Fear of the Unknown
Jennifer Haynes
Anthony Priest
English 210
September 26, 2012
Fear is a powerful and psychological entity. Fear can make us rise to an occasion or crumble under its mighty psychosis. Fear can arise anywhere. It can come from the known and unknown. Fear can show the strong they are weak and it can show the weak they are strong. A person can learn from fear, as I have learned from being afraid. The first day attending a new school is scary to most young children. They know no one and usually don’t have any friends. Time will usually ease the child’s fear of a new school. Yes it is true. Fear is educational. My journey with fear will travel to another state and three different colleges. I suppose you are wondering why I am speaking of fear as an educational topic. To begin we will have to take a trip back in time. August of 2003 was an exciting and fearful time in my life. The months to come would be uncertain and frightful. My, now, husband was graduating high school and our future was coming at us fast. I was certain in my career path of nursing. My husband, on the other hand, was undecided. We had already been together for two years. I knew I would marry that man. We were planning our lives together at the young ages 18 and 20. I remember a few days after he graduated high school he came to with an idea of moving to a foreign state I had never visited. My heart sunk! There I was certain we were going to spend our lives together and he drops a bomb like that on me. I was scared. I mean where would we work? Where would we live? The thought of moving away from my family, not to mention the town I had lived in all my life made my knees tremble in fright. I would have to explain to my parents I was going away. The news would surely devastate my little sisters. It was a scary proposition, not so much for my husband who had grown up in the town we were thinking of moving to. The proposal weighed heavily on my mind for several days. I had already agreed to
Anthony Priest
English 210
September 26, 2012
Fear is a powerful and psychological entity. Fear can make us rise to an occasion or crumble under its mighty psychosis. Fear can arise anywhere. It can come from the known and unknown. Fear can show the strong they are weak and it can show the weak they are strong. A person can learn from fear, as I have learned from being afraid. The first day attending a new school is scary to most young children. They know no one and usually don’t have any friends. Time will usually ease the child’s fear of a new school. Yes it is true. Fear is educational. My journey with fear will travel to another state and three different colleges. I suppose you are wondering why I am speaking of fear as an educational topic. To begin we will have to take a trip back in time. August of 2003 was an exciting and fearful time in my life. The months to come would be uncertain and frightful. My, now, husband was graduating high school and our future was coming at us fast. I was certain in my career path of nursing. My husband, on the other hand, was undecided. We had already been together for two years. I knew I would marry that man. We were planning our lives together at the young ages 18 and 20. I remember a few days after he graduated high school he came to with an idea of moving to a foreign state I had never visited. My heart sunk! There I was certain we were going to spend our lives together and he drops a bomb like that on me. I was scared. I mean where would we work? Where would we live? The thought of moving away from my family, not to mention the town I had lived in all my life made my knees tremble in fright. I would have to explain to my parents I was going away. The news would surely devastate my little sisters. It was a scary proposition, not so much for my husband who had grown up in the town we were thinking of moving to. The proposal weighed heavily on my mind for several days. I had already agreed to