If you really got to know me, you'd never come to expect that I have a learning disability. To most people I seem like just an ordinary kid trying his best to succeed. But in reality my success did not come easy. It took discipline, hard work and dedication to get to where I am today. So the question that is then raised is how did I overcome my disability when all odds were stacked against me?
It all began in third grade when I transferred elementary schools. It was determined after a few tests that I had a language processing disability. To put it into simple terms anything that involved comprehension such as writing, reading, speaking or mathematics took me longer to learn. I was placed into a separate classroom with other kids that had learning disabilities. We focused on learning strategies and were presented with obstacles one at a time.
Mathematics by far proved to be one of my most challenging subjects. I dedicated hours onto practicing the material yet I still struggled. However this did not stop me. Whenever I did not understand something I would always go to the math teacher for extra help. I valued my education very much and was not willing to allow math to prevent me from accomplishing success.
In addition to math, I also had trouble in English. Ever since I was younger writing was always a challenge for me. Whenever I would write anything it would always come out jumbled. I had so many ideas to put down and no way to organize them. As a result I got very frustrated with writing and never really enjoyed doing it. It was not until I began to use a graphic organizer, that I was able to formulate my thoughts more clearly. I later came to realize through the help of my homeroom teacher, that writing was more important than I ever thought it be in my life. Writing became my passion and it became something that I wanted to pursue for the rest of my life.
My educational experience although not yet done, has taught me immensely about self-discipline. The reality is not everything in life is going to come as easy to everyone. There will be obstacles that you'll have to overcome. Whether it's in your relationships, your job or life in general you learn to work around them. Sometimes what was an obstacle becomes something that grows to change you and shape you into whom you are. Ultimately, we must not lose sight of our potential. For our potential is our oneself motivating factor that will either grow to define us or change us into who we are today. I leave you with this quote from Muhammad Ali Jinnah:
"With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve."
It all began in third grade when I transferred elementary schools. It was determined after a few tests that I had a language processing disability. To put it into simple terms anything that involved comprehension such as writing, reading, speaking or mathematics took me longer to learn. I was placed into a separate classroom with other kids that had learning disabilities. We focused on learning strategies and were presented with obstacles one at a time.
Mathematics by far proved to be one of my most challenging subjects. I dedicated hours onto practicing the material yet I still struggled. However this did not stop me. Whenever I did not understand something I would always go to the math teacher for extra help. I valued my education very much and was not willing to allow math to prevent me from accomplishing success.
In addition to math, I also had trouble in English. Ever since I was younger writing was always a challenge for me. Whenever I would write anything it would always come out jumbled. I had so many ideas to put down and no way to organize them. As a result I got very frustrated with writing and never really enjoyed doing it. It was not until I began to use a graphic organizer, that I was able to formulate my thoughts more clearly. I later came to realize through the help of my homeroom teacher, that writing was more important than I ever thought it be in my life. Writing became my passion and it became something that I wanted to pursue for the rest of my life.
My educational experience although not yet done, has taught me immensely about self-discipline. The reality is not everything in life is going to come as easy to everyone. There will be obstacles that you'll have to overcome. Whether it's in your relationships, your job or life in general you learn to work around them. Sometimes what was an obstacle becomes something that grows to change you and shape you into whom you are. Ultimately, we must not lose sight of our potential. For our potential is our oneself motivating factor that will either grow to define us or change us into who we are today. I leave you with this quote from Muhammad Ali Jinnah:
"With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve."
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