My Personal Story

Words: 821
Pages: 4
Open Document
Rory J Matthews, My Personal Story

Life can be hard with many battles; I have not won every battle, however I will not lose this war. My first major battle started when I was five years old and diagnosed with ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The dictionary website defines ADHD; “Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurobiological disorder. Typically children with ADHD have developmentally inappropriate behavior, including poor attention skills, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. These characteristics arise in early childhood, typically before age 7, are chronic, last at least 6 months, and sometimes throughout life. Children with AD/HD may also experience problems in the areas of social skills and self-esteem.” …show more content…
My struggle to consistently concentrate and my inability to recall the information being taught in classes have been tough. Working with my doctors, teachers, and family I have developed skills and exercises that help me to overcome these problems. Some teachers and administrators at school feel that ADHD is an excuse and use my disability to actually harass and intimidate me, but they will not keep me down. My father is my best advocate and he also has ADHD, he runs interference with these teachers and administrators, he educates them at every opportunity. Being diagnosed with ADHD has led me to develop a deep interest in Biology and Forensics, and I would like to go on and study Biology and Forensics in college. My passion, of wanting to learn more about ADHD in college, is a way I could help other ADHD students through tough times. Facing these difficulties in my education head on has made me a stronger and more determined …show more content…
Encouraged to become a stronger student from a young age I was held back because of the effects of ADHD. ADHD gave me much more energy compared to someone without ADHD but robbed me of the ability to concentrate. ADHD has challenged me by limiting the amount of time that I can take part in an activity and the amount of effort I can put into it. This just made me more determined to control the ADHD so I could become stronger and concentrate more. My family’s love of learning made me realize that someday I would be as competitive as them in academics. Mastering the ability to focus my thoughts and actions will enable me to become a scholar and I will make that happen.

Boy Scouts is a structured environment and was a place I could excel one badge at a time. There were other boys with ADHD and one is an Eagle Scout now. Most of the leadership understands ADHD and encouraged my progression. I aged out (18) but achieved Life Scout the rank before Eagle. With my parents encouragement and my Scout Master taking charge to give me every chance to make this prestigious
Show More

Related Documents: My Personal Story

Literary Conventions In My Personal Stories

angst, loss, hardships, and tragedy. I rarely have a happy ending in my personal stories. However, when I am just reading I like themes about discovering destiny and fighting through conflict to find your true self but I want them to have a happier resolution than my own stories have. Sometimes it is hard to separate what the story’s subject matter is and the theme it is trying to convey. The subject is the foundation for the story while the theme is the opinion expressed about the subject. What is…

Words 240 - Pages 1

Personal Narrative: My Educational Story

My educational story is a bit more complicated and strung out than the normal college freshman who is may be right out of high school. Ever since I can remember my education was different than my peers. Whether it’s how my parents were, how my mind wondered in school or the training I had before and during the military. My story is one of struggle and determination. My narrative starts at my first memories, my parents always tried to teach me to be the best I possibly could be. From an early age…

Words 526 - Pages 3

Personal Narrative: Soccer And My Story

My favorite sport is soccer and my story starts when I was about five years old. I started soccer at a rec level in the city of Westminster. I started as a kid who always stayed by the goal and liked to defend and not attack at all. The next year I remember was when I was eight years old I got a little better then I was back then. I started to make friends on my new rec team. By the end of the season I was the best defender and fastest on my team. The next season I started to play indoor during…

Words 1281 - Pages 6

Personal Narrative: My Survival Story

My Survival Story When I first moved to Sartell at age two, there were many kids my age in the neighborhood. I have created some of the best relationships with all of the kids in our neighborhood. We all played together and always had a great time with each other. I never thought that one day I would not be able to walk over to their house to see if they can play. Garrett and Riley Radohl were some of my best friends in the neighborhood. They only lived a few houses away from ours and always…

Words 493 - Pages 2

Personal Narrative: My Single Story

which soon became my single story. Throughout my life, being identified by my single story has been a challenge everywhere. I even lost sight of who I was while looking for acceptance in today’s society that I pretended to not speak Spanish so people would stop assuming that I was Mexican. Since people thought I was Mexican they would always call me names like “border jumper” or “wetback”. Being singled out because of my race with name calling became to be my single story which…

Words 754 - Pages 4

Personal Narrative: I Shared My Story

After having shared my story with Kyle I felt that I should really reach out to someone that I knew very little about. I’ve always been quite an introverted person so it was really difficult to get outside of my comfort zone. Saturday afternoon I went to Café on Broadway with a friend and decided to sit there until I found the right opportunity to approach someone. After about 30 minutes I noticed an older lady sit down by herself. I finally worked up the nerves to approach her and started off by…

Words 447 - Pages 2

Personal Narrative Essay: My Story Of A Pitcher

the face. Of course that is what the face mask is for. Before game I always pray! To help myself I sometimes bite my lip. If I need some cheering up to also help me, I say pep to Aleia and Esther! It's really fun to pitch, I practiced during the summer, I am pretty good now. My Dad and Grandpa helped me! I really like working with my teammates we all encourage each other Story Once there was this teenage girl, she was a softball player. Her name was Maddie and she was considered the best player…

Words 653 - Pages 3

Personal Narrative Essay: My Horrible Hospital's Story

Camila Renderos Period 2 Personal Narrative Essay My Horrible Hospital Story It was the first couple weeks of third grade. Everything was going great. But one day my stomach started hurting. It wasn’t like a normal stomach pain, it was worse.I felt a sharp pain in the left area of my stomach. It felt as if someone were punching me right in the gut. I went to the office and called my mom to go home. She picked me up and asked me what was wrong. I told her about the pain in stomach, she thought it…

Words 1191 - Pages 5

According To Patrick Revere's Teaching The N-Words

problems that they are going through in life become who they are. I disagree that it is mostly our individual experience that shape our personal identities. The reason why I disagree with that is because what shape our personal identities is the place where we grow up, the choice you make in life, and the people around us. The place where we grow up shape our personal identities. It shapes our identities because it teaches us many things. What we believe in, what we wear and value all of these are…

Words 825 - Pages 4

My Bondage And My Freedom By Paul Laurence Dunbar Analysis

during that time. In the story “My Bondage and My Freedom” by Frederick Douglass, Douglass talks about his life as a slave and how he was treated unfairly. In the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dunbar talks about the life of African-Americans after slavery ended. Because of their personal experience we were able to see what they went through during this time in history. In realistic literature during this time, authors wrote stories that dealt with their personal experience. In the poem…

Words 369 - Pages 2