College Admissions Essay: A Career As An Honor Student

I wanted to just give up and quit. I felt like I wasn't going anywhere in life. Eighth grade year I was attending Thomas County Middle School. cIt was towards the end of third nine weeks. Once my mom had taken me out of the honors program, I realized I had just missed a huge opportunity. I was enrolled into the honors program for three years, right before I could finish my final year, my mom decided to unroll me because of my grades. My grades were decent, but not good enough, so she decided to take me out. In an honors program it allowed me to become a MERIT scholar. Being a MERIT scholar would give you many opportunities after high school. It would allow you many choices going to apply at a different colleges to further your career. Having that on a application for college would help you a lot with your placement. After Ii was placed in the regular classes I didn't feel as challenged. Although it didn't bother me at all having all the easy work it was the fact I knew I could do way better. I was disappointed in myself for wasting the chance of being in the honors program. The quote that really stood out to me was from Ann Lander, “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.” The …show more content…
I’m still disappointed in myself for not doing my best. I really can’t complain or whine about it because I put myself in this situation. Eventually it all worked out and I got my credits for foreign language and i’m doing well in my advanced classes. The lesson I learned from my situation was to try harder, push myself as much as I can, and not to rely on anyone to make any kind of decisions no matter the situation. My opportunity was lost because of my actions and carelessness, but I dealt with it and made the best out of it all. Like the quote said “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work…” You have to constantly push yourself and make yourself do hard work in order to