Career Discourse #2:
A. Please choose and describe an educational scene (positive or negative, odd or typical) in which you experienced an epiphany or moment of insight during your childhood. Narrate in detail the setting, characters, plot, and mood and then share insights you may have had during or after that moment as well as those you may have looking back on that moment.
March of my Junior year of high school was a very eventful month. Baseball season started and I started preparing for my first of multiple AP tests in my high school career. The tests were not impossible however I was struggling in school for the first time ever. Although I am an intelligent kid I was having trouble performing at my best. This began to show on many tests as well as standardized tests. My sister had been diagnosed with ADHD a couple of years earlier so it lead me to think if I had something similar. After arguing that I was fine for months I finally gave into my moms suggestion that I just get tested for ADHD. This decision lead to my moment of clarity. I used an off day to get tested so that it would not interfere with baseball. I stepped into the doctors office and my mom left me to what felt like eons of testing locked in a cold room with one other person. The doctor was kind and administered the test in a very efficient way. The test took forever but the results brought a great moment of insight about my schooling. Through the test I was able to push away doubts of my intelligence and potential to get into my ideal school, UF, as I learned more about myself then ever before. As the doctor sat there describing the results I realized that I was not dumb but rather affected by something out of my control. This led to me pushing harder then ever in school, now with the aid of medicine. I also was able to get an IQ test out of this and realized that my standardized test scores were nowhere near what my potential was. With this in mind I killed my next and final ACT and eventually landed at my dream school.