SSW Learning Journey: Reflecting on a Metaphor of Winding Road

This essay reflects on the author's Social Service Work (SSW) learning journey through the metaphor of a winding road, likening it to a roller coaster ride with its twists, turns, and emotional ups and downs. The author discusses initial hopes and the subsequent realization of the hard work required to achieve goals. Challenges such as shyness and difficulty with public speaking are addressed, highlighting the dedication to improving communication skills. The essay emphasizes the importance of self-confidence and perseverance in overcoming obstacles, ultimately leading to academic success and a desire to share acquired knowledge with others by becoming a teacher. The winding road metaphor symbolizes the continuous challenges and the beautiful desired destination represents the rewarding outcome of persistent effort and emotional stability. Desklib offers similar student contributed assignments and resources for academic support.

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Travel on the winding road that leads to a roller coaster journey till the beautiful desired
destitution
I have chosen this metaphor because this helps me to understand the journey that I have
set so far and also would like to continue in the future. This is because there have been several
twists and turns in this journey but I have never given up my confidence. Metaphors help in
making writing much more realistic and also enable readers to imagine. (Adam & Wahyuni,
2020) As per my perception, the learning journey is never easy. SSW learning journey has taught
me the different areas of weakness that I have and how can I overcome them. In other words, I
have been able to understand the challenges that commonly come in this path and how I will be
able to overcome them to reach my goals on time.

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Travel on the winding road justifies the struggle that I have been coming across so far in
my SSW journey. Before starting the journey there were several hopes and wishes in me that
talked about the good professions that I will be able to achieve shortly. However later when I
stepped on this path, I have been able to understand that one needs to work hard to get to his or
her desired goals and dreams. A winding road is one that has many twists and turns and the
journey that one undergoes while travelling on this road is not a smooth one but has many swift
ups and downs like a roller coaster ride in some amusement parks. This is because, at the
beginning of the course, I was unaware of the challenges; however, after taking up the course, I
realized the real competition and also the amount of hard work that I have to put in. However,
later on, I was determined that I will be overcoming all these issues. All the hardships and
challenges kept on coming one after the other. For instance, I was a very shy and timid person
who had a problem with public speaking. However, with time, I realized that I have to develop
proper communication skills so that I can reach out to my mentors, my seniors, classmates, and
all others. I kept on trying. I have devoted about 2 hours extra every day after my classes got
over for practicing communicative English and other public speaking techniques also so that I
can get over my problems and I can step towards perfection. However, later on, I have been able
to realize that unless I put on all possible efforts I can never achieve success.
However just as I overcome one challenge, the next would crop up. This has been a
journey filled with many twists and turns. However, the only thing that kept me going is my self-
confidence and also my desire to reach the level of perfection. However, later on, I have been
able to understand that no matter how much twisted or tough is the path; one will always be able
to reach their destination with proper hard work. My dream was to be a perfectionist after
completing my course. I have been able to succeed in this because after completing my course, I

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have got brilliant marks and also a good appreciation from all my mentors. They are much happy
with my hard work and also the results that I have got. I feel that it is also essential to share the
knowledge he that I have been ale tom acquire over all these years. Therefore I have decided to
pass on this knowledge among others. I have the goal of becoming a teacher so that I can help
many students who are suffering from a lack of proper motivation and also self-confidence. I will
teach them that no matter how difficult or twisted the path they will be able to attain success if
they can keep up their spirit.
I have chosen this metaphor because it has the word beautiful desired destination at the
end. As per my understanding, this is one of the most essential parts of the metaphor as it shows
the readers that the endpoint of their hard work and their success will always be good if they can
carry on stably. This is because I will always help my followers to stay stable not only in terms
of their hard work but also in emotion. As they will suffer from many challenges they might get
emotionally imbalanced. In all, this career learning course will be a roller coaster journey of
emotions and challenges but will ultimately lead to a proper destination.

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Metaphor Analysis. Journal of Language and Literature, 20(1), 10.

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