Throughout my high school career, I was able to just sit in class, takes notes, and pass with barely trying. I was always in advanced classes and succeeded at every one of them. The ease of getting those good grades led me into joining the PSEO/CCP program through Kent State University Ashtabula. This was the first time in my life that I was intellectually challenged and it sure did shape my future and my decision to go to John Carroll University. Bain reflects in his book about overcoming challenges and to not be self-conceited. One can’t just think so highly of themselves. One has to realize their strengths and weaknesses and use them to succeed. Bain also talks about overcoming failure and to not let it shape oneself. Just
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The work load was quickly adding up as time passed and I was slowly putting the work off until later…. except later never happened. Time was going by and I was so far behind that catching up was next to impossible. I needed to figure something out quick. Spark notes seemed like a good option. Just read a few summaries and I would be good. Nope. That was my first major mistake of college: trying to shortcut the work for classes. The first assignment came around and feeling relatively confident I took it on and turned it in slightly hesitantly. I had not read any of the books all the way through and slightly guessed on some of the responses to the questions. Next class, we all got our papers back. I noticed there was red all over my paper… now the fear of failing was back and that confidence was completely gone. I had a D on my first assignment. Who had I become? I had a D in a class. How was I going to fix …show more content…
No more just leaving them for ‘later.’ I started reading the books more, but not entirely. As time went on, I started to revert back into my old ways of just assuming everything will work out on its own. Next assignment came and I instantly regretted all my decisions about not reading all the books thoroughly. I still kept believing that I was invincible of failing and that I could manage to get that A. When I started doing the paper, I did not have enough knowledge of the books on my own, thus I used some summaries from the internet. Horrible mistake number two. When I received my paper back I got a C. This was not the news I needed; I was really in a bad situation. Change had to happen. By the end of the semester I was finally reading the books, doing all the work, and not even looking at Spark Notes. The final was take home and I was able to complete the whole thing without using the internet at all. My final grade for the class was a C. Not at all what I wanted on my record, but I was content that it was not
The work load was quickly adding up as time passed and I was slowly putting the work off until later…. except later never happened. Time was going by and I was so far behind that catching up was next to impossible. I needed to figure something out quick. Spark notes seemed like a good option. Just read a few summaries and I would be good. Nope. That was my first major mistake of college: trying to shortcut the work for classes. The first assignment came around and feeling relatively confident I took it on and turned it in slightly hesitantly. I had not read any of the books all the way through and slightly guessed on some of the responses to the questions. Next class, we all got our papers back. I noticed there was red all over my paper… now the fear of failing was back and that confidence was completely gone. I had a D on my first assignment. Who had I become? I had a D in a class. How was I going to fix …show more content…
No more just leaving them for ‘later.’ I started reading the books more, but not entirely. As time went on, I started to revert back into my old ways of just assuming everything will work out on its own. Next assignment came and I instantly regretted all my decisions about not reading all the books thoroughly. I still kept believing that I was invincible of failing and that I could manage to get that A. When I started doing the paper, I did not have enough knowledge of the books on my own, thus I used some summaries from the internet. Horrible mistake number two. When I received my paper back I got a C. This was not the news I needed; I was really in a bad situation. Change had to happen. By the end of the semester I was finally reading the books, doing all the work, and not even looking at Spark Notes. The final was take home and I was able to complete the whole thing without using the internet at all. My final grade for the class was a C. Not at all what I wanted on my record, but I was content that it was not