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During my 18 years of living I experienced failure a couple of times but there's one failure that I'll never forget. The failure that I'll will always remember was when I failing in the 9th grade. This experience was the worst & most embarrassing thing that could ever happen to me however , it was also a good thing because after this situation I became an whole new person. This situation affected me in a good way & a bad way after all.

Out of all the failures I had in my life the first one that comes to my head was when I started 9th grade at Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School. Going into my 9th grade school year I didn't leave any of my 8th grade habits behind because I never believed when people said high school is an whole different …show more content…
In the second semester I became a whole new student I left all my bad habits behind and I started to improve on the things I needed to work on.I started to do my homework my grades and test scores were improving. Also me doing my homework made me a better student because I knew what was going on in class discussions and was able to participate without being embarrassed. What I also changed was Instead of me going straight to practice I started to make sure I had all my school work and homework done before going to practice. If I didn't have any of school work done I forced myself to get it done because I really never had anyone yelling about me getting my school work done. I really didn't have a choice but to get my work done because I couldn't participate in any sports with failing grades. Final habit that I left behind me was playing around in class. I started to take class more serious instead of sitting next to my friends I sat next to kids I don't usually speak to. That made it easier for me to focus during class and get all my work done each class period. I think me changing my behavior was the best choice for me because I felt like I was a whole new student at the end of the second

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