Describe a challenge you have overcome in your life.

Time and tide passes by and the day of reckon always draws closer and closer. The day that one proves to the whole world what he is capable of achieving in life. Revising and the deciphering of questions that one had been taught both present and past becomes the act of the day. For everyone knew the consequences that came with not making those required grades A’s and in a consideration manner B’s. I found it very difficult to make those grades A’s and as a matter of fact, that was a major challenge I encountered.

It all started, when the duration reduced to about two months. Each and every student realized the need to study and prepare very well for the final exam. Out of fear and anxiety I decided to put in all my possible efforts within the few days to attain the level I really wanted to be.

Sooner did I know, the days drew closer and the exam that tested our competence was due. Each and every individual had to be paid in his own coin. The exam started and my aspirations were high, for I knew the extent to which I was to perform. From a personal point of view, I thought I tackled each and every set of questions in those papers profoundly and expected nothing less than an “A”. Just like how it takes a while for a rocket to move from the earth to space so did the days of this exams week, and suddenly I realized that I was writing my final paper. What my colleagues and I had dreamt of some years back was to be experienced within a few hours. “Yes!” we were graduating out of basic school; the battle that we had to fight after several days of intensive teaching without leaving any stone unturned was over. And the question that engulfed my sub conscience mind was “had we all fought a good cause?” A q...

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...ly you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.”

It was time to get into high school and due to my results I was admitted into a second class school. Before I reported to the school, I made it a point to make the grades A’s. I started school with all determination and perseverance. I inaugurated taking my studies serious by giving all the necessary attention to teachers when they taught and also made sure to understand and learnt anything I was taught. I began making the grades A’s as each term passed by and realized my dad was right when he told me “I can achieve anything once I tune my mind and work hard.” So then I think that if one is resolutely determined to overcome a challenge, he should strongly stick to Theodore Roosevelt’s assertion that, “if we believe we can, we are half way there.”