TRANSITION POINT OF MY LIFE

Everyone has gone through different experiences in their lives. These experiences could be the incidents that happened in someone else’s life or in our own. Some people learned lessons from them and some people changed their lives. Like them, I also went through an experience that served as a transition point of my life and has shaped me to who I am today.

Ever since I was a child, I have always been dependent on my parents. I wasn't able to do hardly anything on my own because I didn't have any trust and confidence in my abilities. I was also afraid to fail and commit mistakes but these all changed when I took the entrance exam in Cavite National Science High School.

I never thought that it would be a critical turning point of my life. I was a first year student that time and I was so excited about meeting new teachers and friends.  But after a brief moment of happiness, I was immediately put to the test. We were given a lot of homeworks, projects, and the subjects we encountered were hard. It was a culture shock for me because in elementary school, we were treated like children but here, we were treated like adults. It was really difficult for me to adjust and it almost made me cry but I didn't give up. I took all of these experiences positively and I told myself that I would do my best to accomplish all the given tasks.

This way of thinking made me determined to improve in my studies. Little by little, I became independent and I was able to make decisions for myself.  I gained trust and confidence in my abilities and I also learned how to manage my time in various situations. I realized that I shouldn't be afraid of committing mistakes because success is only achieved when one learns from his or her mistakes.

As a human being, we face various types of situations in life and learn different lessons from them and grow. All of these situations are experiences for us and it is our job to take as much benefit from every experience as we can. Every occasion, no matter how insignificant it may appear, provides us with an opportunity to discover something new and change ourselves for the better.