Wonka
Jan 28, 2016
Undergraduate / Tell about a time you dealt with a problem and/or an unfamiliar situation. -UBC Personal essay [4]
Explain how you responded to a problem and/or an unfamiliar situation. What did you do, what was the outcome, and what did you learn from the experience?
This is one of the questions for my UBC application. Please comment and suggest any ideas towards my paragraph!
Last summer, I embarked on the journey of working as a pizza cook for my first time at PNE and it was an eye-opening experience. Granted the opportunity to exercise my culinary skills, I was very eager during my training day. I was unexpectedly taught the basics of how to roll the dough and how to dress it. The instructions were thorough and the procedural forms were simple to follow through. However, my endeavors to create my first pizza came out as a blunder. There were air bubbles and the crusts were uneven; but the frustration that was built up inside of me didn't stop me from giving up. With no significant improvements after many attempts, I decided to spend some time watching others roll out their dough. When I noticed the techniques they used differed from mine, I went to my station and tried incorporating some techniques I acquired from my Foods Class to make the dough. In the end, a round-shaped pizza came out and it was a success. Over the going process of learning how to make pizzas, I learned that not everything will always go my way at first and that I need to develop my own style and incorporate it into things to produce the best results.
Explain how you responded to a problem and/or an unfamiliar situation. What did you do, what was the outcome, and what did you learn from the experience?
This is one of the questions for my UBC application. Please comment and suggest any ideas towards my paragraph!
Last summer, I embarked on the journey of working as a pizza cook for my first time at PNE and it was an eye-opening experience. Granted the opportunity to exercise my culinary skills, I was very eager during my training day. I was unexpectedly taught the basics of how to roll the dough and how to dress it. The instructions were thorough and the procedural forms were simple to follow through. However, my endeavors to create my first pizza came out as a blunder. There were air bubbles and the crusts were uneven; but the frustration that was built up inside of me didn't stop me from giving up. With no significant improvements after many attempts, I decided to spend some time watching others roll out their dough. When I noticed the techniques they used differed from mine, I went to my station and tried incorporating some techniques I acquired from my Foods Class to make the dough. In the end, a round-shaped pizza came out and it was a success. Over the going process of learning how to make pizzas, I learned that not everything will always go my way at first and that I need to develop my own style and incorporate it into things to produce the best results.