If you could take back any deed you have done and do it differently, what would it be? (Essay Sample)

As I was growing up, it was instilled in me that the level of a person’s success was measured by their level of education. In my society, all those people who were accorded respect and believed to be successful had at least a university education. Despite the fact that my grandfather earned his respect in the society for being successful farmer and a retired athlete, my parents and other learned relatives believed that attaining a university degree was the avenue to success. As a child, I was obligated to obey my parents so I didn’t have the option to choose what I deemed the path to success.
I attended the most prestigious schools around the country and I performed exemplary both in academics, sports and co-curriculum activities. Immediately when I joined high school, I join the school basketball team where I rose from the ranks to become a captain. My dad had a problem with my sports career to the point that he would advice me to leave the sports and concentrate in studies. A new principal was posted to the school, he was academics oriented. He developed a rule that students in their final year could not participate in sports and every student should wake up at 4 am.
All students got discouraged with the way the new administration was handling the issue. Some of my teammates were dissatisfied too and the only solution they came up with was to pr...