The past experiences in my life has created the person I to this day. There are multiple challenges throughout life, but one I overcame constructed the forthcoming future. Susan Cain, the author of Quiet, is a great example how my life is today, quiet. She talks about the power of being an introvert. Which I believe that is the type of person I am after reading her book. Beforehand I had envisioned a completely different life. In grade school I revolved around talking, pretending to be someone I was not, and indefinitely a trouble maker. Although the disciplinary actions I received, a 5th grade teacher recognized my potential. In grade school there were five different sections, ranging from one to five. The fifth section being the smartest
and the first for simple-minded individuals. I was placed in the first section due to my track record of previous years. I did not mind being in classes that were given extra time on assignments, and additional help on projects. But deep down I knew I was capable of alot more. As well as my fifth grade reading teacher, Mrs. Urich. About 3 months into the school year she scheduled a change in my section. I had a meeting with her discussing that I have the knowledge to be successful in school, and she placed me in fifth section. I was surprised and unsure if I was going to be able to keep up. Soon to realize that my C’s and D’s were turning into A’s and B’s. I give credit to my quietness, because instead of being a disruption in class I was focussing and turning my school work into something I looked forward to at the beginning of the day. Many individuals perceive that people that are in their head too much are unsocial, but I like to look at it as thinkers. I preferred to work alone on projects because I liked doing things my own way. I quickly learned that a lot of others prefer that too, but solitude is a catalyst for innovation and sparks new ideas. Quiet leadership is also another rule my 5th grade reading teacher had once explained to me. To listen to others ideas and learn what they mean, and to not necessarily agree or disagree with them, but improve them. Relating to quietness of individuals, and considered to be the father of the nation in India, Mahatma Gandhi once said, “In a gentle way, you can shake the word.” Which is one of the quotes that I like to live by everyday, and changes the way I comprehend things. Being a “thinker” helped me overcome my challenges of being a talking, and posing trouble maker throughout the rest of grade school, and into my senior year of highschool.
In the movie Ordinary People, Beth Jarrett is unable to cope with the loss of her eldest son, Buck who died in a boating accident. This situation creates a strain on her relationships with her husband, Calvin, and her youngest son, Conrad. Moreover, Beth is bitter towards Conrad because she believes he is the sole cause of Buck’s death. Meanwhile, Conrad begins meeting with a psychiatrist named Dr. Berger to help deal with his suicidal tendencies. Unlike Beth, Calvin Jarrett longs to connect with his son and give him the love that he needs. The Jarrett family could have avoided these problems if there had been stronger communication and conflict management skills. All the main characters deal with conflicts in one of two ways: silence or violence.
Silence — the sound of quiet, the state of mind, the lack of meaning — all these pertain to its definition. Communication is expanding, noise is increasing, music is becoming more obtainable as people search desperately for a moment of peace or a breeze of silence. As the scarcity of physical silence increases, its value as a rare commodity increases as well. The idiom “Silence is golden” may perhaps only grow closer to reality as time passes, as exemplified by the white noise machines or silent fans entering the market and fictionalized in Kevin Brockmeier’s short story, “The Year of Silence.” In light of this, Brockmeier explores the value of silence and noise in his story without putting one above the other. Through strange clues and hidden
The book Revealing the Invisible was written by Sherry Marx, a formal teacher, who went in-depth to explore the racist beliefs of white female teacher education students. The book began with Marx talking about pre service teachers that focused on English-language learning school children (ELLs). During this course she discovered just how low the expectations her students had for ELLs students. Throughout her interviews she will explore more beliefs of white females and their thoughts about race, racism, whiteness, and the children they tutored.
This was one of the main aspects that brought me to this crossroad that I am at now and that I faced at the beginning of my college career. When I decided to go to college I wanted to be a doctor, so that is how I started out. Looking at the challenges ahead of me on that path I did some research and decided to change paths and pursue a career in Health Services. In health services I can still help people the way I like and it also fits into my plan for myself. With what makes me myself I look at the crossroad I am at now and all I think to do is to keep moving forward and straight. Looking back is a different me and going left or right provides many new challenges, so forward is my only option. Even though I will run into many other crossroads and challenges on my current path, I feel the way I am put together I can overcome anything that comes my
Philip Noyce's adaptation of Graham Greene's novel The Quiet American to film was a large success. It stayed true to the script, and kept the basic essence of the characters; pulling them from the pages of the book and creating them visually into marvels on screen. The earlier film made on the book was made in 1958 by Joseph Mankiewicz. Fowler was played by Michael Redgrave, with Audie Murphy as Pyle. This version was forced to reverse Greene's political stand taken in the book however, meaning it had no-where near as much impact as Noyce's production. Noyce chose to film in actual Vietnamese locations and without compromise, boldly sticking to the novel by not letting the Americans come out of the story too kindly. The Vietnamese conflict-its roots, effects, and lifestyle was captured brilliantly with Brendan Fraser depicting the deceivingly innocent yet devious Pyle, and Michael Caine as Fowler the ageing and unhappy journalist.
This book, Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson, changes your entire mindset on Science Fiction and the concept on family. It’s a really good book that shows you have to either deal with what you got or find a way to do it better. This book takes you on a roller coaster of a emotions as you fly through the life of a third child.
Throughout life, we all have things that can be used to describe us from our birth to the present. One quote that describes my life is by Maya Angelou, a powerful feminist and poet, in it she states, “I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.” It shows that I am an intelligent, persevering, and vocal women in society. In life, so far I only have a few stages under my belt, like from childhood, preteen years, and teenage years. Through these periods in my life I have become a vibrant, focused, and independent woman.
I will tell you about my childhood, going on hikes in the "woods" with my brother at a way too early age. Trying to climb trees and rocks, with all the broken bones to show for it. Not the brightest kid at this point, but what I loved was evident at quite an early age. Family and the Forest is what my life revolved around, and then the most influential thing in life threw a curveball. This pitcher was time. I aged along with everything around me, my brother left for college, I entered high school, and my parents had quite the amount of issues at home forcing me to seek solitary within anything that would keep me occupied. Life was meaningless, I fell into a depression that really made me question who I was, and this search came up as empty as searching for my name in google. But then I took a class called Environmental Sciences Honors, followed by Biology Honors, then Biology 2 Honors, then AP Biology, and also AP Language and Composition after I heard that transcendentalism was a large aspect of that
The story of my life would simply be titled "determination". Throughout my life I have always been determined to get what I want. I was never a child that asked mom and dad for something and got it, I worked for it. From a young age my mother made me do chores around the house in order to go outside and play with my friends. As I got older, nothing go easier, chores turned into jobs, and my income turned into my alliance. However, one thing that I did realize is that working without passion is not very enjoyable. I began working at a Restaurant as a host, which is not the most glamorous job out there. Fortunately, the Restaurant I worked at was looking for a new local marketing team. Once I heard what the job entailed I jumped on the opportunity;
Winston Churchill said, “All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.” While I have learned from my mistakes in the past, all the experiences that I have endured have made me into the person I am today. Even being a work-in-progress, I have a solid foundation, strong internal support and blueprints of the person I will become. And the day I become a complete multi-colored sculptor of experiences and hard work, I will have helped and inspired others to do the same.
Not knowing who I was for many years led to a series of bad decisions and choices. However I began to notice that I had a gift, a talent of making others feel good and found myself wanting to be an emboldening model for others. Often my friends and family looked to me for advice and answers. I later realized that it was not about giving advice but helping them find the answer that are locked away in their subconscious mind. Helping them discover who they were; the irony I discovered who I was, my life purpose, my calling.
Many changes for the good and some were bad but, there were some learning experiences that help make me a better person. The events in my life, was dealing with the Birth and The Death of my first daughter.
Upon reading the essay prompt, I took a few moments to introspect. I thought back to every experience that helped mold me into the person I am today. As human beings, we are influenced by many aspects of our surroundings. Even as children, we develop certain attributes through observation, or through conditioning by our parents. These attributes may not be always positive, but the combination of both positive and negative qualities form the people we are today. No one is perfect; nevertheless, some are fortunate enough to have their strengths outweigh their weaknesses. I believe I am one of those lucky people.
Ultimately, my life is an intricate combination of my past, present, and future. At all times my life is being affected by my past experiences, present situations, and future aspiration. My past experiences shape how I react in present situations, while my future aspirations influence the present situations that I take on. My past experiences also influence the future path they my life takes. Move over, the path of my life is not linear progression of events, but a complex journey of self-reflection and I experience, reflect, and act in my present
My life is a mixture of moments, some happy moments and others not so much, but regardless, these moments have made me the person that I am today and I don’t regret anything that had happen. I consider myself a strong, and a very determined person, I have dreams to fill the world and I am willing to do the necessary efforts to attain those dreams. My motivations I inherit from my family, more specifically my father that I love so much; I have always