I believe that my biggest challenge was my lack of humility and modesty. Coming into Xavier High School, I was an Ignatian Scholar, taking all honors classes and being seen as the best of the best among the freshmen class. Through the new pressures and more difficult work, my experiences of high school became rather overwhelming to me, and I began to receive the lowest grades I had ever received. Although I was offered a tutor, I did not believe that I needed one since I never needed help in any time in my schoolings. Ever since grammar school, I was used to being the smartest person in the room and ecstatic to be the first person in my family to finish high school and go to college. I was soon kicked out of all my honors classes and the Ignatian
