Personal Statement for Early decision College admission
I was dubbed the girl of disability after my bad vision and huge body for a long time. Just after I was born, I had a stroke and the doctors diagnosed me with hemiplegia, a condition which caused my abnormalities. The doctors who cared for me told my parents that I would not see or walk out of my left peripheral view. I may be dependent on a wheelchair or a walker. Fortunately, I had protective effects to resolve. My parents put me into working and physical therapy before I changed my medical condition. My condition put me into misery as I had a problem associating with colleagues at school. For one, the therapies made me grow faster than my age mates, and everyone thought that it was abnormal. People laughed at me in school, and I tend not to interact with them. I often acted shy and would sit alone at lunch, or help out my teachers if they needed it just to avoid those who mocked me even when I was in front of them. While at home, I remained indoors because I could not at times overcome the emotions when others stared, whispered, and laughed at me. Therefore, I was not happy.
The challenges made me reflect on my life and felt that I was harming myself by acting shy and not interacting with people. In fact, I only had few friends. Fortunately, I began to change the way I viewed the happenings around me and started to involve myself in playing and joining my peers for social activities. As time passed, I felt normal, and I got new friends. From there I realized that it was my attitude that kept me away from people and I committed to overcoming the emotions and the thoughts that other people saw me as disabled.
A complete turning point came when I was one day asked to share my story at the upper school town hall. It was the first time in my 16 years of living that I felt brave to give a testimony of what made me who I am. That day, the classmates I had known for years, though never talked to came up to me and said thank you. They appreciated me for letting them know how fearless I am and let me know how much they loved knowing more about me. I knew that they cared because they look at me in the eye. I never felt that safe my whole life. I knew that where I was at that moment was the best place I could have been.
From that day, my social status progressed well as I embraced myself and everyone around me. I knew that I could only perform well in my academics and be accepted by others if I behaved normally and stayed happy. Therefore, I continued to remain jovial by seeing myself to be the same with the rest of my peers whom I interacted with. Additionally, I accepted my condition and the fact that I could not change the outcome of the stroke. Therefore, I embarked on controlling my weight through body exercise, and it significantly contributed to making me love myself.
Today, I do not hear “the girl with disability” as I do not regard myself as so and I hardly hear people refer to me as abnormal. I guess that I pay minimal attention to people around me because I do not perceive them as seeing an abnormality in me as I used to do before. Evidently, the acceptance of my condition and the change of attitude led me from the constant hurt and discomfort in the presence of others.
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