Starting from a really young age I grew up being really shy in school causing it to be a setback for me during that age though being shy affected me I was still trying to focus on learning more in class some days were easier than other. However it was difficult at times because with me being the way I was I didn’t communicate and ask questions I needed to know more …show more content…
One the first day starting fifth grade the teacher called me to the office during lunch and informed me about the situation that the office made a mistake in placing me in his class and was mandatory that I had to go back into fourth grade; there was nothing he would be able to do. Carol S. Dweck, author of Brainology, states “students with different mindsets also had very different reactions to setbacks.” That moment I had mixed emotions, feeling sad, mad, nervous and confused, it all happened so quick at that time I felt less educated and didn’t want to attend school. Continuing the rest of that day in another classroom was uncomfortable. Many things kept going thru my head the rest of the day. After a couple weeks had passed I started to get used to being there and in the end of that experience I got to meet new students, joining band in seventh grade which helped me get out and be more social, having less anxiety being around a big crowd many