Failure In National Honor Society

Failure is the result from actions that were not successful, to have failed your actions. Society believes that failure should be hated but it is fundamental to success and to achieve goals. Each human learns from their failures, their success becomes even greater. The key to success is to believe, other want to postpone you into total failure; but you can use those failures for your benefit. I have experienced many failures that have impacted the outcome of my life in negative and positive ways, the most traumatizing failure was my rejection of the National Honor Society. I had dreamed of joining the National Honor Society since the staff had introduced it during the freshmen induction, it had become a goal mine for the entirety of high school.

It was the second week of October, they had called a list of eight names included my own to see the head of the NHS at the end of the day. I was ecstatic for the day, waiting to hear the news; I was in the final stages of entering. At the end of the day I was told to fill a form, it would show my commitment to Hudson Catholic during the past years. I was honest throughout the form, honesty is always required; a month later the results had arrived.

Later that year, three people of the eight were called to meet with the instructor, I was one of the three. I was filled with joy, I made it; three years of hard work being paid off for this singular moment. As I entered, the faces were filled depressed thoughts; their faces indicated an emptiness. The instructor took me to an isolated room, we were alone; away from others to listen. As we sat down, she gave me a familiar form and said "I'm sorry but you have been declined". My skin had become pale as I rethink of what I have done wrong; years of waiting to be politely declined. She had stayed silent as I processed my anger and sadness, "You still one more chance, next year you can apply but it will be your final chance".

I left that room contemplating my purpose, why am I destroying myself; then a voice in my head said "To make your family proud, to give yourself a good future". That night I decided to dedicate myself to school, loyal to Hudson Catholic and to help her in any way I can. I had placed my studies to the side, I crammed three years of my negation into my final years at Hudson Catholic. I attended each show, open house, group meets, sporting events, and clubs; I felt completed once I connected with Hudson Catholic, I was proud to be called to be a Hawk. My failure of not entering allowed my mind to be open, I was no longer chained to an image of success. Years failure has allowed me to bind with my school, I learned that the road to success cannot be linear and single, it must be a non linear road with detours; that a failure should be seen as a blessing in disguise because they show what you have wrong.

A year later a familiar voice called a list of names not known to me, but included me; it was my second chance. The second I walked into that room, a sense of dread overcame me; a familiar form had landed in my lap, confidence overwhelmed me. I had commitment, grades no longer back me up, but a combination of both showed my true devotion to my school and my grades. After a lifetime of waiting the decision were in, I was accepted; from the six applicants only the us three were seen as worthy enough to be part of the National Honor Society.