As I casually took my seat this nice morning, my stomach drops as I hear my teacher say we have a year long project called ALEKS. ALEKS is a challenging math program that is supposed to help get us through the year. Our teacher said that we need to be at 50% by half of the year and 80% by the end of the year. For the first part of the year I wasn't planning ALEKS well and I fell behind. Although I fell behind, people around me helped do my best in ALEKS and get it done on time. ALEKS showed me my weakness in school and because of this I needed to overcome it and become more adaptable to new challenges.  The challenge I faced was planning a project I wasn't interested in and I would need the help of the people around me.
     The challenge I faced is a math program called ALEKS, I did not plan this well because I wasn’t interested in ALEKS as it seemed like it might be boring.  My weakness became apparent as the semester went on.  This challenge showed a weakness I never knew I had. Planning out long term projects is the weaknesses I encountered that made ALEKS challenging for me to get done. Because I have a colorful personality I wasn’t intrigued with not so interesting projects which made me fall behind in ALEKS and some other long term projects. The main reason this became a weakness for me is because whenever I didn't have homework that night I wouldn't work on my ALEKS and I kept telling myself again and again, “Oh yeah I'll do that tomorrow.”  This happened night after night.  By not doing this every night, I created a bigger weakness for planning my long term projects.  My lack of interest in the program is what kept pushing the project to the back burner.
    This challenge happened to be tough for me because I am more interested in creative programs and projects where ALEKS seemed like a giant, long drawn out process.  Although I am improving at these long term projects, it will be a problem that might take a while to overcome. This project may have been easier for others, but I felt challenged because it didn't interest me and I dislike projects that aren't hands on and intriguing. I have a colorful personality which made this boring project challenging for me and that challenge difficult to overcome. I am an interesting person and I invested my time doing a not so interesting program. Because of this, I didn't want to work on it often and wasn’t planning it well. Although this challenge seemed tough for me I ended up defeating it and I am now better at planning my long term projects.
     Although this challenge seem to be tough and frustrating to overcome, my dad assisted me and helped me get through it. I didn't notice the weakness I had, until we were reminded that our 50% mark was coming up. Once this happened I realized that I should ask for some help because I fell behind which is not like me at all. Then I asked my dad help me get through this remarkably challenging program. Although I got frustrated at some points and didn't want to look at the iPad screen, my dad would help me get through it. Through thick and thin my dad helped me whenever I needed aid to get through a topic.  I appreciate what he did to help me overcome my challenge. As time passed we were getting closer and closer to the goal. By overcoming this odd it helped me do better in other long term projects, because now I could plan well and make sure I got it done on the due date. Overcoming this challenge came challenging, but I succeeded and it is now helping me become better in long term projects.
     I have a colorful personality and my challenge was to finish a program I wasn’t interested in. I ended up overcoming my challenge but I couldn't have done it without my dad. This challenge felt very hard for me to overcome because I did not seem to be intrigued in the program. I am an interesting person and I am not interested in programs that are boring and plain. Without overcoming this challenge I would not be where I am today. Although this was a humongous challenge to me last year, now I am becoming better at planning and trying to get intrigued in each project. By overcoming this odd, I have strengthened the weakness I had and I would have never done it without help from my dad.