Personal Narrative: Lessons Learned From Failure

The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

Failure: not quitting my hard classes and not quitting dance how did it affect you: I did bad in school and I did not give myself time to do what i really loved what did you learn: no matter how strong you think you are, everyone has to have a limit , its ok to quit so you can go on to pursure other things

The typical middle-class American girl will grow up playing recreational soccer, taking piano lessons, selling girls scout cookies, and even taking weekly ballet classes, if time permits. Going along with her mothers wishes, she will probably continue to participate in these ambitious endeavors until she begins junior high school. This is when the game plan changes because sadly, her busy course load, …show more content…
The girls in this company were the real deal. They rehersed for more than twenty hours a week often times all seven days of the week. I mean obviously the work paid off, they were nationally recognized and were known for winning regional competitions. Making the team gave me an increased sense of confidence that my beliefs about hardwork were true. I was naive to stand by that statement so firmly that it became my mantra. I stood by my belief as I planned out my sophomore year schedule. In my school system, the freshman attend school in a seperate building than the other classes. I had no idea what the courses at the high school were like but regardless I chose the hardest more rigorous course load I could even though I barely had any experiance with honors level clasesses. I had no idea why I choose to take those classes, becuase I so strongly believed that even though it was going to be hard, I would be able to get through it as long as i pursued it and tried my