All teenagers across the United States all have one thing in common; they all experience failures that become fundamental for later success. During my time in high school, I have overcame many different situations that have made me the person I am today. There is one most important failure to me, and that was being denied to the National Honor Society of my school.
Since elementary school, my education has always been so important to me. This trait followed me throughout the rest of my school years and I am thankful for that. However, I have never truly experienced a failure, I thought, until my junior year of high school. There are many clubs and organizations in my school, but the one I always aspired to be a part of was National Honor Society (NHS). To be in NHS, you need to have certain criteria in your background: leadership, service, academics, and character. After filling out the whole application and going through the interview process, I found out that I had been denied. The only thought I had at this point, was why? I was participating in many events and had leadership opportunities, so I was very upset to learn about this outcome. A few weeks later, I swallowed my pride and decided that I was going to work even harder. The next two marking periods I studied more and ended up having the best …show more content…
First, I learned how determined I am for success. Finding out I didn’t make NHS made me work as hard as I could to prove to myself that I can do whatever I put my mind too. I also learned that I am very optimistic and make the best out of any situation. Every time I heard something about NHS I thought about this situation, but I made the best out of it and took it as a learning experience. Lastly, I learned that I am not afraid to try again. Although I had failure my first time applying for NHS, I plan to apply again in a few months and finish out my senior year participating in this
Since elementary school, my education has always been so important to me. This trait followed me throughout the rest of my school years and I am thankful for that. However, I have never truly experienced a failure, I thought, until my junior year of high school. There are many clubs and organizations in my school, but the one I always aspired to be a part of was National Honor Society (NHS). To be in NHS, you need to have certain criteria in your background: leadership, service, academics, and character. After filling out the whole application and going through the interview process, I found out that I had been denied. The only thought I had at this point, was why? I was participating in many events and had leadership opportunities, so I was very upset to learn about this outcome. A few weeks later, I swallowed my pride and decided that I was going to work even harder. The next two marking periods I studied more and ended up having the best …show more content…
First, I learned how determined I am for success. Finding out I didn’t make NHS made me work as hard as I could to prove to myself that I can do whatever I put my mind too. I also learned that I am very optimistic and make the best out of any situation. Every time I heard something about NHS I thought about this situation, but I made the best out of it and took it as a learning experience. Lastly, I learned that I am not afraid to try again. Although I had failure my first time applying for NHS, I plan to apply again in a few months and finish out my senior year participating in this