You can learn that failure builds character, creates opportunity, teaches you benefits, instills courage, teaches perseverance, spawns creativity, requires motivation, and most importantly it is acceptable. To many, failure means the opposite of all this. Many would take failure as negativity, a let down, and an unsuccessful occurance. With failure comes opportunity. Opportunity isn't there forever.…
“The patient is a 15-year-old female who sustained a right-sided calcaneus fracture, jumping off pier landing on the rock. The patient was transferred over from Grand Haven. Imaging showed a displaced intra articular right calcaneus fracture, which was deemed appropriate for surgical intervention. The patient underwent 2 surgeries to complete open reduction and internal fixation of her right calcaneus fracture. Postoperatively, the patient had difficulty with pain control and severe anxiety.”…
The Chosen, the novel by Chaim Potok follows the lives of two Jewish boys, Danny Malter and Reuven Saunders, set in Brooklyn, New York, during the time of World War II. A common paradoxical theme found in this novel is that through one’s loss there is also one’s gain. A quote from Reuven’s father, David Malter states this paradox perfectly; “No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate” (Potok 87). To me this means you don’t realize what you have until it is gone or taken away from you. There are many examples of this found in the novel and also some examples of this I can relate to my own life.…
I believe that my personal background, and my success despite the adversity that I have faced is an essential part of who I am. The first of my struggles came from being born to two teenage parents without at least a high school education, and although my mother went on to get a GED and to college my father did not. Many people in my family had issues with substance abuse and addictions including my father. Although, I was raised by my mother and grandmother, my father’s actions and behaviors negatively impacted my life. My father was verbally and mentally abusive to the people around him, especially when he used alcohol.…
Failure can be our greatest teacher. It teaches us skills and knowledge which cannot be learned in a classroom - skills and knowledge that are not only necessary to thrive in college, but also essential to flourish our characteristics needed to become successful in life. Specifically, the most important attributes failure can teach us are determination, patience, and resilience - qualities that are vital in keeping up with the rigor of college. As stated by Perez in his article, “The lessons of failure can’t be taught in a classroom; they are experienced and reflected upon.” This means that the lessons we learn from failure are not just ordinary knowledge which we can get from anywhere else; they come within ourselves.…
Do I agree with the statement, "Failure is not the worst thing in the world, the very worst is not to try"? I do agree with the statement given. Of course, not everyone would, but the statement is true. It is true in three ways. One thought that may come into mind is, "How can I use this failure as a learning opportunity?".…
Failure had a major effect on my approach to training but also my approach to academics. More motivated than ever to excel I devoted endless hours to my academics and my lacrosse training. Being offered a spot on a college lacrosse team at the school of my choice was my only goal. Ultimately, I wanted to see my mother and grandparents proud of my accomplishments and hard work. That one failure has changed my outlook on everything.…
When I opened my mailbox last summer and saw an email reads “...you have been selected for a Huamei Academy Third Tier Scholarship for the 2016-2017 school year... ”,I broke into tears. The email told me that I’ve failed to get the first tier scholarship, but more importantly, my tearsevoked by the email signified my failure on staying true to myself. I was awarded the first tier scholarship in ninth grade. I wasn’t even aware of the scholarship program in my school then, so when I entered tenth grade, I thought it would be even easier to get it again after knowing more about it and aiming for it as a goal.…
To me failing is an important part of success. To me this means that you are required to fail to be successful. So you are allowed to make mistakes people are not perfect. Failing applies to my life because I am not perfect I am nowhere near it, the only person who is, is God and Jesus. I make mistakes all the time there is no reason to be ashamed of it.…
On July 30, 2015 I was in an accident that should have killed me, or at least left me paralyzed. Through my life I have believed that I should push myself to grow, mentally and physically. This attitude started when I was a young boy. I came to enjoy two things; the first was to build things, second, overcoming barriers.…
I never expected something bad to happen that day. It was my parents anniversary night, May 11th, 2017, and of course, I had a softball game. We knew that the opposing team was better than us, but we still played hard, until the accident, that is when everything fell apart. My parents anniversary night was on one of my last home games of the season, but not the teams. Our game was at the Hyatt Elementary softball/baseball fields.…
My dad has this motto “Never Give Up” and I've always thought that mottoes are just something people say to make themselves sound cool and smart, until I had my own experience that taught me I should “Never Give Up” on things. I loved baking since I was young, so when I turned ten, my mother bought me a professional oven. I was extremely happy so I decided to bake a cake, which is something I've never tried before. I went to buy the ingredients with my mother at the supermarket.…
Failure helps you find the ingredients that are essential to succeeding. Failure is a much better teacher than success, because failure teaches success. True success is not something that just comes easily to somebody. True success comes from a large sum of hard work and dedication. Failure is also the root of hard work.…
Success and Failure I have set many goals in my life. Some I have completed, some I have failed, some I am working on now, some I will start working on soon, and some I have forgotten. The goal I am most proud of completing is my goal to become physically fit. The goal I am the most ashamed of not completing is learning to garden.…
Failure catches a bad rap in our success driven world. Everyone wants to win but no one understands the magnitude of why losing is important to one’s journey. My cousin said it the best. When you’re a kid and you’re playing with your blocks, trying to figure out where each shape goes, you may put the block in the wrong place many times before you find its appropriate place. We’re happy the kid figured it out but no one acknowledges the fact that it took him or her two or more tries before he or she finally placed the triangle into its slot.…