As my high school year is coming to a close, I tend to relive on past events, to see if there is something there that can be used for my college admission paper. However, I have seem to narrow it down to a specific moment in my life where it was too memorable not to be used. This is about a time when I experienced failure and the effect of it me. This will show how dedicated I am in succeeding and doing something meaningful with my life and also my ability to learn from mistakes. This story taught me many lessons.
It all started when I was just a freshman in high school learning and observing. In high school, I was what, what was known as an average student because they were the grades I received. I never used to sink too bad or rise that much for the matter. I was in the 80%-88% average which as you must already know is a 3.0 to a 3.3 Gpa which okay but not great. With this idea in mind, I did not worry about my grade that much so I became social and started to make friend like I did in middle school which caused me to slack and I was used to saying,“oh. I’ll bring that grade up next time…” however that was never the case. The situation got worse from then on and my grade continued to drop so I made the assumption that one bad …show more content…
I worked like a dog, shutting out outside media, no extracurricular activities, all work no play, however even at my highest ability I failed in my mission to bring my grade up to what I assumed it could be. When I understood that trying to elevate that failing class was a dud, I switched to my more powerful or stronger classes to see if they can cover for the mistakes made in another class. In this process, it made a dramatic difference not enough to for me to get my acquired grade. In the end, I had failed my first class ever with a
It all started when I was just a freshman in high school learning and observing. In high school, I was what, what was known as an average student because they were the grades I received. I never used to sink too bad or rise that much for the matter. I was in the 80%-88% average which as you must already know is a 3.0 to a 3.3 Gpa which okay but not great. With this idea in mind, I did not worry about my grade that much so I became social and started to make friend like I did in middle school which caused me to slack and I was used to saying,“oh. I’ll bring that grade up next time…” however that was never the case. The situation got worse from then on and my grade continued to drop so I made the assumption that one bad …show more content…
I worked like a dog, shutting out outside media, no extracurricular activities, all work no play, however even at my highest ability I failed in my mission to bring my grade up to what I assumed it could be. When I understood that trying to elevate that failing class was a dud, I switched to my more powerful or stronger classes to see if they can cover for the mistakes made in another class. In this process, it made a dramatic difference not enough to for me to get my acquired grade. In the end, I had failed my first class ever with a