CEP121 0445
Professor Cantwell
Jason Chester
3/19/09
Creative Assessment Essay
Life calls forth for us to begin a deep understanding of ourselves at an early age. Whether we
realize this or not is truly up to us. I remember when I was younger thinking back, to simple decisions I
had to make. I was a boy but I had to choose my favorite color, my favorite sport, friends, and what type
of personality I wanted to have. Most of me that manifested was developed and or acquired. I had to
understand that people were going to view me, and I had to know how I was going to represent myself.
Life for the most part is about change. It’s about having an ability to adapt and to seek out the best
solution when the options aren’t that clear. We are always thinking about what comes next, but how many
of us can say we are ready? Or how many of us can say I control what happens next, or I will be the one
making the decision of what comes next. Ideally the world we live in is fantastic, aside from the harsh
reality of the unfairness that takes place all over the world, and presently in our faces. We have to
remember we only live once, and we must take the best shot at the best life as we can. We should never
be afraid to fail, to lose, to share, to learn, and to admit when we are wrong. I understand from Dewitt
Jones’s video Everyday Creation you have to have a perspective point of view. Search for the
extraordinary amongst the ordinary, looking to create something amongst the possibilities that are already
there.
I’m twenty five years old and I’m lost. I’m not lost because I don’t know where to go. I’m lost
because I can go anywhere and I’m not sure what road can be truly the one for me. I made it through high
school and wanted to go to the military, but my family asked me to stay at home and help them with bills.
Wanting to leave and discover the world was in my heart. But the love for my mother and my sisters’ was
in my soul. I am the model big brother. I worked all my life from a young age growing up to contribute to
my home in the absence of my father. He was around, but being a struggling alcoholic he could never be
the right father for the home. At eighteen I decided to join the workforce instead of going to college. After
realizing without a proper education, you’ll always be at the bottom scraping for scraps. At nineteen I
decided to go to college. It was great until my father had a stroke and I had to drop out and work full time
somewhere and anywhere to help my mom with the bills. I have two younger sisters and I will do
anything in my will to have them have the best life. Five years later I’ve been lucky to have landed a job,
where I could work nights and go to school in the day.
Now in college I have to discover my abilities. I know from being in the work force what I can
produce. I know what my social skills are like, and I have an idea of a safety net career I can take. But I
really want the best out of this life. Dewitt talks about a “critical focus” and that’s where I am. I want to
help people. I want to be a strong contributor to society on a global scale. I want to stand for something
beautiful, honest, hard working. Dewitt talks about “vision, passion, technique, perseverance.” My
problem is how do you go into something wholeheartedly when you’re thinking about everyone before
yourself? Dewitt says “Life presents us with windows with most opportunity.” For me that’s a hundred
percent true. Being out spoken about my ideas, I have been able to make relationships with people who
want to help me go down that road, of which I favor most. But how do I tell them I want to make a huge
impact on the world, but I don’t want the credit or the notoriety. Is it possible to save the world, and then
walk down the street and hope no one recognizes you for doing so? I don’t know. What I do know is I
will make several attempts about all the possible things I could be, and hopefully I fall into a place where
I belong and will find a hundred percent support from my heart and soul. I don’t plan on walking the road
that my heart isn’t a hundred percent dedicated to.