Challenge essay

The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success.
Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and
what did you learn from the experience?

Experience in music

- Failure in a competition in the age of 12

- My elementary teacher said that I’ve never achieved any prizes in a competition
- A teacher said that my performance was a mess
- Another teacher implicitly say that my voice was not good enough
- I was depressed and insecured
- Yuju’s word: I will take that as a motivation to improve myself.

Norwegian State Academy of Music: Music in Composition (Oslo, Norway)

Introduction: hook, purpose, outline

Music has become a big part of my life, since I was a child. The moment when my neighbor
become my first audience to hear me singing in the age of six, I was blessed; I started to grow
a hopeful dream in music. I thought as long as it is a field that I love, a dream will be easy to
pursue. However, I was wrong.

Body P1: Failure in a competition in the age of 12, My elementary teacher said that I’ve
never achieved any prizes in a competition

Body P2: A teacher said that my performance was a mess, Another teacher implicitly say that
my voice was not good enough

Body P3: I was depressed and insecured, Yuju’s word: I will take that as a motivation to
improve myself

Conclusion: