You are nothing but a failure!; Describe the world you come from - UC's PS

Question: Describe the world you come from - for example, your family, community or school - and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

"Don't even go to college! You're a piece of garbage! You are nothing but a failure!" (Good way to start?)
Stupid. Unintelligent. Dense. Failure. Growing up I always felt like I was alone; not physically, but mentally. No one ever believed in me; they always thought I would be a failure. As an educated young woman, I always thought I was smart until these words start coming into my head. What blows my mind the most was that these words didn't come from strangers, it came from the people that I love the most, my family.

Because of the one B I had on my report card junior year, my family thought I was a failure. My mom and sister constantly yelled at me everyday for that one B. They forced me into quitting all my extra curricular activities I had going on at school and made me stay home all day to study. National Honors Society, 4.0 GPA Award Recognition, Outstanding Community Service Hours- none of those recognition mattered to them. I was fed up to the point where I just cried because I knew that just staying home all day to study won't get me anywhere.

I have struggled with having a good relationship with my family. Despite the fact that I came from a traditional Asian culture- where having anything lower then an A is failing, my family doesn't understand that I need to be a well rounded student

I was able to overcome the family situation and strive for the best. I was able to motivate myself to get perfect grades. I was able to drive myself to be the first in my immediate family to apply straight to a 4 year university. I created various alternative methods in my life in order to improve. I blocked out all the negativity that are preventing me from striving for the best. Instead of mourning on these negativism, I use it to push myself far beyond the star's limit.

What blew my mind the most...

Yes... I like it :) .... gives some hint what you have in your store to reveal :)


.... this one disturbs your flow.... put it a bit differently;
Although I believed I was smart, these words kept disturbing me to holding on to that conviction.


The worst was they didn't come from strangers, but from the very people I love the most, my family.