Reflection on Personal Perseverance

Running head: REFLECTION ON PERSONAL PERSEVERANCE
The essay talks about the incident that took place when I was in City Tech College
that taught me about the art of perseverance. The essay states that I was abused in the college
by my seniors that helped me in consolidating my inner strength. The incident took place on
that of playground of the college that completely shook me. The essay states how the incident
left a deep impression on me and helped me in learning about a lot of things.
I was studying in City Tech College in Nigeria when I encountered a personal
experience that had a deep impression on me. The incident that happened was that I was
abused and hit in the playground of the college and this had a negative effect on me. I feel
uncomfortable when I am with the girls. This particular act was carried out in front of the
girls so that I would feel embarrassed. This made me feel insecure in the college as this
incident drew the attention of a large number of people in the College. The senior college
students could not accept me completely and they wanted to insult me in front of the whole
college. The senior students of the college asked me to misbehave with one of the girl of the
college as they knew that I was uncomfortable around the girls. The act was carried out in
front of the girls so that I would become embarrassed. The incident was solved with the help
of initiative taken by the college professors. I was however able to overcome the trauma of
this incident as I was able to grow strong after this incident. I was able to rise above my
introvert nature after this incident and I started to socialize in the right manner. The incident
was not reported as I thought that solving it in a peaceful manner would be a wise step on my
part.
The people who were involved in addition to me were the senior students of the
college who took the opportunity of hitting me when I was on the playground. This took
place on the playground of City Tech College that was generally used for playing sports. The