What Is Survival for a Student? Personal Narrative.
When I think about “survival,” the first thing that comes up is a deserted island with shipwrecks at the ocean shore. A forceless man in the soaked torn clothes is lying on the sand with his face down not knowing yet that he will have to do his best to survive. In the life of a student, there are hardly any critical situations that could be classified as “a matter of life or death.” Nonetheless, the importance of education for further life is a distant echo of survival in the world of adults. A student knows what means to survive, especially when it comes to examination session and all your existence comes to “make or break”.
When I give an example of a man on a deserted island, I mean that your future depends on you and belongs to you. When Robinson Crusoe became a castaway, life odds forced him to reveal his inner forces and show what he was worth. Despite the fact that he was alone, he remained a decent man with Christian principles and strong will. When I was getting ready to show what I was worth, my friend was relaxed because he chose to cheat. It was his choice then, and that could become his choice further in life. I chose to survive because I knew that if I were determined enough to survive then, I would have a good lesson of survival as my experience.
Apart from survival, when a person is left to his own devices, the need for survival made prehistoric people become a community and solve life problems together. The most striking image is a male part of a tribe running after a mammoth with spears. They had no right to fail because their success meant food and survival for the whole tribe. In terms of my survival, this principle still works nowadays. I have friends and I have my strategy for examination survival. I believe that I can reach bigger success together with friends or other people I deal with. The volume of the literature and assignments for examination session is immense. Therefore, allocation and co-work are the points that become synergetic leverages for me and others involved in the process of studying. When I had to pass exams, I initiated study sessions where other students and I shared our insights into the studied materials. We were all different; our knowledge and abilities were uneven. The more we shared, the more we enriched our knowledge. Therefore, I consider co-operation to be one of the best survival strategies that builds up the knowledge as well as strong relationships with peers.
In the academic performance and when I become a totally independent personality, I want to become a leader. I acknowledge that the main strategy for leaders is survival no matter what happens and how many times they fail. Leaders are not necessarily the ones who are best, but those who are able to develop working strategies, …
