Why we need to fail in order to succeed in life. The article “Fail- Safe Students” by Scott Carlson is about a student named Coleman Fitch and how he almost got kicked out of college. He received a letter from his college saying he had failed out and the Fitches immediately set up a meeting with the school and got Coleman readmitted. If young students do not experience failure they will not learn the meaning of being successful. Not everyone would be lucky enough to get readmitted. Student Solomon Williams, started off as a fail student, at 19, he realized what he had done was wrong and wanted to become successful. Solomon took his GED test, scored high and got enrolled there with a scholarship. I believe that it is important that students should experience failure but not to the point where they might not be lucky enough to get back up.
Comparing the two students, Coleman Fitch and Solomon Williams the two are similar for wanting to attend college but are different from the way …show more content…
My personal experience with achieving success was in high school. My senior year was the most difficult year of all because of all the college applications and taking many tests and not missing deadlines were stressing me out, dance rehearsals were getting much more difficult since I couldn’t focus anymore, I wasn’t able to pick up choreography as quick and that would cause me to get frustrated. I wasn’t getting any rest. I did not do homework for about two weeks straight and saw how badly it affected my GPA. I was so close to quitting everything I couldn’t take it anymore all I wanted to do was rest for a long time and not have to worry about anything. Seeing how badly my grades went down scared me because I heard university’s do not accept people with grades under a “C” and that made me change I realized that sometimes failing or almost failing will help you achieve
Comparing the two students, Coleman Fitch and Solomon Williams the two are similar for wanting to attend college but are different from the way …show more content…
My personal experience with achieving success was in high school. My senior year was the most difficult year of all because of all the college applications and taking many tests and not missing deadlines were stressing me out, dance rehearsals were getting much more difficult since I couldn’t focus anymore, I wasn’t able to pick up choreography as quick and that would cause me to get frustrated. I wasn’t getting any rest. I did not do homework for about two weeks straight and saw how badly it affected my GPA. I was so close to quitting everything I couldn’t take it anymore all I wanted to do was rest for a long time and not have to worry about anything. Seeing how badly my grades went down scared me because I heard university’s do not accept people with grades under a “C” and that made me change I realized that sometimes failing or almost failing will help you achieve