What was your most challenging and your most nerve-wracking life experience?
What was your most difficult life experience and how did you overcome it?
For me it was coming to terms in the past year with the fact that you have to roll with the punches and realize that things are what they are. I've gotten through anxiety, fear of failure, depression, some problems with anger, low self-esteem, medical issues and crazy family members. There were times when I just wanted to do nothing but forget about life and let the proverbial walls close in. It's amazing how suddenly horribly wrong life can turn, and you're scared, alone, and confused, yet you manage make it through. How much did other people influence your moving on? If I hadn't had friends/my boyfriend guiding me I'm not sure where I'd be right now. It really does seem to make a huge difference. What are some of the most challenging projects you have worked on?
I've been asked this question many times, but somehow I don't know what to and how to mention, should I mention about the personal project or project work?
What specifically should I mention as challenge? What was the most challenging course you've taken and how did you do?
Ladies of Reddit, since final grades are coming in, I thought it would be encouraging to find others to commiserate with. What made the course difficult? Content? Professor? Academic/nonacademic. Can you share your most challenging problem you had ever faced (solved) in your job? What has been the most challenging moment in your life so far? What was the most nerve-racking moment in your life? Whats the most nerve-racking thing thats ever happened while you were flying?
I know for, as a low time pilot (under 150hrs) the most nerve-racking thing tht ever happend was on my long 250nm x-country for my commercial. Which was recently, maybe 2 weeks ago, anyway I chose to fly up to New Hampshire (KLCI). The flight school I fly out of is at KABE in PA so to get up there i had to fly over New York State and Vermont and a little bit of Massachusetts. All hills and trees. The flight getting up there went fine, was smooth flying and clear skies. I had to refuel, seeing that it was close to 3hrs to get up there in a little cessna 152. It was self serve gas, I had never done self serve before this, but it wasn't difficult and i was fueled up and on my way in no time. So as I am about maybe 1 hr into my flight to my next destination I notice that the fuel gauges are showing a completeley empty right tank and a completely full left tank. Over the course of my previous training I had come to learn that these gauges are inaccurate, but this was a little extreme for my liking. I let it go for a little bit and just kept a close eye on the gauges hoping the right tank would show more than empty and the left would show that it was draining into the engine. But after about 20 min of watching these gauges with intense apprehension they never changed. So at this point I am thinking crap..Im over Vermont and theres nothing but hills and trees for like 20 miles in every direction, Im screwed if this engine quits. I was genuinely fearful that my left tank was clogged or something had happened that it wasnt draining. I thought to myself well the fuel system in these planes is gravity driven so if i fly with a right bank the right tank wont be able to feed the engine and id know if the left wasnt either cause the engine would quit. I flew with a right bank and basically full left rudder for like 10 min just convincing myself that the left tank was working fine. And finally when im about 30 min from my destination airport the tanks start to show something close to accurate readings. I now know that those gauges are complete garbage in terms of knowing how much fuel you have left while flying. I know this experience wont be anything ner as ridiculous as some of the things that have happened to you guys with tons of hours but I figured I would share this with you and hear about some of the scary stuff that has happened to you, So lets hear it!
For me it was coming to terms in the past year with the fact that you have to roll with the punches and realize that things are what they are. I've gotten through anxiety, fear of failure, depression, some problems with anger, low self-esteem, medical issues and crazy family members. There were times when I just wanted to do nothing but forget about life and let the proverbial walls close in. It's amazing how suddenly horribly wrong life can turn, and you're scared, alone, and confused, yet you manage make it through. How much did other people influence your moving on? If I hadn't had friends/my boyfriend guiding me I'm not sure where I'd be right now. It really does seem to make a huge difference. What are some of the most challenging projects you have worked on?
I've been asked this question many times, but somehow I don't know what to and how to mention, should I mention about the personal project or project work?
What specifically should I mention as challenge? What was the most challenging course you've taken and how did you do?
Ladies of Reddit, since final grades are coming in, I thought it would be encouraging to find others to commiserate with. What made the course difficult? Content? Professor? Academic/nonacademic. Can you share your most challenging problem you had ever faced (solved) in your job? What has been the most challenging moment in your life so far? What was the most nerve-racking moment in your life? Whats the most nerve-racking thing thats ever happened while you were flying?
I know for, as a low time pilot (under 150hrs) the most nerve-racking thing tht ever happend was on my long 250nm x-country for my commercial. Which was recently, maybe 2 weeks ago, anyway I chose to fly up to New Hampshire (KLCI). The flight school I fly out of is at KABE in PA so to get up there i had to fly over New York State and Vermont and a little bit of Massachusetts. All hills and trees. The flight getting up there went fine, was smooth flying and clear skies. I had to refuel, seeing that it was close to 3hrs to get up there in a little cessna 152. It was self serve gas, I had never done self serve before this, but it wasn't difficult and i was fueled up and on my way in no time. So as I am about maybe 1 hr into my flight to my next destination I notice that the fuel gauges are showing a completeley empty right tank and a completely full left tank. Over the course of my previous training I had come to learn that these gauges are inaccurate, but this was a little extreme for my liking. I let it go for a little bit and just kept a close eye on the gauges hoping the right tank would show more than empty and the left would show that it was draining into the engine. But after about 20 min of watching these gauges with intense apprehension they never changed. So at this point I am thinking crap..Im over Vermont and theres nothing but hills and trees for like 20 miles in every direction, Im screwed if this engine quits. I was genuinely fearful that my left tank was clogged or something had happened that it wasnt draining. I thought to myself well the fuel system in these planes is gravity driven so if i fly with a right bank the right tank wont be able to feed the engine and id know if the left wasnt either cause the engine would quit. I flew with a right bank and basically full left rudder for like 10 min just convincing myself that the left tank was working fine. And finally when im about 30 min from my destination airport the tanks start to show something close to accurate readings. I now know that those gauges are complete garbage in terms of knowing how much fuel you have left while flying. I know this experience wont be anything ner as ridiculous as some of the things that have happened to you guys with tons of hours but I figured I would share this with you and hear about some of the scary stuff that has happened to you, So lets hear it!
