Do you think this is a good essay topic for Essay Option 5?? >_<

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>“Have you ever disliked somebody so much for a long period of time and then at one point realized that you shouldn’t have disliked that person?”</p>

<p>I think the question itself sounds kinda stupid.
But a short summary of my essay goes like this:</p>

<p>I have an elder sister who is severely mentally disabled.
She moved into a special government facility when I was 8.
I really felt embarrassed of having a mentally disabled person
in the family when I was young. (= I disliked her)
Then everything changed a few years ago when I heard from my mother that
the only reason why my sister was put in the gov. facility
was that our family didn’t have enough money to sustain all
four members of our family. My parents could afford me w/
adequate education through the expense of saying goodbye
to their own daughter.
Well, since then I REALLy feel sorry for her and have realized that I was
wrong to dislike her. </p>

<p>Yup, thats our family history. Do you think the question is a viable one?
(Im not confident.) T.T</p>

<p>thanks alot for reading this much</p>

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<p>thats harsh bro</p>

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<p>Mhmm…re-word the prompt to make it more “fitting” like other U of Chicago prompts.</p>

<p>As for the essay…rough story man. I know as kids we didn’t really understand handicapped people but making fun of your own sister? I guess that happens… I dunno. When did you find everything out about your sister? I’d get a teacher or two to read it. Make sure its ok with the parents? </p>

<p>Make yourself sound less like a jerk…and blame it on the fact that you were young and ridiculously cruel and soulless. Then maybe write about how you fixed/plan to fix it…</p>

<p>Its a pretty shaky topic my friend…</p>

<p>Just my 2 cents.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your advice.</p>

<p>But its not like I made ‘fun’ of her. I just felt really embarrassed when I was
young. Internal conflict, so to speak.</p>

<p>^-^</p>