My Texas Common Application essay.

      I remember it as if it was yesterday, surprisingly; I met lots of people

that speak different languages in my first day of school in the United States. The

administrator heard my situation that I didn’t speak any English, they decided to

let an English tutor me every day in the library, we call him Mr. Bradley. His

class just likes an ESL class.


      During my life, I have never seen such patience of will in a person. His

patience made me understand that every person is capable of achieving his or her

goal despite all the difficulties and obstacles that come with it. On our first

lesson I felt embarrassed that I didn’t know those important things, all those

things I learned in school, but that after such a long time without practicing I

forgot, as we forget the recipe of our favorite cake when we don't bake it often.

But Mr. Bradley has a plan for me, he wants me to succeed, and more importantly,

to believe on myself, and know that I could do it. That I could achieve my dream,

and one day I will be able to help others the same way he is helping me.


      It had been a few months then, since we first started. I know that my

English have improved, but I 'm still not quite there yet. I will be soon, ready

to take on life and to work hard, so that I can prove to myself, and others that I

can do anything when I put my mind into it. I want to show him that all the

efforts and time he has spent helping me has not been in vain.

      I am a person who likes to think she was ready, that she knew everything,

but in reality I didn't know much. I need it that additional push from that

special someone, who believed on me, and who knew I had the potential to achieve

what I really wanted in life. Mr. Bradley saw something on me that I had not yet

seen on myself. What was it? It was a girl who had given up hope, but who deep

inside wanted to make it out in the world, and become a professional one day. I'm

not quite there yet, but I feel closer and closer every day, just like when you

are getting closer to the ocean, and can actually smell the beach on the air from

far away.