A Child of God by Henry B. Eyring

My favorite part of Elder Eyring's talk was his forth characteristic of great learners: the learner "expects resistance and overcomes it". This part of his talk struck home with me I have had an experience with overcoming resistance in my education. In my junior year of high school, I decided to take an ap chemistry class. Unfortunately, I had no idea what I was getting into. The interminable amount information and the hours of study required to understand the information was incredibly challenging. Within the first month, over half of my classmates, including my friends, had dropped the class. I was put under pressure to follow them. I had to make a choice to stay in the class to learn and challenge myself more than ever before, or take the easier way and drop it. I chose to stay, and that has been one of the smartest choices I have made because I was able to discover my love for chemistry.