MackenzieGabler

GabrielleMcClanahan

BlakeFrick

Ms.Kadri

APEL,Period4

28Nov,2016

CollaborativeArgumentativeEssay

Althoughcertainstrugglesmaybehardtobear,peopleexperienceadversityultimately

livemoresuccessfullives.Hardshipscanbepresentedinmanyformsinoursociety.Whetherit

maybefinancialhardships,orfamilyhardships,oranyotherrelevanthardshipsthatmaybea

burdenonlife.Butineitherscenariotheyforceyoutoadapttothesituationbypushingyourself

tocomeoutstronger.

Throughoutlifepeopleoftenfindthemselvesstuck.Youcouldgiveuporpushthrough,

andbecomestrongerintheend.Inthirdworldcountriesthingsarenotalwayshandedtothem.

Theyhavetoworkalldaytobarelyearnenoughtosupportfortheirfamilies.Ifyouknowyou

eitherworkstarveyouaregoingtowork.Whenpeopleworkhardforwhattheywanttheyfeel

betterwhentheyreceivetheirearnings.Theyknowitwillbehardatfirstbutintheendyouwill

feelreliefandaccomplished.ThereisagirlinafewofmyclasseswhoItalktoandshetellsme

aboutherproblemsathome.Shetriedtokillherselftwoyearsagobecauseofherrelationship

withherfamily.Sheisnowdoingbetterwithhermomandsheenjoysliving.Shegoesto

therapyandshehasaboyfriendthatmakesherhappy.Afterhersuicidalstateshecameout

stronger.StephenHawkingstartedoutwithanormallife.Hewassmarthewenttodifferent


collegestopursuehispassionwhenhedevelopedNeuromuscularproblems.Hawkingwasable

toslowhisdiseaseandlivelongerthandoctorspredicted.Hehasbeenabletowritebestselling

booksandhelppopularisescientificconceptstomakegroundbreakingdiscoveries.Some

peopledonotfeelsympathyforotherswhosufferbecausetheyhaveneverexperiencedthepain.

Noonecanunderstandothersproblemsbuttheycanlisten,theycanhelpthembecomeabetter

person.

Lifecomeswithmanyhardshipsandsuccesses.Thesehighsandlowsarewhatbuildthe

characterofanybusinessmanorwoman.Somedecidetofocusonfailureandletitenvelope

themselvesothersovercomeitanduseittomakethemstronger.ExamplesofsuchareBillGates,

AlbertEinstein,andBenjaminFranklin.Theseindividualshavebuiltthemselvesuponmiss

fortune.BillGateshadcountlessfailedbusinessprojectsyetheforgedon.Cocreatingmicrosoft,

Gateshasleadhimselftowardsuccessasoneoftherichestmenontheplanet.AlbertEinstein

didntevenspeaktillhewas4yearsold.BenjaminFranklinhasbeenknownasthemasterof

trialanderror.Manyhavetriedfewhavemadeit.Thesethingsthattriedtobringdownsuch

entrepreneurshavetakenmany.Allthosewhostrivecamethrough,anyofthesemencouldhave

gaveupandwithouttheirsuccesswewouldbeinadifferentworld.Allhavetheopportunitiesto

risetotheirfullpotentialbutonlysomewilltaketheriskandkeeppushingthroughthisalltime

lows.

Overcomingmedicallimitationsinspiresonetoreevaluatetheirlivesandaidothers

throughtribulationsimilartoonesown.Infact,variousfoundations,companies,and

organizationshavebeenestablishedinanefforttoreachouttopatientsinseriousmedical

battles.Itwouldnotbedeceitfultostatethatthereareclosetoamillionoutreachprogramsinthe


UnitedStates,ifnotoverToeachitsownaudiencewhetherthatbementaldisordersorphysical

constraint.OneshowofthiswouldbeTheBreastCancerOutreachFoundationwheretheywork

withmedicalscreeningsanddiagnoses,worktowardsacureand/orvaccine,andsupportsystems

whichconsistsofpeoplefromallmanneroflifestylesandstagesincancerjoinedthroughtheir

mutualadversity.Groupssuchasthesearetheworkofthosewhohavefacedgravehardship,

someclosetodeath,andlivedtosharetheirstoriesandigniteahopewithinothersconfrontedby

analogouscalamity.Communaloutreachprogramssuchlikearecrucialtopreservingthe

confidenceandfaithofthosewhosediagnoseshavebecomedeathsentences.Medicallimitations

alsogiveswayforavarietyofopportunitiesuniquetoeachdiseaseanddiagnosis.Evenata

youngage,thedoorsforsuccessaremultitudinous.TheSpecialOlympics,establishedin1969,

aredevotedtogivingathleteswithmentaldisabilitiestheopportunitytofulfilltheirbiggestand

mostwildestdreamsofbecominganOlympiccompetitor.Over4.4millionathleteswith

intellectualdisabilitiesfromapproximately170countrieshaveparticipatedintheSpecial

Olympicssinceitsestablishmentin1969.Disordersrangefromcerebralpalsytodown

syndrome,however,thesepeopleofallagesarenotlimitedbytheirdiagnoses,butmoreso

empoweredtobeevenmoresuccessful,todomorethansomeonewithlittletonodisordersat

all.Whatsocietyviewsasmisfortunewasallthatthosewhosufferfrommentalandphysical

socalleddisadvantagesneededtopropelthemintotriumph.

Adversityisalsoillustratedthroughactions,actionsthatcanhelppeopleandinspire

them.Theyhavethestrengthandthewilltoovercomeallsortofdifficultieswhichhindertheir

path.Hardshipstearyoudownatfirstbutintheendyouarestronger.Youcanrelatetoothers

thatstruggledandhelpthoseintheprocess.