Descriptive Essay: Reflecting on Personal Learning Experiences

This essay explores the author's significant learning experiences, beginning with a vivid recollection of a thrilling yet frightening roller coaster ride that taught the importance of not judging experiences prematurely. It details the initial apprehension and eventual enjoyment, highlighting the lesson of embracing the unknown. The essay then shifts to a transformative hospital visit with the author's grandfather, which dispelled a long-held fear of doctors and inspired a career path in medicine. This experience underscored the importance of informed judgment and the value of understanding before forming opinions. Both narratives emphasize personal growth and the lasting impact of these pivotal moments, showcasing how they shaped the author's perspectives and future decisions. Desklib provides a platform for students to explore more solved assignments and past papers.

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Learning Experiences in My Life
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The Roller Coaster Experience
Introduction
There may be a million experiences that come to my mind whenever I am asked to relate an
experience that I cannot forget. However, there is one that I consider to be totally not forgettable
and in fact the most hair-rising. Riding in a roller coaster triggered apprehension and agitation in
me, something that I felt beyond imagination. Recalling the whole experience simply makes me
laugh out of freshness that it seems to have.
Feeling, Evaluation, and Analysis
The day started very well with the sun shining with brightness. Something weird seemed to my
view! The room that I was in was not familiar to me. “Otherworldly!” Was my own thought.
“How comes I could not acknowledge the room that I own?” it is only after a while that I
recollect that I was in a different country; the United States of America.
My thought was interrupted my younger sibling who seemed to talk in a voice full of delight.
“We are going for a ride today”. No sooner had she finished her conversation than I jumped with
joy and prepare swiftly for the seemingly pleasurable day. Just as we were approaching the land,
she suggested that we go for a ride on the roller coaster. I objected her suggestion with all might
but my sister kept on insisting while luring our mom to let us ride with it. “Come on! Let us go,
mom, can we?” she did not give up begging until our mother gave in to it.
That was a golden chance to drag me toward where the roller coaster was. I was indeed high-
strung. “Wow! This roller coaster is the biggest I have ever seen”. She could hide her surprise. I
was so pusillanimous that I could not notice how big the roller coaster that stood right in front of
me was.

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“Just slacken and concentrate bro!” Her solace was not of any help to me. My masqueraded
nodding managed to have her smile.
It was not after a long ride that I heard a loud siren. Little did I know that the siren was a warning
to us that we were just about to start a frightening trip! My eyes were inadvertently closed. The
roller coaster finally started to move and gradually picked up its speed. I was so timid that I felt
my stomach turning upside down. Its speed could make me fall from my seat. My heart was
pounding rhythmically.
My plea on my heart seemed to be in vain. I could just hear people screaming erratically. The
swinging roller coaster made me hit the front seat. I screamed at the top of my voice when the
experience ceased to stop! My eyes were wide open yet my heart stopped beating.
The tens minute ride on the coaster seemed like a decade to me. It was the most unforgettable
experience in my life.
Conclusion and Future Action
Life is full of both strange and familiar experiences. The fact that I could enjoy riding in roller
coaster before the actual ride reflects an axiom that a book should not be judged by its cover. To
me, I felt that the enjoyment perceived from those whom I watched riding was actually out of
humor and nothing more. I never mind to figure out their knowledge about their first experience
in it. I basically learned not to rush in doing anything unless I am contented that doing it is going
to be of no harm to my life. That is the principle that I stand with up to date.

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The Hospital experience
Introduction
Other events in life leave an everlasting mark that is not erasable. There are incidences that once
they happen in life, their lingering in the mind of the character ceases to fade away. The lessons
that such events offer to the character are also memorable that they cannot be replaced by
another experience. It was a long time ago when my grandfather was taken to the hospital.
Feeling, Evaluation, and Analysis
My curiosity could not let me stay behind. I had to accompany him being taken to the hospital.
My grandfather had started to experience issues in his left eye due to old age. His visiting many
hospitals occasionally could not offer him a permanent cure. The condition was not getting any
better. Finally, he was advised by his doctor that the only option that was left as a remedy for the
long term condition was for him to undergo an eye operation. This was the only option left that
could be subjected as a measure to correct the abnormality. The fact that it was a weekend meant
that I had no class to attend to. Moreover, there was no obligation left for me to do. These factors
intensified a good idea that it was good for me to accompany my grandfather to the hospital. The
undying relationship that tied me and my grandfather also made it effortless for me to offer him
accompany. However, I had little fear of the operation that he was to be subjected to in the
hospital (In Jensen & In Jolly, 2014)
We drove to the hospital by my uncle. Soon after arriving at the hospital, my uncle left for an
unknown commitment after ensuring that my grandfather had checked in. we were lucky to have
several accommodating nurses who were willing to give assistance to my grandfather within a
very short while. They even talked to us nicely upon noticing the agitation that completely

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covered our faces as if we were in a slaughter room waiting to be butchered. The outcome of the
talk from one of the nurses illuminated relaxation and relief from the overall anxiety that the
action of operation on my grandfather had spawned in us. We were finally fearlessly ready for
the operation as the extent of timidity went away in us. However, thoughts of the imminent
operation could not fully get off my mind. This is because of the bad attitude that I had about the
doctors and the injections. It was clear to me that the operation that my grandfather was to
undergo was more serious compared to the injections that enhanced timidity in me (McAdams,
1985).
The whole operation lasted only an hour. I was overwhelmed by joy upon seeing my grandfather
being wheeled out of the operation room. He was conscious and his spirit was high. The problem
was finally over. At that same instance, my panic of the doctors dematerialized and I began
treasuring the roles that they do in every day’s life. I am currently pursuing a course in medicine
because of that experience.
Conclusion and Future Action
Conclusively, one ought not to make a judgement to what he or she does not have an explicit
knowledge about. The fact my whole negative attitude about doctors changed in a single
experience is quite enlightening. It is therefore through this experience that I live to seek for
ground comprehension before making any important decision.

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