Junior Year Research Paper

When thinking of an incident where I experienced failure, what comes to mind is the end of my first semester of junior year. My report card came in the mail and when I got home and was already opened by my parents. The look on their faces said everything, no words were exchanged just looks of pure disappointment and sadness. My parents just like any, wanted me to do well in school and to hopefully go on to college and become successful in my career choice. As you know junior year is said to be the most important year, grade wise in high school. I didn’t realize, just like in freshman and sophomore year, how important doing well in and taking school seriously was. My parents assumed my freshman year grades were just low because high school was a new thing to me and I was adjusting.

Junior year rolls around and I’m still not taking class seriously, my parents were hoping I would realize how important getting into a good college was, I did know college was important but it was only after they expressed their disappointment in me at the end of the first half of junior year I realized how serious it was. Not only were my parents disappointed but also my sister, my sister explained to me just how important college is and that a college degree is needed to become successful in the world today, they all understood I was capable if I put my mind to it. They thought this because, for example, whenever I find a new hobby I spend all my time researching every inch of it to understand and become the best I can at the hobby, a good example of this is the guitar which I do play. I realized that it was time to take school seriously because I won’t get anywhere in life without an