'Are there any significant experience you have had, or accomplishments you have realized that have helped to define you as a person' What!!!Originally Posted by fred
My wife calculated the costs for Ateneo a few weeks ago and said why don't you go to UST instead
I know!! She read it to me earlier.. My daughter has a wonderful imagination.. Lets see what B.S she can come up with!!
I don't think that's too tough for a 15-year-old. At that age, didn't we all feel grown up already? I know when I was in high school, I could already identify the accomplishments and experiences that defined me. I'm sure your daughter has this essay in the bag, fred!
I know if she finds out I posted this she will bloody kill me... But here`s her essay.. She`s 14 (her 15th tomorrow)BTW!!.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................It’s beyond my belief that I’m graduating this year. It seems like yesterday when I was 4 and first learning how to read and write, being taught to do as I’m told and to always look up to God. I know now that I never would have thought I’d be doing what I am today when I was, in fact, 4 years old. I’m applying for a college degree course. I’m taking a step into my future and deciding what I want to do and what I envision my life to be. I am providing myself with a definition based on my experiences and my choices from being a 4 year old to a 15 year old applying for college education. Life is very short. Within every minute you breathe you learn something. It may be something small or something important but whatever it is, it is a part of who you are. A few years ago, I used to live in England. It was a very big part of my life as that was where I grew up. It was where I learned how to walk and how to speak my first words. It is where I made my first friends and where I first went to school. At the time, I never really thought about how much those moments meant to me but the day I moved away from all of it, I realized the impact it really did have on my life. Moving away from your home is a bit like spending a lifetime building something for yourself and watching it fall down at your feet. Starting a new life in a new place is picking up the pieces and trying to put them back together and I had to do that. Leaving England to go to the Philippines tested me. It tested my strength and my faith. It tested whether I was adaptable to change. I remember going to school and not talking at all. I had no friends. I had low grades. I wasn’t myself. I’d stay in the classroom all day and wouldn’t even eat lunch. I did this for around 3 years, one year in Manila and 2 years in Bohol, and until this day I do not regret it. Believe it or not, they were probably the worst years of my life yet they helped me grow so much I’d probably even consider them the best. I guess the days where I had no one to talk to made me stronger. I realized that you need to go through trouble and hardships to get to a point in your life where you can be happy. In 1st year, I had a few friends who just made my year terrible. I’d cry almost every day and had to visit the guidance office to face them. I felt attacked and betrayed. I thought being in their clique and maintaining a friendship with them was the most important thing but I realized the only thing I had to worry about was I, my studies and my family. I guess being so young and inexperienced with teenage friendships, made me become carried away and made me feel it was something I needed. All those tears and all that sadness I experienced within that year taught me how to be strong. It taught me to stand up for myself and believe in myself. I swore from then on I’d never let anything bring me down. I chose to share this because I know this is a very big part of what defines me. It affected my career choice. I want to be a lawyer. I want to stand up for things I know are right. I want to make sure everything is fair. I want to help our economy to move on from corruption. Everything I’ve been through so far in the 15 years I have lived my life has brought me to this decision. I know I won’t regret this and it is something that is 100% right for me. I can now say that every second of my life defines me. I still have so much more to learn, so many more tears to shed and so much more laughter to share with everyone. I want to fulfil God’s purpose for me on earth and do my best to live my life the best I can. This is just the beginning for me and I know that with hard work and determination, I will make it to the end of my journey and it will all be worth it................................................................................................................................................................................................................................(me again)The words and paragraphs are all stuck together as I need to use a proxy server these days to assess this site which screws up all formatting..
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