. In addition‚ obstacles show you that nothing comes easy everything has to have a challenge in order to reach success. Therefore‚ I do believe that something good can come out of any obstacle that comes our way. Living in poverty is a good example. For example‚ in the book “The Glass Castle” the author Jeannette Walls
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Overcoming The Death of my Father Never in my life had I ever thought that at the age of seventeen years old‚ I would lose my father in an unexpected accident. To this day‚ I feel it should have never happened. I would like to think it is all a bad nightmare and that I would wake up to see my father there the next morning‚ but unfortunately it is not the case. There are a lot of things I did not understand back then; especially about loss‚ sadness‚ anger‚ and fear. When it came down to these things
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Everyone has their obstacles‚ whether small and petty or large and terrifying. No matter if you are a mountain climber stuck under the residue of an avalanche or a little kid on your first day of school‚ you have to overcome the fear and hardships or you will not go anywhere. It is always hard‚ but after you overcome the obstacle‚ you can truly see how strong you are. I myself am blessed to not have drastic problems or obstacles in my life‚ just little petty ones. I am the youngest of eight siblings
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In my personal life I have been challenged with many limit situations. One limit situation that I feel really helped define me was when my uncle passed away. My uncle Ivan was very influential to me when I was growing up. In my house‚ I currently live with my mother‚ father‚ brother‚ aunt and three cousins. When my uncle was alive he lived downstairs from me. I could go to my uncle for anything‚ but my uncle’s physical presence was taken from me and I was only left with his spiritual presence. When
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figured how similar we are to nature in terms of adaptation‚ persistence‚ and resilience in order to survive. There’s a point where I had faced an obstacle and got through it and moved forward with my life. The obstacle I faced was having low self-esteem and I overcame it through adaptation‚ persistence‚ and resilience. The obstacle that I overcame in life was through adaption. First of all I had to adapt to the people in school that would make hurtful comments about myself. We had classes
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must persist in the end when they face adversity. Sometime‚ some of them are lucky to overcome obstacles by persisting in the end‚ but many of them can’t overcome obstacles because of the situation‚ or they don’t even want to overcome obstacles. Overcoming obstacles is hard‚ and that causes us to give up easily. However‚ we might defeat obstacles if we keep persisting. Mark Salzman thought he would never teach well before he came to Juvenile Hall. He thought that was very difficult for those boys
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Explain the main difficulties that are faced during overseas study. As Australian universities have obtained popularity in the worldwide zone‚ the number of overseas students has been increased progressively. Accompanying with the overseas study trend‚ numerous difficulties that are faced during the overseas study appeared. To be specified‚ the term "overseas study" in this essay can be defined as students from those non-English speaking countries‚ especially Asian countries‚ receive the tertiary
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Jackie Robinson: Overcoming Adversity Jackie Robinson‚ the first African-American in Baseball‚ transformed the face of American sports forever. Not only was he an outstanding athlete‚ but with the help of Branch Ricky‚ owner of Brooklyn Dodgers‚ they worked for reforms in the sports community. April 15‚ 1947 is the day that one of the most important events in American history took place. On that day‚ Jackie Robinson took the final step in making the biggest breakthrough in sports history‚ it
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