An Example of where a difficult academic challenge would confront you in school? And how would you deal with it?

Answer 1

I can't tell you what YOUR difficult academic challenge is.

My academic challenge was third-year high school math. My father helped me through this course.

Answer 2

A research paper on some major aspect of the course you're studying... and it's worth 40% of your semester grade.

Break it down into steps; don't think about the overall enormity of it all.