bloopyxd
Nov 29, 2009
Undergraduate / "Raising children is like being pecked to death by a chicken" -UC Prompt 2 [9]
Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?
"Raising children is like being pecked to death by a chicken"
High school is a time in which adolescents have wide ranging emotions due to their raging hormones. It is the time of our lives when we are not scared of anything-we challenge the authorities, rebel against our parents, break the laws. But high school is also the time where we learn how to face reality and responsibilities. It is the time and place for us, teenagers, to make mistakes and learn from it.
In the beginning of my sophomore year, I met someone. Every time I saw him my hands would start sweating, my heart starts thumping. I did not know how my parents would react so I hid it from them. Eventually, they found out about it. It was the first time that my parents and I had a big fight. I remember waking up at night, hearing my parents argue about what they would do about me and my situation without hurting me. I was furious because I thought they were trying to control my life. I thought I was "in love," so I fought for it. My parents saw that no matter what their decision is, someone will get hurt so they eventually went my way. They let me make my own mistakes so I can learn from it. In the end, I ended up getting hurt. He was not the person I thought I wanted to be with. My parents never told me, "I told you so." And it was one of those times where I wished I listened.
After this experience, I valued my parents more. They simply just want what is best for me. It is hard for them to see me get hurt but sometimes they have to just stand there and let me make my own mistakes so I can learn on my own. This experience did not necessarily make me proud but the things that I got out of it did. I learned how to listen, a certain quality that, I think, not a lot of people have. There is a big difference between listening and hearing. Sure, most of us can hear sounds but it does not necessarily means we listen to it. Hearing is a physical ability to sense sounds while listening is a skill that processes the sounds that we hear. Listening leads to learning and I believe it is an essential quality that every students should have.
it is incomplete...help me with the conclusion pleasee..my grammar is also very poor because English is my second language. I would be happy to return the favor(:
Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?
"Raising children is like being pecked to death by a chicken"
High school is a time in which adolescents have wide ranging emotions due to their raging hormones. It is the time of our lives when we are not scared of anything-we challenge the authorities, rebel against our parents, break the laws. But high school is also the time where we learn how to face reality and responsibilities. It is the time and place for us, teenagers, to make mistakes and learn from it.
In the beginning of my sophomore year, I met someone. Every time I saw him my hands would start sweating, my heart starts thumping. I did not know how my parents would react so I hid it from them. Eventually, they found out about it. It was the first time that my parents and I had a big fight. I remember waking up at night, hearing my parents argue about what they would do about me and my situation without hurting me. I was furious because I thought they were trying to control my life. I thought I was "in love," so I fought for it. My parents saw that no matter what their decision is, someone will get hurt so they eventually went my way. They let me make my own mistakes so I can learn from it. In the end, I ended up getting hurt. He was not the person I thought I wanted to be with. My parents never told me, "I told you so." And it was one of those times where I wished I listened.
After this experience, I valued my parents more. They simply just want what is best for me. It is hard for them to see me get hurt but sometimes they have to just stand there and let me make my own mistakes so I can learn on my own. This experience did not necessarily make me proud but the things that I got out of it did. I learned how to listen, a certain quality that, I think, not a lot of people have. There is a big difference between listening and hearing. Sure, most of us can hear sounds but it does not necessarily means we listen to it. Hearing is a physical ability to sense sounds while listening is a skill that processes the sounds that we hear. Listening leads to learning and I believe it is an essential quality that every students should have.
it is incomplete...help me with the conclusion pleasee..my grammar is also very poor because English is my second language. I would be happy to return the favor(: