Personal Statement Of Accomplishment

Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself of or others.

Six years ago, my two parrots laid eggs for the first time. Long before those baby birds were hatched, I had done researches about raising instructions online. From the instructions, I desiccated chicken egg shells and mixed egg shell powders with the millets, which were the main food for the parrots. It would thus provide the parents with more calcium and prevent them from eating up their eggs in order to replenish themselves. Moreover, I learned to check if the eggs were fertilized by using a flashlight shining straight through the eggs. Deep colored yolks presented through the egg shells showed that those eggs were good to be hatched. In about twenty days, all seven eggs were hatched successfully. I was more excited than anyone - this was the first time I got to take care of newborn parrots! Minding the infants was more difficult than minding the unhatched eggs: newborns were frail and incompetent, and they died easily.Thinking of this, I suddenly felt the responsibility fell upon me.

Lacking of straw, I used dried barley for the bedding of the nest. However, that was a huge mistake. Many baby parrots got choked by barley while climbing and searching for food - their throat were too tender and too thin to eat such big food. Although I found out the cause quickly and changed the bedding, some of the parrots still died on my hands. I cried for hours. Guilt and regret crept in. “They would have lived if I could be more careful and followed the instructions,” I blamed myself ceaselessly. As I decided give up raising them, my parents came to me and said, “Don’t lose your heart! It’s not easy to bring up a newborn. You can make some changes and try