{"id":37514,"date":"2024-11-11T02:53:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T02:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/recount-a-time-when-you-faced-a-challenge-set-back-or-failure-how-did-it-effect-you-and-what-did-you-learn-from-the-experience\/"},"modified":"2024-11-11T02:53:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T02:53:57","slug":"recount-a-time-when-you-faced-a-challenge-set-back-or-failure-how-did-it-effect-you-and-what-did-you-learn-from-the-experience","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/recount-a-time-when-you-faced-a-challenge-set-back-or-failure-how-did-it-effect-you-and-what-did-you-learn-from-the-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Recount a time when you faced a challenge, set back, or failure.  How did it effect you and what did you learn from the experience."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>College Entrance Essay. &nbsp;Here is some information.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">From the day I was born I have overcome adversity. Long before I took my first breath, my birth mother had made several life choices that would ultimately shape me as a person for the rest of my life.&nbsp; As a single homeless mother, who already had a child, she was overwhelmed and couldn&#8217;t take on the care of one more person.&nbsp; My birth mother ultimately decided to put me up for adoption.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">Being adopted presents many challenges and mental struggles that are difficult to deal with as a young adult. I found myself questioning my own self-worth and identity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">As time went on, I developed a deep appreciation for how lucky I was for the gift of the family that had adopted me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">I have learned to think outside of the box. I have learned to overcome obstacles and think of different solutions to problems that seem&nbsp; insurmountable and unbeatable. Even when life throws you challenges, you find a way to overcome them and be better.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">I have learned to take the scenic route when faced with problems.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">Taught problem-solving skills by making me develop alternative strategies to learning and overcome my disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">Adoption &#8211; Birthmother: low-income, homeless<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">Dyslexia<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">ADHD<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">I have always been fascinated by money. Putting all of my coins in a jar. I wanted that Death Star. I helped around the house, did my chore list, and did everything that I could.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">Working through Dyslexia: &nbsp;I looked it as hard as I could, but I everything still kept moving. It wouldn\u2019t stop and I had no idea what it said. I got to go in a room where there were many toys. It was amazing. Until I learned that those toys would cause my brain to hurt. Like pulse hurt. But if I worked through it,&nbsp; I got prizes every time, but the best was that I could save for biggest prize at the top. It was so hard though. But they made me keep going. They wouldn\u2019t let me give up. They wouldn\u2019t let me quit. It wasn\u2019t going to be easy, but I could do it.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">I was devastated by this diagnosis. I remember looking at the doctor and feeling like the walls were going to close in on me. I couldn\u2019t stand it. I couldn\u2019t stop the tears. I was sobbing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">On the way home, my parents let me process. Once we got home, my mother refused to let me wallow. We sat down and looked at a list of all of the people in the world that were dyslexic. I was pretty impressed. I could do this, I could be successful. I could be perfect and be dyslexic.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">Then, they made me see a psychologist &#8211; A PSYCHOLOGIST!! I was very upset. How could I work on not being dyslexic if this person was telling me that I would always be. Then the next hit came &#8211; not only was I dyslexic, I had ADHD. I thought that I was coming here to feel better.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;Perfection &#8211; cannot do everything. There wasn\u2019t enough of me. Enjoyment,&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">being well-rounded.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">Even if a problem seems insurmountable, you can still overcome it. I may have to work harder than others to get the same result, but that has also made me a much stronger person.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto;\">Looking back, I have to laugh that I made my career choice on something that started with me cleaning toilets. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College Entrance Essay. &nbsp;Here is some information. From the day I was born I have overcome adversity. 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