Throughout our life, we have had to make many decisions. It is through some little nudges and motivation that we received from others that have helped us made decisions that led us to where and who we are today. When I was not doing so well and had thought that I was doomed with a life of failure, one little nudge from my teacher led me to success and made me have a new opinion of myself. This experience taught me the value of determination and that even if not immediately, hard work will pay off someday.
I have a childhood friend named See Yan Ling. We have known each other since kindergarten and have both enrolled into the same primary school. Coincidentally, except for primary three, both of us were admitted into the same classes from primary one to six. Yan Ling excelled in all her academics. As she was my closest friend, my mother would always compare me with her. Except for my mother tongue language, I was inferior to Yan Ling in all other core subjects that consist of English, Mathematics and Science. These comparisons made me feel lousy. I thought of mysel...
Her principal was described as "maniacal" (Wong 1). Wong identified speaking Chinese as an "embarrassment" (Wong 2). The words she chose
Encouragement plays a significant role in my success. Without encouragement, the achievement won't come true. Juliet Ferking, the author of "A Drive to Achieve the Extraordinary" from This I Believe: Life Lessons, tells her story about how she succeeds at things that normal people don't. No matter what people say, she achieved big things in her life. Her only encouragement are those who actually supported her (Ferking). My connection to Ferking's essay is that without the encouragement that my family and friends are giving me, I wouldn't have the motivation to pursue my degree to have a good career. Even if other people ridicule my choice of degree, I won't succumb to their words.
Motivation and determination is what has made me who I am today. Although being indecisive of whether
There is a saying, “ The falling of yesterday are the learning of tomorrow ”. This quote is wonderful and inspiring for whomever is afraid of making a mistake. I never thought one day I had to take this quote as my motivation in life. I could still recognize the time when my parents told me to move to from my hometown to Florida. In that moment I knew that life was changing in someway. I was so excited and wondering which way would my life go. Moving to the unknown place is the biggest challenge. It has taught the significant lesson that I would never learn in my own country.
In spite of determination is the key to success, others would contradict and question why. In the story, “Against The Odds” Sully had determination, to save the people on the plane. Determination matters for everyone because it motivates others to reach their goal. For instance in, “The Grapes Of Wrath” the farmers had the determination to move through the disasters such as blackouts, thick air, and dust storms. The determination is essential for those who are successful like Sully, Bethany Hamilton, Billy Coleman, Albert Einstein, and J.K Rowling. To begin being successful is important for all people that want to aim to their goal.
Some life lessons are better to be learned at an early stage at life and for my situation it’s good that I did. I learned that one should never depend on others when it comes to doing your own work. You have to work hard to get what you want, you can’t just wait for others to do it for you. This is one of the toughest lessons I learned and it’s good that I learned it. Although, it was tough for me the way I learned it.
My uncle went camping with his friends and he got lost. He had to use his knowledge and his resources around him to survive otherwise he would have not been able to survive. In those days that he was by himself, he was always determined to do better, so that nothing bad ever happens to him. He knew he would survive because he had the knowledge, and he had survival skills that were always been there for him to use .
What they have done to foster my motivation was the way they would praise me. Like for example in Dweck, Carol S. “Brainology”: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn. It claims that praise might tell them that being smart and talent is the most important thing and it’s what makes you valuable. That’s when parents or teacher make mistakes they praise them wrong and all they just do is build up children’s ego. Then when they do something wrong children think they 're less and it plays with their self-esteem. But that was not my case, though, nobody never made it seem to me like being smart and talented where the most important and that’s what made someone valuable. To my mother in other hand I always had the best advice something that she would always tell me while growing up was that being smart and talented was not something you have it’s something you earn by your hard effort and so I
This said woman was my mother. She was a flight attendant at the time for US Airways and despite being busy 24/7, she tried her best to make time for both me and my education. From what I was told, my mother was valedictorian of her high school class and was had many extra- curricular activities to credit for. Despite being a great student and having tons of friends, there was something else going on in my life at the time, in which very few people in my circle were privy to…
This quote shows that your choices create opportunities to learn lessons and influence your choices and behavior with the interactions you make.
For any person to accomplish their own future goals and ambitions they have to not lack the will and desired to succeed in life. However sometimes life can get you down and you start lacking the will to continue on and you start doubting yourself, sometimes you just need a little motivation to help out. Maybe you can find that motivation in yourself to continue or you may have a random stranger just step into your life to help guide you and motivate you to achieve whatever you’re trying to accomplish. Almost all people in the world have goals that they are looking to one day accomplish. No matter if its someone trying to become one of the greatest scientist to ever live, or even a person looking out for their family
For example, my junior year I did very well then my last two years of high school. I was very proud of my myself I was setting my goals towards getting better grades and I accomplished that goal thanks to the support from my CORE teachers and friends that supported me and believed in me. This year I'm willing on doing what I did last year but better.I also experience another great thing in life, and that was going to solar training. While the time I Was there I felt like anything was possible, I felt like I could do anything if I set my mind to it. My experience at solar camp made me want to try new things in life and made me think positive about my future.
Well, of course I would have not been able to get that motivation I needed on my own. I had someone who was and is by my side guiding me into making the right decisions and has helped me realize that I want a better future not only for myself but who knows maybe for my kids in the future and be able to give them everything I never had. That person who doesn’t want me to struggle like my parents or his have and wants me to be the best I can be. This amazing person also known as Isaac Zarate my amazing boyfriend who without him I really don’t know where I would be standing in life right now. He has challenged me in so many ways not only to change the way I look at things but has also made me realize that education is the power of defense and that anything is possible. When I would mention to him how managing school and work was such a struggle and how I just wanted to leave school aside and make money he worked with me on making sure things worked on my schedule so I could have time for it
However, I was always seen as average at best. I never went above and beyond in school and I clearly wasn’t the top of my class with perfect grades and 4.0 GPA. I was embarrassed for the classes I took because like I said before, I was always seen average at best. Math was surprisingly difficult for me and so was Chemistry and Physics. None of those classes were honors or AP and that’s where I felt like I fell short because a lot of the Asians I knew were already so far ahead. I was nothing special or unique, I was less than ordinary and I stuck out like a sore thumb. Akimi Yan wrote, “How do US teachers’ stereotypes of Asian students affect performance?” which she discusses how Asians are perceived in the school system. She says, “If the standards are so high, there must be some Asian students who could not live up to the expectations...results into their negative self perception.” (n.p) I definitely understand what Yan is talking about because I’m one of those Asian students who don’t live up to other’s expectations. I’m always comparing myself to others especially Asian students and my sister who is a talented Dentist. I use to feel ashamed for who I was, but more importantly, I felt ashamed for my family. I never wanted them to think they raised someone who was a disappointment. Coming from someone who constantly felt like they weren’t good enough, it has made me want to prove
At times we may doubt our dreams, we wonder if our dreams could one day truly become a reality. We encounter a numberless amount of challenges throughout our lifetimes, many we have no say in the outcome, but many that we do. We have two choices when faced with adversity; we can either turn our backs and quit or stand up and fight back. This is what it comes down to ultimately, how far we’re willing to go to fulfill our dreams. Successful individuals don’t get discouraged from achieving greatness. They pave their own path to success by keeping their dreams in mind and taking the necessary risks to achieve their