Charles Herbert Flowers High School

Failure is like a unicorn, we read about it in stories, see in on tv, but we've never encountered one in our everyday life. Have you ever seen failure in its true form? Would you say that losing a race is a bad thing? Or burning a cake? In actuality, failure is not defeat, because it serves purpose for later events in one’s life; moreover, an action is only failure when one gives up and does not continue on their path to success. How we respond to our own shortcomings, is how we determine our future. Thus, my failures are not really failures because they have benefitted me today.
One summer, I realized failure was indeed not a unicorn, but a phone call and a letter. Failure could shapeshift into many forms for the purpose of its lesson. My first year of high school, I attended McKinley Technology High …show more content…
With little to no options, I decided to go to the closest school to my house, Charles Herbert Flowers High School. I remembered the feeling I had, walking through the doors on the first day: fear, anxiety, and anger. The new school environment was different from the ones I had attended in the past, but I decided to make the most of it. When lunch came around I knew I'd rather sit in the library than hear administrators yell though the intercom about uniform violations. Day after day I went to the library at lunch and studied, learning how to read better. Eventually, my diligence paid off. My first quarter at Flowers I was able to attain a 3.75 gpa. I made my father cry, that report card is still hanging on my refrigerator till this day.
Had I not been uninvited from McKinley my GPA would have never improved and I would not have made my father happy. What others may describe as failure, I describe as a success, destiny even. When one door closes, another will open and it is your choice to walk through it. I made that choice, meaning that I am not a