Essay On Overcoming Obstacles

Overcoming Obstacles By: Conner Anderson Through my entire life I have experienced obstacles and challenges, starting in my childhood, continuing into middle school, and in the present day in high school. But even though I have experienced hardship I have persevered and pushed through it and this very perseverance has helped me throughout my life.

One of the first challenges I faced was when I first started elementary school. My mother and father had just divorced and I started to feel the effects of it. It took a toll on my young self and I was struggling. I was about seven years old and one of the things I loved was school. I pushed through the hardship and dedicated myself to school, instead of worrying about my parents divorce. By dedicating myself to school it helped me out greatly and caused me to understand dedication and hard work at a very early age. This is one of the earliest experiences I can recall about facing a major obstacle and I pushed through it.

Another major life challenge I faced again had to do with divorce. At
I built upon my skills and became widely involved in many extracurricular activities. But I am still faced with obstacles and challenges regularly. A prominent one occurred in the 10th grade when I first joined debate. I wanted to succeed in the debate tournaments that are crucial for the class, being new I did not know much about the various events and I worked hard in preparation to do successful at the tournaments. The hard work and determination paid off and I qualified two events for districts. Due to the fact I had qualified for districts I pushed myself even further and I made it to the semifinals at the regional tournament. This was in my very first year in debate and was an amazing accomplishment. This obstacle taught me that in the end hard work and dedication pay off and has conditioned me to work hard to achieve my goals in