...I used to think that I was “all that.” In elementary school and middle school I didn’t have to work hard and was able to get good grades without putting forth a lot of effort. My personal philosophy was that if I worked hard in class during the school day, then when I got home from school, my time should be my own. I had been successful following this belief system for years, and then, I enrolled in AP World History (APWH) in the tenth grade. My experiences in APWH changed my entire outlook on my role as a student and caused me to reevaluate my perspective on the things that were important to me. I had heard that APWH was going to require a lot of work, but I was sure that it would be no different than any other honors level class that I had taken. I received an assignment to complete during the summer. I started the work, but it was so boring that I never finished the readings. When school started, and the teacher began to give daily quizzes based on the summer readings, I knew I was in trouble. I started to fall behind due to the amount of time required to complete each assignment. I knew I wasn’t off to a good start of the school year. My grade began to tank and I was unable to keep up with the pace of this class. The downward spiral of my grades in APWH affected my other classes also. As I spent more time trying to bring up my grade in this class, my grades began to suffer in my other classes. I decided to make a drastic change. I needed to quit playing football to...
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...The handling of adversity dichotomy is also displayed by historical figures. One example of overcoming adversity is found in King George VI of the United Kingdom. King George was the king who was never meant to be king, that destiny always belonging to his eldest brother, Prince Edward. When Edward abdicated the throne, King George was thrust into the spotlight, a place he was never comfortable in. King George struggled with stuttering, hating to be in public eye for he could never get his words right. By the persuading of his wife, King George agrees to see a speech therapist. The therapy sessions goes poorly, as King George is convinced he is failing and will be unable to make any improvement. King George however, continues to work at it....
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...Adversity with Dyslexia Did you know that 70-80% of people with poor reading skills are likely to be dyslexic? One in five students have a language based learning disability and the most common one is Dyslexia. I am one of those Dyslexic people. To deal with Dyslexia, I had to use some life skills to cope and overcome the adversity. It was hard work, but it paid off because eventually. I felt very proud of myself as my reading improved. Insight and initiative were two key skills that helped me. I found out that I had Dyslexia at age 8 after having some testing done with a psychologist. She explained that Dyslexia was not my fault because it can be caused by the genes you are born with. She told me there was not a cure to make me better but some...
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...While my interactions with the population of my high school have often been marked by adversity and unabashed homophobia, the experiences I have gleaned as a gay woman in a socially conservative high school have nevertheless shaped the person I am and the perspectives I hold. Because of my orientation and the stigma that still pervades the majority of the minds at my rural high school, I have gained many experiences unique to my situation. I have lost numerous friends, experienced numerous instances of ignorant and homophobic language, as well as faced an non-supportive family after I disastrously came out. But however much these interactions with my community have heart, they have also helped me form my own small community of other LGBT...
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...The whistle blew, and my team and I jogged off the field, feeling awful. Through the struggle of losing the championship, I realized that I identified two advanced life skills to overcome the adversity: values and insight. The causes of going through the adversity of losing the championship soccer game, were the team that we played was pretty good, and had some exceptional players. The skills they used were sophisticated, although my team still knew how to use those skills. The other cause for going through the adversity, was that my team was tired from the first game that we had played earlier that same day. We were all slower in this game than we were in the first game. The effects of the adversity were that some of us cried after the...
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...Overcoming adversity is never easy. Especially, when you do not quite see that you are disadvantaged. I can do something that most nineteen year olds cannot. I can tell you exactly when I overcame my adversary, how I overcame it, and who was there to help me along on my journey. I was about eleven the first time it happened. I was with my oldest sister celebrating New Years with her and her boyfriend. She had just graduated high school and was living with him, his little brother, and his parents out in the middle of nowhere. My sister, her boyfriend, his brother and I were all drinking and smoking what I believe was pot. I knew better, but it’s hard to say no when they are making fun of you. I did it. I remember feeling frazzled and not in control. I hated every second of it. Midnight rolls around and my sister tells me she has to go to work, and that she is leaving me there. I argue with her repeatedly over just taking me home. I was terrified to stay there without her. She told me if she took me home that we would all get into trouble because I drank and because she let me. I did not want to get into trouble, and I did not want her to get into trouble. I...
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...Overcoming Adversity First Monday conditioning as Coach Coss yells, “Groups of three!” The entire room besides the freshman body knows what is about to come. Not anymore dreaded but the long awaited “Monkey Rolls.” The most intense minute of your life. Not only do you feel accomplished by it afterwards, but after doing five to six sets in a row, do you feel unstoppable? It is the first Monday practice of the 2023-2024 wrestling season. Everyone is super excited to get back into the new season and are eager to get back into shape. Most of the returning wrestlers are aware of how the beginning of new seasons are. As for me, I am aware that I am already through my freshman year. Getting into a new season of wrestling is always a challenge. Unlike...
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...Adversity is a difficult thing to face, but it shows us who we are. Some people say that there are three ways to react to adversity, carrot who softens to when boiled, eggs that harden, and the coffee bean that changes the water. This is a question we have to ask ourselves. I react differently to every adversity, as a carrot, egg, and coffee bean. Sometimes, when I face adversity I become soft like carrot. This is the worst way to respond. Being a carrot is awful; I feel powerless to do anything. This was the way I dealt with adversity when I was a child. I would cry and ask my parents to correct the problem, never taking responsibility. However, I like to believe that I will overcome this way in time as I grow older, and realise that...
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...Baylee Milam 523069 Many people say that life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Although my life has been very comfortable I have faced hatred, anger, and hostility many places I’ve been. I have and been faced with this and I still continue to see the best in the people who portray the anger or hostility. In many places that I have worked other employees have bad work ethics and bad behavior but yet I still continue to think the best of them. So although I have not faced much adversity, my attitude toward people is the adversity I have had to overcome. Seeing the best in people has been both my demise and best feature. I take the hostility and the hatred from people and am still able to see the good in them. I am the...
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...Adversity People deal with adversity throughout their entire lives. The way each individual's deal and overcome obstacles are different. People overcome adversity by learning how to live with it, developing a way how to fix it, or learning to move on with their lives. To begin, people overcome adversity by learning how to live with it. In the movie “Soul Surfer” Bethany Hamilton’s arm was bitten off by a shark. But she has to do so many task, making her life harder. Bethany had to learn to live with only having one arm. Everyday task and things that Bethany loved, like surfing would now by difficult. But Bethany couldn’t change the fact she had lost an arm. So Bethany tried and eventually learned to live with only having one arm. To conclude, Bethany Hamilton learned to live with the obstacle in her...
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...I read “ We Beat The Streets” by the “three doctors” Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr. George Jenkins, Dr. Rameck Hunt, and Sharon M. Draper. To me this story was about the three boys overcoming the adversity and all the challenges from coming out of the “ghetto” and becoming successful doctors. No one had faith in them but themselves and their family. Everyone around them only brought negativity but they were optimistic even when things got tough they pushed through, and persevered. People had a perception of these boys before they met them because of where they come from. But what they proved is not only can they come from a place of violence and drugs and become something more than that. But show themselves if you just try everything will fall into place....
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...Adversity can be overcame in many different ways. Adversity was proven to be overcame in the text by determination. In the story about Bethany Hamilton and the story about coping mechanisms. Some coping mechanisms that people use is a good support system(s). This was more or less shown in the story about Bethany Hamilton and mentioned a few times in the reading about coping mechanisms. Religion is another great way of coping with adversity. This was also shown a lot in the story about Bethany. These three ways of overcoming adversity show that if something bad happens, life doesn’t end there. There are many ways to overcome adversity. Determination is one of the most common ways. In the story about Bethany Hamilton it states, “Bethany’s...
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...People face adversity in trying to survive, saving the loved ones, and accomplishing something. People face adversity trying to survive because they are put in a place where the vast majority do not survive, saving another's life can be adversity because the person attempting to save life must do what is necessary to achieve his/her goal. Attainments are not easy based on backgrounds and family wealth. Adversity is also a big theme in the book Night. Elie Wiesel was faced with adversity in the attempt to survive in Sighetu Marmației, Romania, as a jew. Elie along thousands of jews were sent to the German Border by the government of countries bordering German. From there, Elie was sent to concentration camp, where he was forced to be separated from his mother and his little sister. He was put in a labor program that offered very little food and a lot of beating along witnessing his...
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...affinity towards overcoming challenges and difficult adversity. Throughout life, we adapt to challenges and master the ability to surmount obstacles. Despite the difficulties we experience, the process of overcoming complications allows us to become more knowledgeable on the task at hand. However, it is not just the conquering of adversity that is beneficial, but the adversity itself has positive effects on the challenged. Adversity allows an individual to develop a sense of discipline, as well as encouraging individuals to exercise their mind to confront a problem or conflict. Specifically, students who encounter hardships are more inclined to try harder, which promotes competition within the school. Although adversity may be beneficial towards some students, challenges can be detrimental for students who lack confidence. For instance, some students develop a mentality of despair; they believe that if one has to work hard, then the person does not have the natural ability for the assignment. Based on the effects of adversity aforementioned, I believe that students can both benefit from the obstacles faced in school with the proper mentality or the effects could be hindering. Students face adversity every day, regardless of how transparent the obstacle may be; some problems may not be as evident as others. According to Carol S. Dweck, author of Brainology, all students face adversities throughout their high-school career, specifically, the challenge of overcoming a fixed mindset...
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...portrays her experiences with adversity, as well as the experiences of many others, how she copes with them and how she rises above them. Maya exposes the reality of adversity in all its forms and by the end of the novel we are able to learn what overcoming adversity truly means. One of the social issues seen is that Maya is not getting the attention she needs from her caregivers. The author uses literary devices to explore the issue when she says "she was like a pretty kite that floated just above my head. If I liked I could pull her to me by saying I had to go to the toilet or by starting a fight with Bailey." This simile helps to show that Maya's mother takes care of her basic needs but fails to give her the actual care and attention a child needs. The issue contributes to the text as a whole by demonstrating how Maya might act in certain situations. An example of this is when she liked the attention she was getting from Mr. Freeman at first, although she knew it wasn't right. Overcoming this adversity helped Maya to grow as a person and become more independent. As Maya goes through life she often encounters racism such as when she gets a toothache and Momma takes her to the white dentist. During this time we are able to see discrimination against blacks come to life in front of Maya. The quote "Annie, my policy is that I'd rather stick my hand in a dog's mouth than in a nigger's." is used to portray the discrimination Maya must go through. Overcoming this helped her to become...
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