My names Melissa I am a senior at Rolling Meadows High School. Since the beginning of my life I always had to overcome challenges. When I was born I was 7 weeks early and I was a preemie. My doctors told my parents that I was going to die and if a slight bit I would have lived I would have Cerebral palsy.
For the first 1 months of my life neonatal intensive care unit with my two nurses Peggy and Jane. When I was first born I have a grade one intraventical brain bleed on one side of my head and a grade two Intraventical brain bleed on the other side. The doctors told my parents that this could effect my movement and not my learning. I went through Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, and Occupational Therapy for several months. The doctors were
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When I switched into Dryden elementary I was pulled into special education classes mostly for math and reading. I remember how I always felt being pulled out into these classes made me feel like I was not smart as everyone else around me. When we switched into middle school I told myself that I would work my best and get myself out of special education classes and have my grades reflect how much I been pushing myself in school. Challenges did not stop there yes classes and grades where what I struggle with but I was also made fun of for the 3 years in middle school because I spent time with kids who also had certain disability just like I did, my feelings when hurt then because people name calling because of my choices and learning disability. When high school began I was ready for new things along with more challenges to be faced. Classes got harder and my levels were going up I was pushing myself for better …show more content…
I'm glad for who I am and how I see the world by how a child may have a disability but they are no different then another student sitting in a classroom who does not have one. I have overcome so many because I strive in getting things done and when I do that I feel happy for what I do. I would have not changed a thing. I push myself so much in school because I want to have a bright future. The person who inspired me would have to be my mom. She has been there since the beginning. She saw my highs and my lows with all the challenges that came upon me throughout my life and school years. School was never easy for me and she knew that, with all my decisions on how much I pushed myself or an activity I wanted to participate it she backed me up for all of it. She cares a lot about my grades just like I do. If there is a grade that i was too worried to see what I got I always knew she was looking at it. She has supported me ever since I started school. She was there for every school event, concert, or performance she did not care how much she had to travel to see me on stage because as much as I love being on stage she loves seeing me do what I like to do also. I am so glad I have her as a mother and I know for a 100% she will always be there for me whenever I need
She then would deliver papers at one in the morning to help my father give my brother and I the best life we could have. She gave up her free time to pay for school, out of school activities, and Disney Vacations every year. I remember overhearing my mother crying because she was so
She will help provide me with all of the materials that I will need for the test since I will have to bring my own supplies. She will also make sure that I have the knowledge to pass the test before I go and take it. After I pass my state board test and become a licensed cosmetologist I will feel so relieved. Once I find out that I have passed the test, then I will feel like the past two years of preparing myself for that day was all worth it because then I would get to do what I love.
But if you come back hurt to a certain extent then she will be worried. But she also there for you when you need her the
She will comfort me as much as she can. In addition, she finds a solution to about everything. If anything
Even then she would always make sure we had everything and anything we needed, even though her school was over an hour and a half away from where we live. She also has a business that she does on top of her full time job. My mom stays up very late to make sure everything for her two
I couldn’t move my legs. I couldn’t move my hands. My family took me to the hospital and from there I was admitted as patient. As a little girl I was always very optimistic. Becoming a patient meant no more school and no more homework.
Growing up through middle school years, I had conformed to settling for whatever grades I got and not really working hard. When the transition was made to high school, I truly learned how much work would have to been put in for to make average grades, much less above average ones. At the beginning,
I remember her saying something along the lines of “Not bad, but you can improve in some subjects,” however when we were talking about my sister’s report card she had a different reaction. My sister did worse than me during that term, but my mother told me that I needed high grades to get into university and acquire good jobs. On the other hand, it
Being the oldest of seven kids and the absents of dad being around has forced me to step up and help out the family. While doing that I was able to finish high school and still attend college. Since I was a young girl my inspiration was to become a nurse and being able to help other and making a difference in other people’s life everyday. A person who reminds me a lot of me and has inspired me to continue going to school and not letting anything get in the way is Mary Lewis Wyche. She was born in Henderson in Vance County.
She has such a positive attitude towards life and always smiles at everyone she sees in hopes to make someone’s day a little better. She was always known as the “cool mom” to my friends growing up because her presence makes the room ten times
As a student, I have faced so many incoming obstacles in my life, that it is natural for myself. One of the bigger challenges that I have recently faced was almost getting cut by the Junior Varsity Tennis Team. This happened to me last year and I can remember it like it was yesterday. I am pretty sure I had other significant challenges that I have faced before, but this one tested my ability to work hard and keep myself motivated. Last year I was trying to find something different to do because I was always being lazy and would be on my phone all the time.
She never gave up and did what she had to do to give my siblings and I a roof over our heads. We grew up having nothing, but the only thing that we did get was
It’s shaped my worldview because I recognize now that if someone is struggling, there may be more going on than I’m aware of that is hindering his or her abilities. It’s made me more compassionate towards those around me. I have been tutoring at my school for three years and find it to be very rewarding. I will continue to “pay it forward” by tutoring in college. I have learned from my own struggling that many things can affect learning and comprehension.
She loves taking care of me and siblings. My mom and I have a lot of stories to share. One was in six grade when I was in a bad place with a friend. I told my mom everything that happened. She said in a sweet and lovely way, ¨If she doesn 't want to be your friend she is the one losing because you are a very nice, kind, sweet, and lovely friend that´s going to give her good advice.
She always does anything she can to ensure that I and everyone else in my family and her own friends are a safe and comfortable. She has also effected the way I have changed from the time I was a child to now. If she was not the person I know her to be then I guarentee that I would not be the same person I am today. When I was a child I did not care about the consistencies of things and now I understand that everything I do and change will end as something different.