Personal Narrative: Overcoming My Fears Of Rejection

Overcoming my fears of rejection

Have you ever wondered how it feels like to be rejected? I guess not, when I was younger I was rejected by my friends because of my family’s poor background. Starting from elementary school I was separated from my friends because I came from a poor background. I had to grow up without friends moreover this was a very bad experience, because I never had the chance to learn from my friends. Instead I became the face of ridicule at my school, I was criticized called all sorts of names and I was unable to learn because I was in a foreign land seeking for refugee and did not receive any assistance from school officials because I wasn’t a native born citizen. My only hope was making it from Zambia to the United States because almost everybody spoke about the American dream, opportunities as well as free education because my

parents believed in me and they didn’t want me to go through the same type of life that they had. And finally in March 1, 2011 my family and I flied across the Atlantic ocean making it to the united States, this was most memorable in my life experience because it was my first time riding in an airplane, I was very excited to be accepted in a new environment.

My first year in school in the United States was good and challenging, I loved the fact that I was given an opportunity to work with peers.

Yet my greatest challenge was learning how to speak English, this was a heavy challenge because I had to learn how to work with different students from different countries. I also had to adapt to a new learning environment, I had to learn how to operate with computers and internet because in my country students were not offered internet facilities. It was an interesting adventure learning from other people experience, but very challenging because we all had different levels some students were beginners some were intermediate and some students were advanced. After spending two years in ESL classes I felt like I needed a change in learning environment because the teacher spent the entire class period explaining to students and I had to stay late after school in order to get notes. As a student of a poor background I was so determined to make my destiny I wanted a better life for

myself.
I didn’t want my generation to go through what I and my parents went through, I decided to switch from ESL classes and take regular classes with native English speakers this was the most critical decision I had ever made because neither teacher nor principle believed in me because they thought I wasn’t ready for the challenge, they refused to grant my request and I didn’t agree with school officials decision because I knew what I wanted so I didn’t give up I fought for my transition in regular classes. But unfortunately the school didn’t want to give me a chance to prove myself, so I decided to change school because I was hungry and thirsty for success. And clearly there was a school that was willing to accept a motivated immigrant student like me. In addition this particular decision changed my life for good because as soon as I started taking regular classes I was able to speak English quickly and was able to move from the buttom of the class to the top, and as people began realizing my academic success they decided to be friends. And I now have a lot of friends and that’s how I got Genesys Works because of my peer network at school. The world is full of opportunities as long as you can connect the dots in your life you will accomplish your goals and get where you want to be, but it all starts with a single dream and vision of where you want to see yourself.