Essay On Life Experience

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"Life isn't about finding yourself, Life is about creating yourself," – George Bernard Shaw

My goal in life is to be a great friend and wife to my fiancГ©. An exceptional and admirable mother that teaches her children not just right and wrong, but how to be healthy, happy, successful, responsible adults who can do the same for their families. I don't want to lose sight of who I am and the person I am meant to be in the process. All the while, enjoying every bit of life and making every moment count. My Guide Life experiences are what guide me in accomplishing my mission. Through the people I meet and the places I travel I witness different cultures and values. This in turn ignites a spark of desire inside of me to understand why people...show more content...

Family Members: My extended family is a unique blend of beautiful characters held together by the word "family". They are spirited Germans who solve everything with SpГ¤tzle and smiles, each have their own opinions, tastes, and humor. Generally, I just try to be blend in, go–with–the flow when it comes to the in–laws. As for my mother and seven siblings, I make a point to stay close to them and be supportive. They are a big part of my connection to who I am and where I came from, that is something I do not want to forget.

Employer: I will continue to build a relationship with my employer that is based on respect, trust and loyalty. I will make every attempt to not mix my personal life with work. However, I expect my employer to be conscience of my work–life balance. I also expect my employer to be ethical in its decision making and I myself will do the same. I will work hard and give my best effort and in return my employer should do the same for me.

Learning: Learning is a never–ending process. I want to continue to learn until the day I die. I find it one of, if not the, most rewarding experiences in life. I will continue to be curious. I will take on challenges in my work and personal life that will teach me new things. I will strive to continuously ask questions. I will pass on my knowledge to help people become more aware and tolerable of the unknown. Self esteem and Security: My life had some rough beginnings. I

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Essay on Life Experiences Guide My Mission

One's dream and aspirations to supersede in life must be stronger and greater than limitations set forth by others. The experience that were bestowed to me during my short life has elevated me to the woman I am today. Please walk with me as I give you the opportunity to see the world from my eyes:

To be the person that I am now, I had to reflect and accept accountability of my past actions. My past is one that many would love to erase from their memory, a past, which remained dormant, until I found myself. The steps involved in regaining myself encompassed letting go of my anger and self pity. I had to look within myself and see my self's worth, which lead to my belief that I

ran away to college to forget my past.

During the years...show more content... Put education first and everything else will fall into place." I didn't realize how true these words were, until I came face to face with my past. My last year in college, changed the whole course of my life. Near the end of my junior year, I befriended a guy, who never would become my boyfriend. I knew he was infatuated with me, so I lead him on. He ended up stalking me and making several death threats. I never understood the phrase "in fear of your life", until then. Tallahassee Police Department(TPD) got involved but there wasn't much they could do except file a police report and wait. This was a very frightening time in my life and consequently I became very disconnected with life. I never provided TPD with my stalker's name, in fear that he would kill me if I did. I moved to a different apartment complex across town, thinking that it would make all my problems go away. He ended up finding me and making more serious death threats against me and my family if I didn't leave Tallahassee.

I had a mental breakdown after the last death threat and I left Florida State University my senior year, I went back home to deal with my traumatic ordeal. I quickly transferred to Florida International University and graduated the following year with my graduating class at Florida State. Graduation day should have been one of the happiest days of my life, but instead I was terrified Get

Reflection Of My Life Essay
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Life is full of exciting experiences for us to enjoy. However, these experiences are meant to teach life lessons that should remain with us. In my 17 years of living, I have had many lessons to be learned from events I have gone through. One of those lessons sticks out above the rest and it has a humorous story to go along with it. The story starts out with the group planning a get together while eating breakfast at Mcdonald's. Ideas were flowing out of our heads like a river. We could not agree on a plan of action for the longest time. Finally, it was decided that we should go to Kenzie's house after she said her dad would cook for us. I was immediately down for that idea because I knew her dad makes the best chicken wings ever. The rest of the day for me was spent thinking about what to wear that night. Eventually, the time came for heading over to Kenzie's house. Bailey, another girl in the group, asked me to give her a ride since she did not have her driver's license. Because of this, we were one of the last ones to make it to Kenzie's. In the time that we missed the group decided that they wanted to go and toilet paper some of our friend's houses that lived close to Kenzie. I had never done something like this before. However, the excitement of doing this and avoid being caught appealed to me. We all piled into the cars and headed to Wal–Mart to buy the toilet paper. We had an interesting event that happened to us while we were in Wal–Mart. The event was when Get more content

Life Experience Essay

The Importance Of Life Experiences

In the tapestry of life, I've have accustomed myself with people from diverse colors of race, textures of belief, and patterns of culture. Different threads of individuals with their unique life experiences have surrounded me in my every stage. Each relationship has woven me into an expressive piece of fabric that refuses one–dimensional uniformity. Being from a small, homogenous town in the Philippines, I wore an immigrant identity among various others within the big, melting pot of the city of San Francisco. My hardworking parents juggled two jobs that successfully sent all seven of their kids through school. I roamed around my multicultural neighborhood where in the same street I could find an authentic Italian joint baking the cheesiest pizza, a hole–in–the–wall Filipino stand dishing up the cheapest comfort food, and a popular Mexican canteen offering a loaded carne asada burrito with a side of live mariachi band. In this colorful neighborhood, I shared the wild schoolyard and the nesting classroom with my fellow peers from the same district. This diverse environment exposed me to different ethnicities and cultures, novel ideas and philosophies, and thought–provoking lessons and discussions. One of the most impactful of these discoveries came from room 201, fourth period, seventh grade science class at James Denman Middle School with Mr. Fox. Consequently, my initial interest and amazement of the complex systems of the human body began to deeply enroot. Out of the

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An Experience that changed my Life

Life is full of learning and it is mostly due to our daily life experiences. These experiences are mostly based on our surrounding environment from where we learn new things every day. But all these experiences are a result of our keen observations out of daily routines. It is very important to note that life also provides us with some chances to experience new people or places that are indeed out of the ordinary. That is the time we indeed learn new and unique things, hence these are unique experiences of our life which are remembered by us throughout our life span. I have visited USA and this was indeed a life time experience. Going through new and strikingly important things really made me filled up with pleasure. It was indeed very joyful and marvelous experience. I am very happy and expecting many more things and unique experience coming my way and making me enjoy new and exciting things.

USA is a place which is full of new experiences that is what makes it even more exciting due to all kinds of diversity in food in recreation and work; hence everything here is much more diverse than a normal place available for recreation anywhere in the world. This was the first time in my life when I was to go overseas and I really enjoyed this, it was indeed marvelous experience when I visited East,...show more content...

I have logic to testify my statement in terms of the reference that USA being an economic hub invites people from all parts of the world. One can always have the chance to meet many diverse people belonging to different cultures, traditions and lifestyles. So, one can enjoy a small world here in USA. I met people from different parts of the Asia–Pacific region, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Africa, Europe, Russia and Indonesia. Many of them were my online friends and we really enjoyed meeting each other in the practical world rather than the virtual world for the very first

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As I look back on the unforgettable week I had during the Habitat 62 trip, I can honestly say that the trip changed the way I looked at college and West Virginia University overall. My favorite parts of the trip were of course helping others who are less fortunate than myself and the adventures, but mainly the "class" that was held every night. I joined the adventure trip believing I was just going to help build a house and have fun rock climbing, exploring, and white–water rafting. I slowly realized that I would learn so much more. Adventure West Virginiataught me life–long lessons that could help save not only my life one day, but maybe even one of my best friends or a random stranger I had never met before. I believed, like most high school students and people in general around the world, that at West Virginia UniversityI was going to find a party in every direction I looked with many of my own peers drinking alcohol. The perspective view I had before the trip and after were completely opposite. I found out on the trip that I can find parties if I feel the need to, but overall there are plenty of activities to do besides partying and drinking. I originally thought that I was going to struggle heavily to write the amount advised for the journal entries at the end of every day.

On my way home from adventure, I had one of those moments were out of nowhere there is an overwhelming sensation or feeling that you forgot something. I had forgot my journal in the adventure

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My Life Experience Essay

At this point in my life, as a person retiring out of an industry, and going back to school for a second career, my outlook is certainly different than it was when I was in college 23 years ago. I think that is primarily from life experiences, and having particular life experiences along my journey. I loved thephilosophy class as it seemed to help me answer some of those questions that were lingering in the back of my head for years. And if it did not answer the questions, it certainly gave me the tools to dig deeper into my own thoughts, and ideas, and challenge them. I start off with what philosophy called metaphysics, the study of existence. Growing up in a fundamental religion I always had questions about our beginning, or arche', as a human race. I was taught the preverbal Adam and Eve idea, but that brought about so many other questions. Who was before them? What if there was an alternative? Can we trust the historical data in the Bible? Where is God? Why is God "above us"? How do we know? All of these questions I had put away, thinking I must have been the only one that must think this way. Don't misunderstand me there are elements of my religion that I cherish and it will provide me the ethical structure for my being. I understand that if society understood in the arche' of our religion, we would find that we have more similarities than differences. During the time we studied Plato, and his ideal forms, I saw how not only my Get more content

My Life Experience And My Outlook Essay

This explains the beginning of my life all the way to the end of my life. My life from the beginning was very fun as I grew up living with my mom's friend and my friend. But there were a lot of fights and I was very hyper back then. I have ADHD so back then when I was little; I was very hyper and wouldn't stop moving around the place. I always was annoying back then and never seemed to get my homework done at school. I was born at Kaiser Hospital during the year 1996. The first place I lived was on the street Via Harriet and was right next to a train. It was always noisy when the train passed by because it shook the house and scared all the animals. It wasn't the best place to live, but we eventually moved to the hills, I don't remember...show more content...

Overall I know that I'm going to graduate because I'm pushing hard and all I need to finish is my Cyber High and keep up my grades and I will graduate. I want to go to Chabot College because it's the closest place to go to. I am planning to get my associates degree then transfer to Cal State East Bay University. I don't exactly know the requirements of classes to get into Cal State, but as long as I get my AA degree I should be fine. I am focused on technology and computers; I like to choose classes that can be similar to wiring or soldering. I am not that sure if I would be more focused on computers or wiring, I think an Internship might help me out. My career would be Technician or Electrician because I'm focused on electricity and wanting to discover what would happen without getting electrocuted. I'm still unsure if I just want to work on physical components on the computer. I used to work on computers a lot, but it got boring and I can't do it as great now. Soldering is interesting for me because I get to repair broken wires, being able to strip a wire. When striping a wire, you get to know how the wire is connected. I think a life event for me is to grab my master's degree, which is what I'm focused on. That's like the best degree to get, but it's really difficult to receive. I wouldn't like going to years and years of education, but it's totally worth it. Getting a higher degree affects the amount

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The Story of My Life Essay

Everyone will undergo a life altering experience at some point. It may only change a small aspect of everyday life, or it may change everything. Sometimes it is a surprise, other times it can be panned for; either way, no one is ready for the changes that are soon to follow. A lesson is always taught by these life altering experiences, but not always learned. I realize tragedy is inevitable, I remember that when I think about cancer taking my best friend, my mother. I was young at the time, but never young minded! I knew well beyond my years, but I learned more than any teacher could ever teach me when that awful disease won the battle. My momma was always my favorite person, my confidant, and ultimately my ride or die....show more content...

On January 20, she received a call that I was on the way; that was not her first rodeo though, she had already been involved in four other adoptions with my brothers Eddie and Bryan, and my sisters Candy and Nicole. At the age of 18, after her first born child, she got news that she had a brain tumor and would soon have undergo surgery. For most, that would have ended dreams about having a big family, but not her, she saw this as an opportunity to help more people. She knew children needed a home and she had one to give. That is the type of person she was, if there was a way to help she would find and pursue it. She had the biggest heart, I have ever had the privilege of being a part of. My mother had many honorable traits that include: being humble, honest, and reliable. She gloated of her success or material items or rub it in people's faces nor did she think she was better than any other soul. My mother was brutally honest, she definitely was not a person I would want to insult because she had no problem calling someone out in front of a crowd. She had the ability to make someone feel like they were either on top or completely under the

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Personal Narrative: My Life Changing Experiences
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As a very small child I don't remember too much, but the things that I do remember were seen through a child's eyes that has made me the person that I am today and I will always have those memory's with me until my last breath on this earth. In this essay I intend to show how my childhood and adult life to this point has influenced my life, my journey. By utilizing the adult development theories from this class I also intend on showing how they relate to my Life experiences and where I am today as an Adult student.

Its funny how as a child you look at things. As time passes, those same child memories become life experiences as an adult. It is stated that Environmental assessment is closely related to the impact environment makes on...show more content...

I lost my little brother in 1982 at age 22 in an accident at my parent's home. Robbie was taking down a C.B. antenna and it struck a high power line that ran into the local General Motors plant. Robbie was killed instantly. As Erickson's stated in his psychosocial development theory, "which refers to the development within the social environment in which a person lives, primarily focusing on relationships with other people" (Simanowitz & Pearce. 2003). This had brought back memories of how my relationship was when we were little. I was always kind of upset with Robbie because he was one of those kids that had that natural athletic ability. Robbie could run faster and throw better, do everything better when it came to sports, but the real reason I was mad at Robbie most of my childhood life was because every time something went wrong, I always got the blame and in trouble. Mom would say "You're older you should have known better" Yes she was right most of the time I did know better. I was the middle child and I was always the one that got into trouble even though Robbie might have done it first. I had a good childhood for the most part, I can't remember not doing without the things that I really needed as a child. Things like clothes, food, shelter and love from a family. I recall having my favorite things

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My Life My Journey Essay

Session 1 Reflection: Life Experience Opening my eyes slowly I could see millions of cracks shattered across my windshield. Trying to move as the pain began jolting through my body. A surprised voice grabbed my attention as I became conscious, he was telling me to stay still as the sound of the saw ate away at my door. I realized then that I was in a terrible car accident, somehow, I survived. This was the moment that changed my life, the moment that Jesus took the wheel. Hours prior to that I sat alone; sad, angry and dumbfounded. How could a man I've loved for 17 years love someone else? Thoughts flooded my mind as I tried drowning my pain with every bottle that hit my lips. Tears flowing down my face as I slowly began to slip away, wanting to forget every lie and hoping to erase all the years I sat blinded. The feeling of every breath escaping me as the couch felt like the only comfort I had. Then the day came that I stood before the judge as he sentenced me in 60–days in the county jail. I had just kissed my kid's goodbye outside, I didn't want them to see me handcuffed and taken away. Watching their eyes fill up with confusion and sadness broke every part of my heart that remained. Explaining to them that I did something bad and needed to be punished was something I felt ashamed of, especially that I would be absent from their lives was by far my greatest struggle. I just knew that I had to rise from this and come back stronger than the person I was before, to be a better mother, daughter and someone I could be proud of. My sister asked me if I was afraid to go to jail, if I was going to cry. I told her that I would only cry because I was sad to leave my kids and could only imagine how they felt, but afraid was something I wasn't. She looked at me baffled, I told her, "God has a plan for me, I could feel it and I don't know what it is all I know is that its inside those walls, He will protect me". To avoid a year's sentence, I was placed in the R.I.S.E unit (Recovery in secure environment), a program designed for women who are suffering from addiction. Every day we would sit in groups, mostly taught by us inmates and every other day we would have a trauma therapist come visit. It was an intense program

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Reflective Essay On Life Experience

My life, or perhaps in the manner that I perceive it, has been overwhelmingly filled with enlightening and repressive circumstances that could have been averted, but all in all, makes up one's destiny. These events intricately tailored me into a young man that grew conscientious of the detrimental behavior of "acting before thinking" and into the realm of "thinking before acting". What I would soon come to understand was that through sheer patience, and trial–and–error it instilled within me new insights to learn from and that the most triumphant moments in my life began at the crossroads of unknowingness, a decision to stay in mediocrity, or the pursuit towards personal greatness– thus the decision had to be met.

In the fall season of 2006, I was a student at Saint John Vianney, a relatively small parochial school. During that time period, I was an immensely nervous 6th grader that was forced to immerse himself into a Roman Catholic private school that had me sharply at odds with what I had experienced from schooling in the Folsom Cordova Unified public–school district (Kindergarten to 5th grade). It's important to know that I was sent here by my parents as a way of disciplining me due to, in their opinion, abhorrent behavior that medically could have stemmed from ADD, but perhaps I was just restless and explorative. The very first moment I shared with another soul was by the connective link of vision with a female student, by the name of Scarlett. This young girl (of Get more content

My Experience In My Life

First day of the rest of my life, my stomach is in knots and I can't seem to do anything with my hair. I have all my pens, papers, notebooks and other miscellaneous items stuffed into my brand new blue book bag. My mother is down stairs on the patio drinking her morning tea watching the world wake up. I gave my brand new shoes a quick shine, checked my hair about three more times each time finding something new wrong. Mother yells at me from down stairs. " You're going to miss the bus!"

The bus! I can't believe my ears. I can't show up to high school on my first day by riding the bus. I was scared I needed my mother to drive me to school. Somehow knowing my mother was going to be there part of the way made it a little bit easier...show more content...

The first day of high school went over with a blast. My classes were just fine and my teachers were supreme. Everyone was just so nice and friendly. I only cried once when I couldn't find any of my classes. The bell had rung everyone scattered off to his or her assigned rooms, everyone except me. I was stuck in the middle of the courtyard trying to figure out the school mapping system. Frustrated and embarrassed I broke down in tears and ran to the nearest restroom. The day continued from that point on a happy note. I could not wait to get home to tell my mother all about my day. As the dismissal bell rung, I hurried off to find the right bus to go home. I was frightened that I would get on the wrong bus and end up on the other side of town. Uneasy I asked four different people where bus 647 was parked. As I entered the bus I recognized familiar faces of those from my junior high. Some friendly and some not so nice. I took my place in middle of the bus and glanced out the window watching the trees and cars go by. As the bus grew closer to my stop I became more and more giddy with excitement. I could not wait to tell my mother about my new adventure. As soon as the bus was out of sight, I ran all the way home with a huge smile on my face from ear to ear like a Chester cat. As I ran down the street I noticed shattered pieces of glass all over the road and a chunk on the street lawn missing. It looked as if a huge bull dozer rode

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Essay on A Life Changing Experience

Life Experiences: A Personal Analysis

The topics for this essay are challenging for me to describe life experiences, because I feel there is a deeper meaning behind happiness, evil, and a higher power. People decisions and actions determine how my day will go, due to modern society and the need for financial security. The high demand of security and keeping up with modern technology distracts individuals from their health, causing an unbalanced world of individuals. When we are balanced as individuals, we tend to feel good about yourselves, otherwise we feel bad, or our actions can be evil due to an experience or negativity or neglect. I feel anyone is able to change due to our bodies being able heal, and our inner energy creates this possibility or we allow the negative to control our energy. By creating a balance of life and surround yourselves with people you want to be a like, or around because we cannot control other people actions. Growing up with a dysfunction family, has impacted me to do the best for myself and my family I have now. This is where I can say evil events occurred, but I do not view them that way, I understand...show more content... If I was not able to believe in myself and accept the negativity or happiness, I would be completely lost. I thank my higher power for keeping me on track with my goals and helping me find people similar to me, so I can live a life I enjoy while feeling balanced. With the uncontrollable events that happened in my life, I feel our higher powers connect, because I had no control over those situations. Without these situations, I would not be the same person I am today and I am thankful I was able to experience these events and still be able to function in society today. My dad still wonders how he was able to get clean, I like to think he connected to my high power and was able to see the bigger picture and enjoy his life. As much as others influence us, we influence others just as

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A Life Changing Experience

Ankit Bhardwaj

ENG111–13D

Mr. Treanor

10 November 2017

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A life–changing experience

"Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jump fast a new life." – Caroline Leavitt. My story starts in the year 2017 when I decided to follow up on my dream and go to a far–away land, called the United States of America. My journey is full of new surprises and discoveries of a world so different from the one I am leaving behind, with its own beliefs and culture. This is the story of an eighteen–year boy and his first encounter with a new society, his first time away from home and family. It was not an easy decision moving to a different country, leaving behind everything and everybody, but I had the anxiety of traveling and seeing this new world that I had seen only in the movies, the land of Christopher Columbus, where Indians and African–Americans lived unified on a vast territory. I still remember the feeling when my parents said that we are moving to America. It was the time when I felt everything around the world had been stopped, and I did not know what I should do next. I was unable to decide whether life was making me move forward or it would cause me to face more trouble than achievement. I was amazed by looking at the Diversity of people. I knew that there were drastic changes which would be arising in my life which I seemed that it was hard to digest, but it seemed that the USA absorbs everyone in their colors and culture so was I, in the mГ©lange

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Reflection On My Life Experiences

Woods. Session1. Journal Reflection Lesson HEART/HAND/HEAD

Everything in life happens for a reason and nothing happens by happenstance, chance or luck. I believe our life experiences can bring us many different learning opportunities if taken. Which can bring about a great wisdom and knowledge to help oneself or others in life. The Heart, Hand, Head are all very vital parts of the body both Naturally & Spiritually and without these organs or parts we would not be able to survive. Starting with the "Heart" spiritually it brings about love, trust, forgiveness, honesty, and conviction (Example) John 3:16 "ForGod so loved the world he gave his only begotten son, for whom so ever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life". Naturally without a heart one cannot breathe or function at all and would be an empty shell for one cannot operate or function without it. My transformation began about 12 years ago. Now isn't that interesting a preacher's daughter who was born and raised into ministry wasn't truly transformed until my late twenties "Odd"? Maybe (or) maybe not! Because of my own stubbornness and pride I went through about 8–9 years of trials and tribulations brought upon myself. Now, don't get me wrong I was exceling in life at work, business ownership and socially. I thought I had it all and that I was responsible for it all as I soon realized "NOT SO". Once things became tough in life and the feeling of emptiness and the void became so intense too intense

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"A Life Changing Event"

There are many events that stand out in my life that were significant and helped me grow stronger. One of these events stands out in particular to me and had the greatest impact in my life. When I attended high school my focus was never on the academics but only on sports and having fun with my friends. I never payed attention for more than five seconds and failed to complete any type of work given to me. My lack of care for high school affected me on going to a four year college, playing a sport in college, and taking remedial classes. First off when one's grades are poor it is extremely hard to get into a four year college. I would sit in all of my forty–five minute classes doodling, telling jokes, and just...show more content...

The thought of asking any of my teachers for letters of recommendation was not even an option anymore because they knew my personality and work ethic. All throughout high school I was involved in sports. I excelled in football and lacrosse throughout the four years I attended my high school. I had no problem going home studying football plays for hours and looking to make myself better for the next game or practice. I could recite defenses and offenses with no problem, but give me a math problem and it was as if it was in another language. Unlike my teachers I got along with my coaches well and they would be willing to help me get into a good school to further my playing skills. That is in reality only about twenty five percent of what you need to get into college. I lacked the other seventy five percent of doing at least average in academics and being a well rounded student. I had some schools contact me about playing lacrosse at their school but once they had heard I hadn't taken the SAT's yet and that my grades were a little above failing their interest level dropped. I believe that I potentially threw away some opportunities that could have really benefitted me today. Even if I would have payed attention the slightest bit I could have easily achieved B's and C's. I had my priorities mixed up and it really came back to bite me four years down the road. In addition to those two of the many problems a I faced another problem arose quickly. Nearing the end of

Essay about A Life Changing Event
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On the other hand the first statement I choose that exemplifies my life experience is "I feel attracted and drawn or called to a spiritual journey" (Atchley, 2009, p. 64). There may be a stage in an individual's life where they can be unfulfilled with the direction of their personal trajectory. I genuinely believe that the contemporary main–stream society we reside in places too much emphasis upon the pursuit/accumulation of material possessions, endeavoring to maintain a youthful appearance, the acceptance of self–indulgence and completely removing God from our daily lives. I perceive that without engaging in God's will and by assisting one another an individual can attain meaning and purpose in their life. In addition by aiding other people who may need assistance an individual is not primarily contemplating upon their problems but instead placing the cares and concerns of others before their own. The class literature articulated that: "something happens to create an opening, an invitation that may come in many forms: an experience that suggests we are not who were though we were, feeling homesick for a place we don't recall being before or an experience of an alternative universe in our consciousness" (Atchley, 2009, p. 64). Therefore people that have converted to Christianity may perceive that this physical plane is not their long–term residence and that it is a temporary destination and our permanent home is residing with God in heaven for all eternity. I believe

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Essay On My Life Experience

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In life we all have something that has changed the way we perceive things. Most things that change a person's perception happens to be an experience that they have gone thru and learned from. In my case it wasn't necessarily an experience, it was a dog that changed my perception on life. My mind and heart was opened in a whole new way. I never thought I could love an animal just as much as I loved the people in my life. I always thought it was strange that pet owners loved and treated their pets the same way they treated their children. My perception on dogs or pets in general definitely changed. Throughout this paper you will see why I am a totally different person because of a dog that entered my life. People say a man's...show more content...

The funniest thing is; she never turned to the left. She would always make circular movements to the left in a quick fashion. Seeing this made my so happy. I would find myself looking forward to it when I was parking the car in the driveway. Tacha was one greedy dog too, she knew that she was not allowed in the kitchen, but the second she thought someone wasn't looking she would run in the kitchen and snatch whatever was left out on the counter. One time I remember ordering Pizza and the family was all in the dining room eating, and when my son went to grab another piece he noticed that the entire box was on the floor, and the pizza was gone. To our surprise Tacha ate all the pizza. My family would always find this funny, but there were plenty of nights when we couldn't get seconds on dinner because it was in Tachas belly. Tacha was a smart dog, she was also aware that she was not allowed to get on any of the beds in the house. This didn't stop her though. On several occasions one of us would walk in the house, and within 1 second we would hear a loud thump and Tacha running down the stairs. The loud thump was Tacha jumping off the bed. Times were not always so funny with Tacha, but I never loved her any less. One day Tacha was in the back yard getting some fresh air. I recall attaching her to the chain and going back in the house. About 1 hour later, the neighbor was banging on my front door screaming, "Come get your dog, come get your dog, she's chasing

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Personal Experience with Crisis

We have all experience some form of crisis in our life. Whether it is minor or more severe, it is something that many of us can not control. A crisis can involve a series of stressful events or one difficult point in life that effects a person's overall well–being. I had a hard time coming up with what to write as my crisis for this assignment because when I hear the word crisis, the first thing that comes to mind is that crisis is a very severe event such as a war or natural disaster. As I read more in depth about the concept of crisis, I found that it does not have to be something as serious as a war. It can simply be a point in life where you face a difficult situation that makes you feel under...show more content...

Although some may not consider this a crisis, it was for me. This was a crisis for me because I moved from Ghana where the culture, language, people and overall atmosphere was different. The transition to move to a different country and learn a new culture and language was a stressful and difficult time in my life. I felt alone and out of place because I did not have friends and when I did, I could not understand or make a conversation with them for a long time. The phase in the crisis cycle most relatable to my experience is phase 2 – The intensification stage. In this phase, individuals feel a loss of internal control causing frustration, fear and anger. This stage is most relevant to my experience because I felt frustrated and a loss of internal control. What caused this crisis was me moving to Canada and not knowing the culture or English. I would not have experienced the crisis if I knew English and Canadian culture. Due to my circumstances, there was nothing I could have done to stop the crisis from happening. The behaviour of my peers and people around me during the crisis was both positive and negative, I was bullied and felt that my class mates were judging me for my accent

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