Writing Your Own Success Story By Carol Carter Summary

In “Writing Your Own Success Story “by Carol Carter, we see the mistakes she made in high school not transfer over to college. After a long talk with her brother, she realizes that life is not just about the party. Instead, it is about hard work. The things that Carol Carter experienced in high school are the same things I experienced in high school. Putting myself in Carol Carter shoes makes it is easy to understand the struggles we all face. Carol Carter says “I worked hard and got results. The second semester of my senior year I made all A’s (expect for the B in physics).” This attitude shows us Carol Carter taking advantage of her opportunity, ambition, and confidence. Opportunity takes a huge role in our lives. Do we want to go to the library and study, or just say oh I will do that later. Looking back on my high school experience I would've chosen to stay and play games. That is not where …show more content…
If you don’t then you will never achieve the task at hand. In my school work I lacked confidence. I never thought what I was doing was going to be good enough. I wouldn’t try. Instead I would start strong and just wind up giving up. so then I started to change my attitude. I was going to try my hardest and get what I earn. Carol Carter says that “The next day, still outraged but determined to do something, I went to the library and checked out six classics: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen; The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; A Farewell to Arms and For whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway.” Carol Carter wanted to be able to do work with confidence, and not always second guessing herself. Carol Carter pushed herself. She set goals and was persistent about them. Carol Carter had given it everything she had and got great results. Confidence is always one thing you must have and I believe that this is what she wants us to know. Have confidence in yourself in order to