NARRATIVE

For my paper on Experience is Evidence, I will be referring to a past experience that many of you may relate to now and may not later on. This is for anyone whose ever been told that you can't do or have something; that no mater what you did, how ever way you perservered to get where you were at, you would ultimately fail because you weren't cut out for. I've experienced this on a number of occasions, but I guess it all begins when I was in third grade and my old dusty teacher told my parents that she thought I had ADHD. She stated that I would never be able to become a successful student without medication or at least the assistance of a doctor’s advice. That old lady didn't have a clue about what she thought she knew; I never went to the doctor, my parents never even called they just enrolled me in karate- another tall task to ask of me because kids used to say I would never be any good at sports. I admit I was a little bit like Steve Urkel when I was younger, but not by choice and really wasn't interested with baseball or soccer so during game time I did what I wanted. The main reason I joined a karate school was to learn how to focus and channel all the energy I had into a task-it served me well.

Here I am years later, I've accomplished so much in academics and athletically when a lot of people say that I couldn’t. I’ve matured and progressed, I’ve put in the work, and I’ve sweat and bleed for what I needed and wanted just like anyone else who wants something does. But if so, then why does the color of my skin still pose a problem in some circumstances?