#PersonalStatement. GRADUATION IS COMING GAH Fine... Kyle”. I heard the begrudging tone coming from my faceless fourth grade acquaintance and I met it with seldom surprise. I was picked last, just like always. I had learned to expect it. Nobody wants the fat kid on their team, especially not someone who is too young to understand that their shallow remarks would have an effect on people. I was no athlete, I could not care less about whatever childish event we were doing; whether it was kickball, basketball or any other sport, I would fail. However, despite any alibi I could muster up, no matter how many excuses clouded my mind, the reason I was never willingly picked was not because I was overweight, it was because I just expected not to be picked. It would take me a long time before I figured out that the only way to guarantee failure is to accept it as fact. Do not think for a moment that this is a sorry sob story about the adversities I faced as an overweight child in America. That would not make for a unique and explanatory essay, nor am I pleading for pity. In fact, the several years I spent in primary and middle school, festered with bullies and insecurities, would come to be vital in developing my character. Years later, as a sophomore in high school, due to some unknown catalyst, I just had an Epiphany, and I was tired of being picked last. Even though I previously thought it to be fate that I was physically obese, I looked in the mirror and felt the need to run. I ran with tears in my eyes, and it felt like I was leaving my insecurity in the dust, and it felt rejuvenating. As strange as it may sound, despising what I saw in the mirror every day was the drive that led me to lose fifty pounds in five months. I got immense support from my friends, and my life was drastically different, but the real changes that actually carried substance occurred after I had the chance to reflect on what happened. I had done what I thought was impossible, and that mindset gave me the ambition and the audacity to face any challenge that came my way. The solution to my problem came when I instituted a new lifestyle, which was not healthy eating and exercise as much as it was fighting for what I believe I can do and making changes when things seem difficult. The thought of not doing my best when I am capable makes me sick to my very core, and that is because I know hard work and determination can make anything possible. My struggle with obesity was torture as a child, but without it, I would not have the ethics I use now to approach any problem I come across. Now that I have done what I believed could not be done, any goal is tangible, as long as I have the passion to do it. Thanks to my physical transformation, I now exhibit a fearless disposition in my band and theater classes, in the sports I play and even in the classroom. I am excited to show my work ethic and personality in your school.
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 03:07:58 +0000
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