I must admit that each of us has a life story that we would like to share with the world again and again. The stories can be about a failure or a success caused by an obstacle. Mine was a success which came as a result of overcoming an obstacle. I recall distinctly how my mother lost her job in a terrible circumstance. It was the part of the cycle which predated industrial revolution making my mother unable to retain her workforce following such industrial changes. Such exceedingly complex of non-sensational issue which had no solution brought a negative impact on my life considering that I was only six years old.
When I turned eight, I learned on my own experience many things like arithmetic where my dad would ask me questions on what I had learned wherein a year later, my precocious landed me in a mathematics class. I developed a lot of academic interests although I limited myself to some activities after my mother lost job which took me through financial constraints. Two years later, my father lost his job in which he struggled to secure a new one but in vain. It affected my academics drastically to the extent of being branded a failure by my peers and teachers. Imagine dropping to position thirty from top five in my academics. My performance resulted in my alienation because everybody believed that I was a failure. The stated belief made me consider dropping out of school, and no one would opine me otherwise.
However, I gave myself hopes to try again and that, if I fail again, dropping out of school would be inevitable, so I decided the insurmountable despite the challenges I went through. I had only scored twenty in arithmetic and the turning day just arrived yet I was to sit for another exam an hour later. I straightaway dropped out of education as I could not bear the humiliation; thus I chose to accept the failure branding. Three days later, my friend gave me a visit after school. She had brought me literature paper in which I was the champion. Nonetheless, the score did not satisfy me either on the resolution that I had already taken. It was until I found out that it was only arithmetic that I underscored that I reversed my decision. At the time I was sitting for arithmetic, I had not decided to try the insurmountable, and that is why I failed.
I have come to learn that despite the challenges I went through, I am still capable of achieving much more. Though it is becoming a challenge in attempts to satisfy all my ambitions, but from everything I learned in my adolescent years, I can conclude that they are within my eventual reach. I would like to transfer these passions to the next level in university and impact the world by providing solutions to the challenging problems. It is this passion and experience that I am applying for a degree program in Social Sciences in Lynn University. I am writing to seek an opportunity to test my abilities and prove that obstacles are never an issue to someone’s success. My failures which caused criticism have taught me that winners are losers who never give up. I will express my competence and strengths if you give me an opportunity to join your institution.
