Recount An Incident Or Time When You Experienced Failure

Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn? Failure is not unusual but having the courage to get back up and fight for what I believe in is indeed unusual. Much earlier in my studies, I have surmounted tremendous hardship which caused me to drop out of college. I have migrated to America in the early 2000s with my family seeking a better life because my country did not have much to offer. While I attended Rockland Community college I became pregnant, as a result I entered the work force trying to make end meet to prepare for the arrival of my child; since then life has not been the same. In May 2001 I came to this country and I was already 18 years’ old the fact that I …show more content…
I went from a straight “A” student to be on academic probation because when I left school, I failed to withdraw out of school. Stressed caused me to react irrationally and neither that I knew to withdraw completely since I was fairly new to the college life in America. Since that day forward I have been fighting to achieve a college degree, consequently I went from schools to schools trying to better my life without realizing that I was not ready financially to pursuit a …show more content…
However, through it all I had the courage to push and reevaluate some of these decisions that caused me to lament on reaching my goal. I consciously decided not to hold any grudges toward my parents because hadn’t I suffered, I would never I appreciate life as I do today. I have learned to forgive and not to ever give up upon my dream no matter what. Instead I have used those failures as a platform to stand up tall so I can reach higher and higher. I have grown through it all and experienced many difficulties which in turn prepare me for