i shall be brave...

i'm gonna do something that's probably kind of stupid, but heck...this can't hurt me too bad. *knocks on wood* i'm gonna post an essay that i wrote for a SAT/ACT writing prep class. it's the one from my second week, and it's really sorta my favorite. just as a note...we write these essays in 25 minutes. this essay got three fives and a four.

cheers.

-enna

September 19, 2008
Word Length: 332
TOPIC: Each crisis is an opportunity in disguise.
Each person must face a point of crisis in their lives at least once. Some people hate crisis and avoid it at all costs. While these people are going through a crisis, others avoid them at all costs. Other people take advantage of crises. These people see crises as opportunities in disguise; opportunities to grow, to learn, and to live more fully.
Each crisis is a fresh opportunity to grow, maybe not physically, but mentally and spiritually. It makes us face what has been, and what could be. The original thirteen British colonies were independent of each other and fought among themselves. However, when England began to oppress them, they saw in that crisis an opportunity to grow. As is well known, their willingness to grow from a crisis changed the course of history.
Learning opportunities also exist in a crisis. If a little child touches a hot stove, he will get burnt. He will scream and cry and make a big fuss. However, he is not likely to touch the stove ever again intentionally. He has learned from this crisis in his life.
Every life is difficult. No person alive can honestly say, “My life is always easy. It’s never hard.” Crises are hard. This is an indubitable fact. Actually, if you think about it, a life is determined by how the person handles crises. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president during the Great Depression and World War II. His terms were full of crises, from the Depression to the war to his personal battle with polio. Today, Americans remember how he saw opportunity in those crises and pulled the country through them, making the U.S.A. a better place for Americans.
A crisis is a blessing in disguise. It is a chance to grow, like the American colonies did in the 1700s. It is an opportunity to grow, like the little child and the stove. It is a chance to live a life that others will look back upon and admire.