Personal Narrative Essay On Physical Therapy
Cameron Pipes
6/15/11
Personal Narrative College Essay
I was eight years old and I couldn’t even tie my shoes. I possessed no athletic talent. I was socially awkward because I was the kid that no one wants on their team. In the fall of 2002, my third grade P.E. teacher at my elementary school noticed my inability to do simple athletic tasks, such as jumping rope. At the same time, my parents noticed that it was beyond my physical capacity to tie my shoes or write well. So, I began attending physical therapy at Kidnetics, a place that specializes in physical therapy for young children. On the first day of therapy, I met Stephanie, my therapist. We started by playing a then popular game called Bop-It to test my hand-eye coordination. Needless to say, I was awful at the game. I was frustrated and began to hate Bop-It, especially after my parents bought one for me to practice. …show more content…
To this day, I don’t understand why I could not tie my shoes. For two years, Stephanie tried to teach me the conventional shoe lace “crossover” method and even the easier “bunny ears” method, but still I could not tie them. Sometimes we sat there for ten minutes, sometimes thirty, but Stephanie was always pushing me. Eventually, with enough practice at therapy, I learned to tie my shoes. When this new phenomenon in my life occurred, I was nearly ten years old. Most of my classmates had been tying their shoes for three years or more and I was just figuring it
6/15/11
Personal Narrative College Essay
I was eight years old and I couldn’t even tie my shoes. I possessed no athletic talent. I was socially awkward because I was the kid that no one wants on their team. In the fall of 2002, my third grade P.E. teacher at my elementary school noticed my inability to do simple athletic tasks, such as jumping rope. At the same time, my parents noticed that it was beyond my physical capacity to tie my shoes or write well. So, I began attending physical therapy at Kidnetics, a place that specializes in physical therapy for young children. On the first day of therapy, I met Stephanie, my therapist. We started by playing a then popular game called Bop-It to test my hand-eye coordination. Needless to say, I was awful at the game. I was frustrated and began to hate Bop-It, especially after my parents bought one for me to practice. …show more content…
To this day, I don’t understand why I could not tie my shoes. For two years, Stephanie tried to teach me the conventional shoe lace “crossover” method and even the easier “bunny ears” method, but still I could not tie them. Sometimes we sat there for ten minutes, sometimes thirty, but Stephanie was always pushing me. Eventually, with enough practice at therapy, I learned to tie my shoes. When this new phenomenon in my life occurred, I was nearly ten years old. Most of my classmates had been tying their shoes for three years or more and I was just figuring it