What physical, social, political, psychological, or spiritual challenge have you overcome? How did your values evolve or help you through this experience? Describe one challenge, explain how you overcame it, and discuss the impact it had on you
Thesis statement: Your thesis should state what challenge you confronted, how you overcame it, and what you learned. It should foreshadow your essay content.
Note: This will be an essay about one significant challenge you overcame not a life story.
Evidence: Use your experience and use “I.” Incorporate one or two short quotations from the essays or poems listed above.
As you are brainstorming ideas for your essay, consider these questions:
- Was your challenge physical, social, political, psychological and/or spiritual? How so?
- What specific tasks, feelings, events, or other aspects made your challenge difficult?
- What values did you learn? and/or What values helped you through this?
- How did you overcome your challenge? What support did you need/receive?
- What did you learn while experiencing and overcoming your challenge?
- How will what you learned serve you in your life?
