Examples Of Obstacles

Obstacles, issues and problems; some think that they exist to stop us from progressing, when in reality obstacles exist as a force that forces us to keep moving forward, obstacles come in a variety of forms, such as learning to ride a bicycle or some sort of sport performance, Mine came disguised as a trip to a public speaking convention.

To begin with. Let us hear some background information, I was raised in Mexico for eight years, where I took my elementary education, and basics of middle school; then I moved back to Brownsville, Texas, here I started 8th grade, where I experienced a culture shock. This relatively new society had a free-caring nature, oblivious of the world outside their vicinity.

During my freshman year in high school, my

There I stood alone in a room, at a university miles from the comforting fence of my backyard; strangers decked the halls and the lobby, some were familiar with each other meanwhile others including me, resorted to secluded ourselves in corners, and rooms while we sheathed under the protective barrier formed by crossing our arms; but that secure place got destroyed when we were called upon the common hall, in this place the daily challenges were presented, afterwards we were divided into temporary groups to attend a series of interviews. Questions were asked, from what is your favorite color? Why should I choose you to be part of my group? To what is more important in a society, collective order or personal decisions? By nighttime the teams were chosen, for my luck, I faced my old enemy of childhood, being from the last ones to be chosen. Nevertheless, I finally my name was said and I joined an unnamed group. At late hours of the night we were redirected to a homeroom, again there I stood I the far end of the table trying to make myself as invisible as always, when our “teacher” and her assistants told us to present ourselves to the group, this consisted on our names and adding a hand gesture as a signature. That fateful evening when my turn came I forgot all the names that were previously

My goal with this project was to inspire people form their own caravans, then promote this culture among their community; now some might think of using other forms of communication, but I believe that face to face interaction is the best to understand someone’s else lifestyle. After two days of writing and practice the only thing left was to present the speech to a series of judges, but only one problem laid between me and the judges, that pebble in my road was my childhood enemy that came back to haunt me, this problem inhibited my ability to express my ideas, or to even stand proudly in front of an audience, my problem was that I happened to stutter, this was not your regular stuttering problem, I am talking about the kind of speech impediment that makes you wish you were mute, for the being mute seemed best that the comprehendible gibberish that emanated from my mouth. With only a few hours between me and the judges an immense sense of despair flooded my mind, what if I stutter midway during the speech? What if forget a word, even worst what if I forget a sentence or the whole speech? In