Extended Definition Of Success

What is the true definition of success. One may say, success is when a person’s desired goals have been fulfilled. I can’t say that I disagree with this statement. As a child, I was taught success is the ultimate goal of a person's life. This is the pinnacle moment in life when you have accomplished a challenge set out for you. This is the ideal which society has printed in my mind. A house, financially stable and a family. Is this not the American ideal? As I look over my four years in high school, I have come to realize success has taken a new definition in my mind.

It is often easy to attribute the words, hard work with dedication and perseverance with success. What would you associate the word failure with? Failure is what school teaches us to stray from. In school the letter grade F is associated with failing a test. Ultimately, the end goal is to be successful, not a failure. Why is this mentality ingrained in my head? As I have experienced my past three years of highschool, this new mentality of “it’s okay to fail” has become evident. As long as I learn from theses failures, then I have effectively overcome a challenge. As I reflect on this, this idea greatly confuses me. …show more content…
I consistently score poorly on tests and I have not diagnosed the problem. 4 years of school is equal to hundreds of tests. As one could imagine, this greatly affects my academic career. In all this failure I have yet to see the outcome in this struggle. Therefore, in this example, Is it okay to fail. I can strongly say that regardless of my failures I am confident there will be a resolve to my struggle. I believe failure is the precursor to