Once again as part of my English homework, this will be an entry on college essay topic. This time the question is "What is the best advice you ever received? Why? And did you follow it?" from the University of Pennsylvania.
Now that I think about it, I think that the best advise that was given to me was from my Dad; he said, "You don't have the choice. I'm not giving it to you." I know it does not sound like advice at all, but ever since I have known my Dad, I can say that he is not the type of man that would give a soft and straight forward advice. His advice are always through harsh actions, lectures, and criticisms. This one was from when I was new to my current school. It is a boarding school in a different country, therefore I left almost everything I have known my entire life to get here, including my friends, families, and most of my possessions that I have grown up with. The first semester was not bad; I met a math teacher who understand my ability and skill in math, so he pushed me to Calculus within a semester of my ninth grade. The dorm I was living in the first semester was a temporary dorm; the dorm I supposed to be living in was under renovation, therefore rules were not very strict. I lived my ninth grade life in this school peacefully, until the second semester. The math teacher was expelled from the school because his teaching style dis not match the school's curriculum. I got thrown back down to ninth grade level math like everything that I have accomplished with my math teacher were meant for nothing. Not only that, but the renovation for the dorm was completed, the 10th to 12th graders will live in there, and the ninth graders will live somewhere else in the proper dorm. Life in the dorm for me was different, I suddenly have even less freedom in my own life than before. Gaming time, hot water time, sleeping time, and study time; they were even thinking about having movie time for us. I have fallen into deep depression that one day, a dorm parent almost confiscated my laptop for copying my homework into my pendrive three minutes after sleeping time. Depressed and angry, I threw a chair straight at him, which, though unexpected, he realized that what he did was not right and gave me back my laptop. These depressions and angers have given me the strong will to get out of this school. However, after I have talked to my Dad about everything that had happened, he said, "No, I will not let you change school. You don't have the choice to quit this school. I'm not giving it to you. You will live in that place until you graduate." in a calm but demanding voice; I went blanked for almost one entire day, I did not feel sad or angry, just simply blanked. After I felt better, I came to realize that my Dad's intentions for keeping me here is to train me to be able to live with anything in the world, even if it is something that I hated the most; therefore, those things that my Dad said to me are advice for me to stay strong and live through anything that come to my life. I followed it.
I am in second semester of 11th grade now and my life is, so far, peaceful. I am still in the same school but, since I follow my Dad's advice, I was able to live through every bad things that come to my life and got used to it. I stayed strong and fought with my new math teacher (not literally) until he admitted that I can really skip levels of math; I skipped Algebra and Geometry that were meant for me in 10th grade and studied Pre-Calculus; now I am where I started, Calculus. This advice is the best advice in my life because it teaches me to stay strong and live through bad situations; therefore, after I lived through it and if I had not broken down and gave up, then I can fight back, like I have fought to get back to Calculus again, even though it is not a huge jump like I did in ninth grade, I can say that I have won over this school.
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Now that I think about it, I think that the best advise that was given to me was from my Dad; he said, "You don't have the choice. I'm not giving it to you." I know it does not sound like advice at all, but ever since I have known my Dad, I can say that he is not the type of man that would give a soft and straight forward advice. His advice are always through harsh actions, lectures, and criticisms. This one was from when I was new to my current school. It is a boarding school in a different country, therefore I left almost everything I have known my entire life to get here, including my friends, families, and most of my possessions that I have grown up with. The first semester was not bad; I met a math teacher who understand my ability and skill in math, so he pushed me to Calculus within a semester of my ninth grade. The dorm I was living in the first semester was a temporary dorm; the dorm I supposed to be living in was under renovation, therefore rules were not very strict. I lived my ninth grade life in this school peacefully, until the second semester. The math teacher was expelled from the school because his teaching style dis not match the school's curriculum. I got thrown back down to ninth grade level math like everything that I have accomplished with my math teacher were meant for nothing. Not only that, but the renovation for the dorm was completed, the 10th to 12th graders will live in there, and the ninth graders will live somewhere else in the proper dorm. Life in the dorm for me was different, I suddenly have even less freedom in my own life than before. Gaming time, hot water time, sleeping time, and study time; they were even thinking about having movie time for us. I have fallen into deep depression that one day, a dorm parent almost confiscated my laptop for copying my homework into my pendrive three minutes after sleeping time. Depressed and angry, I threw a chair straight at him, which, though unexpected, he realized that what he did was not right and gave me back my laptop. These depressions and angers have given me the strong will to get out of this school. However, after I have talked to my Dad about everything that had happened, he said, "No, I will not let you change school. You don't have the choice to quit this school. I'm not giving it to you. You will live in that place until you graduate." in a calm but demanding voice; I went blanked for almost one entire day, I did not feel sad or angry, just simply blanked. After I felt better, I came to realize that my Dad's intentions for keeping me here is to train me to be able to live with anything in the world, even if it is something that I hated the most; therefore, those things that my Dad said to me are advice for me to stay strong and live through anything that come to my life. I followed it.
I am in second semester of 11th grade now and my life is, so far, peaceful. I am still in the same school but, since I follow my Dad's advice, I was able to live through every bad things that come to my life and got used to it. I stayed strong and fought with my new math teacher (not literally) until he admitted that I can really skip levels of math; I skipped Algebra and Geometry that were meant for me in 10th grade and studied Pre-Calculus; now I am where I started, Calculus. This advice is the best advice in my life because it teaches me to stay strong and live through bad situations; therefore, after I lived through it and if I had not broken down and gave up, then I can fight back, like I have fought to get back to Calculus again, even though it is not a huge jump like I did in ninth grade, I can say that I have won over this school.
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I really like this topic because your advice piece is somewhat unusual. This does read very much like a rough draft and would need a lot of work to be usable. Do try your best to make these college essay topics as strong as possible. I also like how honest you were about your experience here and what you've learned from it.
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