A CHALLENGE

A Personal, Social or Academic Challenge



A Personal, Social or Academic Challenge

Introduction

Perhaps the most challenging scenario that I have had to face in my life is from the time when I was a teenager. The need to be accepted was at a previously unfelt extreme and the fact that I was the only Polish child from an emigrant family did not help. Any friends I had were because they were children of our family friends; who were also Polish. My heart longed for understanding and friendship that was unconditional and accepting. Looking back, I can now see why it was ...