guydelarosa
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Does this essay sufficiently answer the question?
Prompt: Have you experienced any adversity in your life (parents divorced, single parent family, multiple high schools, frequent moves etc). If so, describe the circumstances and how you met the challenges.
I knew something was wrong when I got a strange text message from my mother in the morning. At first, I thought it was just my mom being a mom, and missing me, but as the day progressed these texts kept nagging at me; I had a strange feeling everything back home was not as usual.
I continued my day, almost forgetting about the peculiarity of the morning, but as I enjoyed my regular back massage in the trainer’s room, my phone began buzzing. I glanced down at my phone, which read “MOM.” Immediately the abnormality from earlier in the day came rushing back, and I hurriedly picked up the phone. As soon as my mom greeted me, I heard a crack in her voice as if she had been crying, so I instantly asked what was wrong, and she told me the most gut-wrenching words I had ever heard: “Your dad has cancer.”
Instantly, I was overwhelmed by a wave of emotion, followed by an endless amount of questions. My mother preceded to tell me that my dad had been diagnosed with stage 2 prostate cancer. After a lengthy conversation and reassurances that everything was going to be okay, I hung up. As soon as I got back to my dorm, I attempted to become an oncologist of sorts, researching treatment, recovery, and most importantly survival rates. I scoured the internet for hours on end, reading everything from WebMD pages to patient blogs. This level of focus on my father’s ailment was not sustainable with both school and the hockey season being in full swing. As expected, my grades began to drop, and my play began to suffer in the weeks following the news, prompting concern from my parents. I had always gotten A’s on tests, so the final straw for my parents was when I failed my AP Calculus exam, which prompted a long phone call with my dad.
I had always heard the saying “control what you can control,” but I had never given it much importance until my father told me just that. He said to me that whatever happens now is entirely out of my grasp, and the best way to help is to continue as I had been before the diagnosis. For some inexplicable reason the words, “control what you can control” finally resonated with me. As soon as I adopted this mindset, everything began to change; I started getting A’s again, and my performance in games and practices also increased. Luckily, my dad made a full recovery, but as I continue through life, whenever I encounter an adverse situation, rather than focusing on the negatives of the situation I seek to find what I can do to better my situation.
Prompt: Have you experienced any adversity in your life (parents divorced, single parent family, multiple high schools, frequent moves etc). If so, describe the circumstances and how you met the challenges.
I knew something was wrong when I got a strange text message from my mother in the morning. At first, I thought it was just my mom being a mom, and missing me, but as the day progressed these texts kept nagging at me; I had a strange feeling everything back home was not as usual.
I continued my day, almost forgetting about the peculiarity of the morning, but as I enjoyed my regular back massage in the trainer’s room, my phone began buzzing. I glanced down at my phone, which read “MOM.” Immediately the abnormality from earlier in the day came rushing back, and I hurriedly picked up the phone. As soon as my mom greeted me, I heard a crack in her voice as if she had been crying, so I instantly asked what was wrong, and she told me the most gut-wrenching words I had ever heard: “Your dad has cancer.”
Instantly, I was overwhelmed by a wave of emotion, followed by an endless amount of questions. My mother preceded to tell me that my dad had been diagnosed with stage 2 prostate cancer. After a lengthy conversation and reassurances that everything was going to be okay, I hung up. As soon as I got back to my dorm, I attempted to become an oncologist of sorts, researching treatment, recovery, and most importantly survival rates. I scoured the internet for hours on end, reading everything from WebMD pages to patient blogs. This level of focus on my father’s ailment was not sustainable with both school and the hockey season being in full swing. As expected, my grades began to drop, and my play began to suffer in the weeks following the news, prompting concern from my parents. I had always gotten A’s on tests, so the final straw for my parents was when I failed my AP Calculus exam, which prompted a long phone call with my dad.
I had always heard the saying “control what you can control,” but I had never given it much importance until my father told me just that. He said to me that whatever happens now is entirely out of my grasp, and the best way to help is to continue as I had been before the diagnosis. For some inexplicable reason the words, “control what you can control” finally resonated with me. As soon as I adopted this mindset, everything began to change; I started getting A’s again, and my performance in games and practices also increased. Luckily, my dad made a full recovery, but as I continue through life, whenever I encounter an adverse situation, rather than focusing on the negatives of the situation I seek to find what I can do to better my situation.