The document discusses overcoming obstacles. It describes how women and girls around the world overcome the obstacle of being deprived of education by secretly attending school. It also states that obstacles are tests that help people develop traits to achieve their goals. The specific obstacles the author faced in their education allowed them to grow and helped their academic success and personal development.
1. Overcoming Obstacles
An obstacle is anything that blocks one's way and prevents progress from occurring; however one
has the power to overcome them and change for the better. Around the world, many women and
young girls are deprived of the right of learning either because their religion or their family is
oppressing them. Nevertheless, they still overcome this obstacle by attending school and receiving an
education in secret. Individuals face many impediments that do not allow them to achieve what
they desire. Many give up on the attempt and do not keep going to try to achieve the goal; however
obstacles are the tests in life that help an individual develop traits that will help a person to achieve
their goals. The obstacles I have faced in my education that have
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2. Overcoming Obstacles
Something in my life that I think goes unnoticed is my ability to overcome obstacles that get in
my way. I learned at a very young age how to deal with serious events and problems. My life hasn't
been easy and the fact that I am alive is a miracle. On March 15, 1998, my parents were on their
way home from a business trip when a drunk driver crashed into them just miles from home. My
mom was 32 weeks pregnant with me at that time and doctors said we might not make it. My dad
broke his arm, while my mom suffered a horrific traumatic brain injury and other major physical
damage. She had to learn everything all over again. Growing up with a mentally and physically
disabled mom was extremely difficult. She would do odd things, get angry for no reason,
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3. Overcoming Obstacles
At least once in everyone's life there is an obstacle that they face and have to overcome. Obstacles
and barriers are used as a way to help shape people to help them become what they are supposed to
be in life. Some Obstacles and barriers can be small and could be easily fixed, however some are Big
and may take a while to overcome. Since I am only sixteen I have not had many problems, and for
the problems that I did have were actually very small. When trying to answer this question I come
to realize that none of the major problems I had were external they were all mainly internal, more
specifically myself. The main obstacle I have had to overcome in my life was accepting myself for
who I am and learning how to love me for me. Growing...show more content...
Then she started putting me in skirts and bows and I was actually happy about until I got to
school. Once I got to school the popular girls started talking about me and how I has hairy, ugly,
and fat. When I got home I told my mom and she said I shouldn't worry about what other people
told me and that I was a pretty girl. So when went back to school I started tuning out what people
said about me until I got older. When I reached middle school the taunting about my weight died
down but I still found it as a problem. I couldn't ignore what people were saying about me because
I cared what people thought of me. I went on diets and worked out every day and it worked. I
started to lose weight. But after a while I actually started to gain weight instead of lose it and
crushed my feelings. I felt that I did everything right and it worked for everyone else but me. I
thought that no one would ever like me because I felt like I wasn't good enough. I felt as if I wasn't
as pretty, small, or intriguing as the other girls. I hardly could even look myself in the mirror
because I felt as if I was a
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4. Overcoming Obstacles
Merriam–Webster defines growing up as such; to grow toward or arrive at full stature or physical
or mental maturity. Growing up is like getting hit in the face with a brick. The brick being a
metaphor for my transition into becoming an adult. My transition began at the beginning of the
summer when some of my best friends graduated high school and were getting ready to go off to
college. These girls included me in their group when I was only a freshman and over the past three
years we formed a tight bond. Most of us had played sports together too like, basketball and track. As
an underclassman I really looked towards my friends for guidance and many of them I viewed as
role models. Having my friends leave for college this past summer was a real
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5. Overcoming Obstacles
"Be thankful for each new challenge, because it will build your strength and character." Every once
and awhile we will get our boots stuck in the challenges that we will have to trudge through to
become stronger. Truly, we don't grow when things are easy or non
–chaotic, rather we sprout into a
growing tree when there is a rain storm. Life throws us overboard at every twist and turn so we
have to batten down the hatches. Not only that, but we also seem to fall deeper into a bottomless
pit when we attempt to take the shorter path. Overall, we have all faced challenges within our life,
whether from a problem at home, to losing a soccer game. A maze that is endless, quick sand that
swallows you whole; can both describe a challenge. We've all
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6. Overcoming Obstacles
Obstacles. What are they? Obstacles are every day little things, big or small. An obstacle could
be getting up in the morning, going to school or work, homework, making dinner, or maybe
training for a marathon. We may not realize it, but we face some type of obstacle every day.
Different people experience different obstacles, for some people a really difficult obstacle can be
easy for others and vise versa. Everyone handles their obstacles in life differently. Overcoming an
obstacle can feel very refreshing because we accomplished something, and who doesn't love that
feeling of achieving something? An obstacle i'm pretty sure we've all faced is trying to walk
when we were babies. We always see those adorable videos of baby giraffes , cows, or deers trying
to stand up right after they're born, they struggle to stand on their own and their legs shake because
they can't hold the weight. But eventually they're walking and running all over the place. Even
though they are animals they don't get up because they are determined to stand. If people don't have
the determination to...show more content...
No one would have the determination to do things that get in someone's way because nothing would
be in their way. We would be living in an almost "perfect"world. In a way we need obstacles to
become stronger, we wouldn't know how to problem solve or do anything. An obstacle i've faced
is having sleepovers with my friends. I would have really bad separation and couldn't even stay
the night at my neighbor's house or my grandparents. I would wake up at 2 or 3 in the morning and
cry because I wanted to go home. It was embarrassing, but now I have no problem staying the night
anywhere. If I never overcame that obstacle I would be missing out on all the fun that most other
people
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7. Overcoming Obstacles
An obstacle is anything that blocks one's way and prevents progress from occurring, but one has
the power to overcome them and change for the better. Around the world, many women and young
girls are deprived of the right of learning either because of their religion or families are oppressing
them. Nevertheless, they still overcome this obstacle by attending school and receiving an education
in secret demonstrating how brave they are by rebelling against their customs. The obstacles I
have faced in my education, which have allowed me to develop traits to help in my academic
success and becoming a better person, are not being accepted into a private high school, having
one parent for half a school year, and after school sports. First of all, not being accepted into a
private high school steered me towards academic success at Godinez Fundamental High School.
During middle school, they chose the top students of the grade to apply to private high schools
across the nation, but I did not get...show more content...
My mother had to travel to Mexico after discovering her mother was gravely ill in January 2015.
My father stayed behind to take care of my sister and me. To help aid my father in managing
things smoother, I had to watch my sister and leave sports practice half an hour before it was
over. Thus, during the time I was in sports I had to work even harder to be at the same level as
everyone else and not fall behind. In addition, I had to work on my schoolwork more efficiently,
so I was constantly trying to find ways to become more intelligent to process ideas faster and
finish my work in a rapidly manner to only focus my attention on my sister. During this
experience, I picked up the traits to love to learn new forms of doing a task and always accept
criticism from my peers to help me succeed in my academic career, which did help because I
obtained all straight A's in the second
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8. Overcoming Obstacles Essay
Obstacles and barriers are in our everyday life. But it is what we do and how we react that helps
us grow. Some are small causing short disarray while others might change a person's life. In my
short seventeen years, I have found the most difficult obstacle I have had to encounter was my
parents divorce. I was mere 10 years old when my parents separated. It definitely took a toll on
me. Often times I felt cold, alone, and broken. My mother scooped me up and put me back
together. Having my mom play the role of both a mother and father really opened my eyes.
Growing up, I would see my mom break her back just to give us, her children, food, clothes, and a
roof over our heads. But even when times would be so tough there was one thing that never
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9. Overcoming Obstacles
My obstacle that i had to overcome proves many things about my def of an obstacle which is ''An
obstacle is something that you have to overcome in your life.'' Having to deal with an obstacle
like mine which is having to move to a different city is really something that is a thing you have
to overcom in life. I had to make new friend, meet new people, and pretty much have to start miy life
all over again because i wont know anything about the city i would be moving to. Having to start
over in your life is a big obstacle to overcome and it made my life very hard until i met one of my
best friends that i will talk abou later in my story. My def of an obstacle will soon be proven when
you read the rest of my life story. I used to live in manteca
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10. Personal Narrative Essay On Overcoming Obstacles
Out of my 35yrs of life I have ovecame so many obstacles. Being a struggling single parent, and
just not satisified with how my life was going there are so many that I can talk about but these three
where my biggest obstacles. But with my praying family I was against all odds. As I mention in my
dicussion questin being a single mother was not an easy task. I was 21 a college student when I a
gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. I had no clue on how to raise a child. I cried several of nights
question myself why is this happening to me? Is it because I had a child out of wued my wedlock?
I then begin to think, if that was the case it will be more people just then myself stuggling with no
help. I cried and prayed many of nights. Finally I stop
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11. Overcoming Obstacles
Have you ever been scared to accomplish a challenge? I'm going to be talking about the time
when I accomplished one of the challenges that I have always wanted to learn how to do. Some
people that were involved or a whiteness of my accomplishment was my sister named Malina and
my little cousin named Mazzy . one day my cousin sister and I were all outside and bouncing on
the trampoline and we were all taking turns doing cool jumps or moves and so I decided that I
wanted to try and do a backflip because I was a cheerleader at the time in 6th grade and I
remember I wanted to be just like this one girl on our cheer team that could do massive flips and
so anyways I was very scared and worried and I kept doubting myself but finally I wasn't really
thinking about it and I just started bouncing and next thing you know I was in the air and I did a
backflip. If you ever try and accomplish something like this be very careful because I can tell you
some advantages and some disadvantages about trying to do this. Some advantages is that you can
impress people , you can be an inspiration , you can teach...show more content...
after I was able to reach my goal I started to do flips everyday after school and on the weekends and I
never stopped. Eventually my time if being a cheerleader and doing those incredible flips has came
to an ending. One day me and all 3 of my sisters went to a trampoline arena and once I got there I
started to do flips and a whole bunch of other stuff and next thing you know I began to do a double
backflip and I landed on my arm and broke both bones in my forearm and had to get surgery and
was in a cast for over a year and I was devastated that I couldn't do flips anymore and lost all of my
skills and now I cant do it anymore and it was just a terrible
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12. Overcoming Obstacles
From personal experience, any obstacle or disadvantage can be used for something good. When I
was a high school senior, I broke my wrist playing basketball right before state playoffs. It
devastated me and my team. For a sports enthusiast like me, this injury was a major setback.
Through this experience, I became a better team captain by raising moral from the bench dispite not
being able to play. Life will always come with obstacles but we must determine whether we want to
use the obstacles to fuel greatness or disappointments. This paper will discuss people throughout
history that have used their personal struggles and setbacks to achieve something great. Thomas
Edison had major setbacks and obstacles that prevented him from inventing
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13. Overcoming Obstacle Analysis
We have covered several interesting topics during these past eight weeks, but chapter 12
Overcoming Obstacle is a chapter; which relates to my life and academic endeavors. When I have
conversations with some of my student worker's, I share some of my testimony. I tell student's; they
can overcome any obstacles by setting goals, surrounding themselves with positive people, and
trusting in God.
This is my testimony. I stated in a previous journal entry; I was reared by negative parents, but the
truth be told; my parents were on a different level of negativity. I would classify my parents as mean,
nasty, hateful, and controlling.
During my junior high and high school years, my parents referred to me as dumb, stupid, and told
me I would never
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14. Overcoming An Obstacle
I do believe that any obstacle or disadvantage can be turned into something good. I believe this
because people learn many things from their mistakes and that's the only way. In the example that
is provided, the actor is obviously confused. The director makes a good point on how to work
around it, and in a case where they make use of the chair that's in the way, which helps make it
funny, exciting, or depressing. In a play or musical of any type, it adds meaning. Not only does an
obstacle or disadvantage get turned into something good, but it can discover new things. Whenever
any situation happens, such as in this case, I'd laugh if it's funny, cry if it's dramatic, make a joke
out of it, or act like it didn't happen. Just keep in mind that
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15. Overcoming Obstacles
To me "success" is when a person overcomes obstacles, in order to achieve their goals, no matter
how big or small. Everyone in life has a goal, whether it's to have a great occupation, or to get over a
phobia. Once a goal is set, people come up with their own plan in order to complete their goal,
where they will reach success. Sometimes people will often give up their on goal during the process
of achieving it, due to the overwhelming difficulty of their personal obstacles. With motivation,
support, and strength, there's no obstacle that people cannot overcome, these are the three elements
to success. When setting a goal, it's important to understand that it will take time to reach it. One
thing that will help you get through that time of waiting to achieve your goal, is a "motivation". A
motivation is something that...show more content...
My motivation was my mother. My mother always states how she believes in me, and I wanted
to make her proud, so I made sure to study hard, to get college level on everything. My support
came from my family and my best friend, Raven. My sisters would constantly help me study, day
and night, and Raven would always be there to assure me that everything would be okay. The
night before the test I was nervous, and scared, my motivation and support wasn't't getting through
to me. I finally started telling myself in my head, that "I know that I can make college level
everything". I had thought that I needed some confidence from my family, but I really needed it
from myself. The next day, I kept using that mental strength through the test, until I got my results
back. The results had stated that I did make college level math, reading, and writing. I was so
proud of myself, I had passed the test and moments after spoke to an advisor to register for classes, I
finally reached my
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16. Overcoming Obstacles Essay
Overcoming Obstacles What is life? Life consists of experiences, challenges, and achievements;
all of which are building blocks that essentially create ones path to success. In one's lifetime they
can experience tough and difficult challenges. Sometimes these challenges become unbearable,
especially when the odds are against you. However, going against all odds is something everyone is
capable of doing, and to overcome these challenges everyone needs to have a "never quit" attitude in
life. If we develop it, we'll overcome quite a bit. Many people all around the world face challenges
and obstacles every day in their daily lives. One man in particular is Nic Sheff; a man who was a
drug addict and wrote an autobiography called...show more content...
Society doesn't usually think of drug addicts as "good people" and they end up losing their
respect and reputation as they grow up. If these teens and young adults don't change who they are
when they are young, they won't be able to fix themselves as they grow older which can be a bad
influence. Bad habits start as a kid and if you don't change those habits you won't be able to when
you get older! Many people face challenges and obstacles at a very young age and that can change
who they are as they grow up. My grandma faced a very harsh and unfortunate childhood. Her
father died when she was 17 and that changed her life and her future. It meant she was given
many responsibilities since she was the eldest out of her siblings. She had to do many house
chores such as cooking, washing the clothes and dishes and waking up early in the morning to get
water from a nearby well every day! This placed a very large obstacle in her life at a very young
age. She had to leave school at a very young age because of all the responsibilities she was given
and had to overcome these obstacles and face them with great integrity. But due to these obstacles
that she has overcome, it has changed who she is now. She struggled in life right from when she
was just a little kid. But if she hadn't overcome these obstacles she wouldn't have been a very
independent woman like she is today. If her father hadn't died when she was young, she probably
would have had a completely different
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17. Overcoming Obstacles
The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a
time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you
learn from the experience? "Hello, HELLO!" I remember when I was 8 years young and I had
just come home from a long day of what I had believed to be rigorous work. I had hoped upon my
arrival there would be someone I would be able to speak to about my day. I had not heard a sound
besides the gust of wind which slammed the door shut behind me "Whoosh Bang". With no one in
sight, I had bursted into tears with the absence of the sign of life. My parents had divorced when I
was 7 years old which truly affected my life. As a child I remember sunday breakfast with my
family and many activities and trips taken as a...show more content...
This drained my mother's energy each and everyday. She would leave food at home as she went
to work and dinners were usually me eating by myself. Although I had many siblings our
schedules did not match up either, because we were the first generation in my family to get a
genuine education so my sisters were always working so hard in school. It was tough going to
school each day and having my friends' parents dropping them off at school in the morning. This
seems very silly but it had truly affected my and realize I could never be dropped off. As I became
more involved in extracurriculars such as the school choir, sports, etc. I remembered how excited
my friends were to show off their performance–not because they were exceptional but because their
families would be attending. I could never ask my mother because it was the difference between
having electricity that month or a sports event. Also I could not ask my father either because when
my parents split apart my mother forbid my father from contacting me or remaining in my
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18. Overcoming Of Obstacles
In life, there are tons of challenges. Some are small and require little work to achieve, while
others can be quite large, and take lots of hard work to accomplish. To be able reach these
different goals, persistence must be shown, by always trying and never giving up when failure
takes over. All task have obstacles along their paths, and there obstacles are what gives the task
their value. If a challenge is easy to overcome, and anyone can overcome it, then what use is there
in completing it? The overcoming of obstacles is the real learning of the experience, not the act of
reaching the finish. As the great martial artist once said, "Success is the journey, not the destination".
If you give up every time you come to a wall, you will never
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19. Overcoming Obstacles Paper
Finding ways to overcome an obstacle can be a struggle for many people. It takes resilience to be
successful in overcoming obstacles that are external, internal, or habitual. Understanding these few
types of obstacles will help. External obstacles are outside of what you can control; such as, the
"economy, natural disasters, physical limitations, and the political climate" (Daum, 2013). Internal
obstacles are struggles that we are individually responsible for; such as, "debt, cash flow, time
availability, needed skills or talent" (Daum, 2013). Habitual obstacles are obstacles that are caused
when people get in your way, this can be resolved with we change our behaviors. We need to
approach obstacles that life brings into our lives optimistically;
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20. Overcoming Obstacle
Through all of my accomplishments and disappointments, I have always remained humble and
determined to overcome any obstacle. With that being said I'm Amber, a sophomore in college. A
25–year–old divorced young woman, with a beautiful 4–year old daughter to raise. With that being
said, life just hasn't been easy. I would have never imagined doing all of this alone. In the past year,
I've lost 9 family members and friends. One happened to be my 44–year–old father and the other
was my aunt. The greatest woman alive. I didn't know my own strength. As the days and nights
came and gone, and on the verge of losing consciousness, I asked myself who am I? Why am I
doing this? I had no answer; my mind blanked out from mental and emotional exhaustion.
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