ENG FP 1000 Course: Assessment 3 - Personal Growth Essay

This essay, submitted for an English Composition course, details a student's personal journey and the significant challenges they faced. The student reflects on the profound psychological impact of racism and economic hardship, which stemmed from their family's financial struggles and racial background. They describe experiences of discrimination in school and the workplace, highlighting the barriers they encountered while trying to balance education and work. The essay emphasizes the emotional toll of these experiences, including feelings of isolation, demotivation, and the struggle to find their identity. Despite these difficulties, the student demonstrates resilience and ultimately views these challenges as catalysts for personal growth and success. The essay concludes with a reflection on the importance of perseverance and the transformative power of overcoming adversity, drawing upon the support of their religious mother and their own inner strength to navigate a difficult path.

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Name of the student:
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As I have mentioned before that my life has always been questioned by the economic
condition of my family. my parents had worked day and night to support four of us. As I am
the eldest of them, I have to take responsibility to arrange my expenses by working in a
restaurant. in this personal growth I have faced many barriers that has affected my education
also.
In order to grow in life, I did not only face the economic or financial problems but also for
my racial background. I have felt that in American society in spite of working fast to bring
equality from the time of Abraham Lincoln, a racist mentality keeps on flowing like
undercurrent. I have been bullied in my high school for having a black background and could
not get chance in the basketball team in school. I have been kept aside in every annual
function arranged in school or given the servant stroll because of my background. these are
challenges which had been affecting my mind from the very childhood and believe me what a
bullet student can do in in class I did the same. the society in disguise of oppressors in the
school had grabbed me scornfully.
Racism which is one of the most hated things on earth had been practiced against me
for long (Cooley, Brown-Iannuzzi & Cottrell, 2019). I was struggling very hard because I had
no body to support me or hold my hand to bring me up in the light. My mother is a religious
lady and she only wanted me to have patience because she believed that only God can save
me from this situation. She was scared of losing me and prayed when my father used to come
home drunk and beat us. In most of the Afro-American ghettos one can find this picture of
domestic violence. The women here work like animals and feed their children only to get
beaten by their drunk husband often having criminal record.
All of these situations where against me and I was almost curbing under the
impression of darkness in my life. I have chosen the psychological impact of racism because I
have felt these in every second of my life until I started my I study in college.

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This issue has bothered me like poverty and missed opportunities. The racism factor
has become a part of my life and identity because I am having a background where leading a
normal life is unthinkable. I have faced discrimination in the workplace both directly and
indirectly. I wanted to work hard and earn money for my family along with carrying on my
education. in this path there were barriers like open discrimination among the employees in
the restaurant where I worked. I had seen discrimination in terms of wage, work and other
facilities in workplace. A person who has a white background but less educational
qualification or skill get more salary than me. I want asked my employer about this
discrimination but he had avoided this conflict very diplomatically. Therefore, I have felt
demotivation even in work. I used to think that there will be nothing that I can do with this
issue and leave everything as it is. I had nowhere to go and no dream to pursue because I had
drained all my energy in finding my identity and establishing it. I was going to be broken
completely with depression but could not avoid my responsibility to arrange money for
supporting my family. it was unbearable situation which seems to be a never ending tunnel,
dark with no door to escape. I was a zero at that point of time because I had no friend to share
my experience nor I could share this with my family members. It was a critical situation
which many of the heroes from historical time have faced. with no resources in my hand but I
was full of dream I kept on going in my journey and trying to find out the solution. However
now I think my mother was right because this suffering had ultimately led me to success. Had
not I felt so much depressed and darkness around me, I never would have found this path of
light.

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References:
Cooley, E., Brown-Iannuzzi, J., & Cottrell, D. (2019). Liberals perceive more racism than
conservatives when police shoot black men—But, reading about white privilege
increases perceived racism, and shifts attributions of guilt, regardless of political
ideology. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 85, 103885.
doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103885