When I eight I got diagnosed with a learning disability. I went through years of intense tutoring and I had double the homework as every other kid. Homework also took me hour and hours every night that I wouldn't go to bed hours later than my bedtime. I developed fears of talking in front of my other classmates for projects and would never raise my hand scared that because I had a learning disability I was stupid and didn't have the correct answer. Through this, I also developed anxiety that made school even worse. However, I have always been the type of person that when I am faced with a challenge I fight to overcome it. I started reading every second I got and started paying, even more, attention to my studies. Let me tell you, it was really hard I was a fourth …show more content…
I personally didn't see only change until I was in seventh grade. That was the first year I was on my same grades reading level. I remember after taking the reading Lexile test hearing that I was a seventh-grade reading level the joy that came from those few words is indescribable. However, that was not enough for me, so I kept pushing, studying, even more, reading even more. It was in eighth grade when I was told I tested at a level that was higher than my grade. The joy the happiness that hearing those words brought me is a once in a lifetime feels. All the struggles I went through and all the nights I stayed up until midnight finally paid off.
Now I'm in high school in AP classes that I would never have dreamed of being in all because I took an obstacle that was thrown in my way and ran with it. In everyday life, we are given obstacles some bigger than other but if you take them and run with it the outcome can be