Major Lessons I Learned Outside The Classroom Analysis

Over the past four years I have been taught American history, how to find the limit of a graph, how play to a dotted eighth followed by a sixteenth, how to write a rhetorical precis, but the most important lessons I learned were taught outside of the classroom. One of the more recent lessons I learned was in April of 2017 when auditioned for the Drum Major position. After my freshmen audition did not go well by any means, I viewed my sophomore year as redemption. I worked ten times harder, and did my best to show my band director I was the most qualified person for this important position. Unfortunately, I did not earn it that year, either. I was devastated. I wanted that position more than anything, and to not earn it left me in a melancholy mood. However, I picked myself up, worked twenty times harder, and to my surprise, earned the position my junior year. From this, I learned to always put 200% into everything I do, no matter how important, how to handle myself when I fail at what I’m passionate about, and to always improve from my previous performance.

Far too often I found myself stressing over essays, presentations, and homework at 12:00am during my freshman and sophomore year. It wasn’t until about one-fourth into my junior year that I decided to make a change. I went to my local retail store, bought a planner, and the rest is history. Since then, I noticed I don’t forget about my homework, I can plan out my schedule for the week, therefore finding time to give myself breaks, and I don’t forget events such as birthdays, private lessons, appointments, etc. This skill will definitely assist me in college by allowing me to spread my homework, and studying across the week, stay focused for longer periods of time, and I find that whenever I complete everything on my “To-Do List”, I feel a sense of accomplishment, a necessity in such a demanding