Jason Stevens learned about dealing with problems through other people's situations. He learned that joy does not come from avoiding a problem or having someone else deal with it for you. Joy comes from overcoming a problem or simply learning to live with it while being joyful.
Write in detail about a time when you learned something through a problem you were experiencing.
A problem that I experienced was valuable, although I didn’t think so or realize it at the time. In 2000, I was playing arena football for the Green Bay Blizzard and having the time of my life. I was having an excellent year as a wide receiver, leading the league in touchdowns and enjoying everything that came with that success. When I was on that field, I was alive; there was nothing else that I would rather do than to compete every week in front of thousands of fans. Then, halfway through the season during the fourth quarter of a game, the unthinkable happened. I was making a cut on the astroturf while running a route and I felt a popping in my knee, and everything seemed to move in slow motion from there. As I laid there on the turf, I knew what the doctors were going to say, and I was hoping this was just some horrible dream. An ACL tear was the diagnosis, and I knew my season was over. In the coming months, I had to look forward to surgery and extensive rehab; much different than the fun and excitement of playing the game I loved. I went through what I feel like was the closest thing to depression that I have ever experienced. I felt sorry for myself, I didn’t want to go anywhere or do anything, normal feelings for someone who is going through a loss. But eventually, I decided to change my attitude and attack the rehab process like I did a defensive back trying to cover me. I dedicated every minute of my time to getting back to where I was before the injury. It was a long road. I didn’t play the 2001 season because my knee wasn’t yet strong enough. But in 2002, the whole process came full-circle and I played my first game nearly 2 years after the injury and caught two touchdowns. Although it was a difficult time, I learned perseverance, hard work and dedication pays off. But the biggest lesson I learned is that I should never take anything for granted because it can all be taken away from you in an instant.
ReplyDeleteA problem that I have been experiencing for a long time (and still am today) is that I don’t study a lot for tests. I never was and never will be a fan of tests. But I also hate the studying I have to do. Most times when I finally get the test in front of me, my memory goes blank. One other thing I hate is long my free time for studying. I think thats my main reason why I don’t like studying, no one likes losing their free time. Because of doing what I do in my free time I forget to study. Like this one time when i was younger there was a test that I never studied for. because I was too lazy and I forget to study. I failed the test and I told the teacher that I didn’t have what I needed to study anymore (Which was a lie) because my mom recycled it, not knowing I’d need to retake the test. The teacher and my mom must’ve figured it out. Because after class a week later. Guess who was waiting outside the classroom door. Boy was she mad. I have learned through this that taking a little time out of studying can make a big difference than doing little to no studying at all.
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ReplyDeleteOne time in my life that I learned is that I had a LD. It all started in the 5th grade when I was having difficulty with my reading and writing. I was hard accepting it at first but once my parents told me more about it I accepted it. As 5th went on it was getting tougher day. Then my parents had to talk with the special ed teacher. I told my parents that the work was hard like somebody giving me a college test. As the year ended I had to go in summer school for more help. In the 6th grade I had started taking Special Ed. In the classroom my teacher made me read to 1st graders to help me with my reading skills. As the year when by the my reading and writing skill went up and I was learning better. Then in the 7th grade I was getting the materials a lot faster.Then in the Next 2 years I will get better and get through this LD. I learned that no matter what I will this live with the LD for the rest of my life.
In 2008 my grandpa was in the hospital and he had a disease in his blood. I got brought into the hospital and he needed blood they asked “are you the one donating blood?” and me being the easy going person i am said “ sure.” not thinking of what I really said. I was the only person they drew blood from and because of this I potentially saved his life. When I look back at this it wasn't much of a favor, just me not thinking, but it showed him that we care and that we were there for him.
ReplyDeleteA problem that I have overcome multiple times is moving. Moving to me is one of the worse thing that can ever happen. and to me it has happen a lot. I have moved about 8 times in my life, three of which I had to go to a new school. I always make new friends on the first day though, so it’s not too bad, but i still hate it. I hate moving into a new house because I feel weird sleeping in it and the new smell it has to it. One of the worse part of it is moving all your thing into the building. It’s like a week process and I'm always feel sore after words. Then when I go to school and I have gym that day, I don’t want to do any of it. The thing I learn the most about moving is that it sucks, but it’s apart of life like everything and you just have to move forward.
ReplyDeleteA problem that I had is that I can never be able to to do my homework as much as I can when the test comes I fail even more at that because I never understand what they are saying. now a days I have go think of what i'm doing about all of my homework and start to study for all of the test that i'm going to take. some other problems that I have is that I never do good in school I think its because I just hate everybody at school I just sometimes wish that there is no such thing as school. I learn that if their is no one to go to school with you will feel all alone and without school you would not be able to learn about how other life can inflict to your life. another problem I have is that people are just so confusing when they talk sometimes its only because they just don't understand what they are even talking about. What I learn from this problem is that they are just sad and worry about what is going to happen in the future. another problem is that girls always talk about their relationships and its so annoying because after they are done they start to cry they never stop. What I learn form this is that just sit there and take the pain. The last problem I have is that how kids just don't just shut the **** up now a days is like I just want to kick them in the face. What I learn from this is that if a kid just won't shut up just walk away from him.
ReplyDeleteI remember a problem I had when when I had to babysit for my mom because she had to go to work. It was not fun because I had to feed it and burp it and change it which I did not really know how to do and it won't stop crying it was just bad. I didn't even get paid when she got back from work and I was anger and the.Then there was another time had babysit two dogs for my moms friend. The big bog kept on pulling on my pants and was dragging me but the little one was fine.
ReplyDeleteThen this other time my friends dogs ran away and he never knew it so I had to chase him halfway across the neighborhood and walk him back to the his house. Then their was another time when mom friends ran away again.These time he ran away to the farm we lived next to so we had to walk a the way there to get him. One thing that I learned from baby sitting that babies need lots of attention and when bog sitting always have a chew toy with you. When you have your dog is outside to see if the shock collar is on so the dog won't run away again.