Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn? When I was in ninth grade I was always playing around I didn’t do any work, I thought it was a joke and ninth grade was hard. It sucked cause I didn’t take it seriously, my grades started slipping. I was failing my classes and on top of that I was playing basketball so it sucked even more I got the opportunity to go to states with varsity but then my report card came in and it was so bad I had a gpa of 1.4. I felt so dumb for messing up because I couldn’t go up to states. It affected me because I got the opportunity up to states and I messed up because I wasn’t taking school seriously. I realized that my grades were so bad I …show more content…
If you want to go to college you need good grades because that’s what they need to know and that’s what they look at to see what kind of student you. I think that colleges use your grades to tell if you are a student that improves when something goes wrong like when your grades go down. They can tell if you are one to push hard when grades slip or if you are one to keep your grades up the whole way. I think that they will look if you play sports and keep your grades up at the same time, that’s what I have to do it’s hard to do when you get home late from practice or even a game but if you wanna play then you gotta do what you gotta do. If you put effort into doing your homework after a game or practice you will be fine. I just get home from practice and just do what I gotta do and I do my homework if it’s due the next day. If it’s game day and it’s an away game we do our homework on the bus or before we get on the bus so on the way there we can sleep on the bus. Sometimes I have a lot of homework on game days but sometimes I have none which is good, I do it either way. I do sports and get my homework done at the same time because I want to play my sports but I also want to pass and get good grades. I am really good at multitasking because I need to multitask to play my sports and do my homework. I get good grades now because I want to play my sports and I want to go to
When I speak of failure, I speak of putting one’s entire being into attempting a specific task and still not being capable of accomplishing it. Before I took my driver’s test, I practiced driving to and from school almost every day with my mom. When I actually took the test, however, I hit a cone trying to parallel park. A feeling of absolute devastation washed over me, as it began to dawn on me that I would not be showing off my new license to my friends the next day. Upon further introspection, however, I came to the conclusion that there was no one to blame other than myself; and that I may have not prepared for the test as much as I should have.
Adversity enhances ones’ positive characteristics due to the provision of an ideal environment for establishing integrity and developing a mature mindset. This conclusion is valid because people tend to learn from their mistakes, thus gain a broader perspective on life.
Failure to me was the position I was stuck in as a little girl, my family was stuck with little resources and stayed in the same neighborhood. In order for my expectations of my life to be where they are at now, they required me to live with that failure.
Enrolling in a college is one thing but actually attending classes and finishing college is harder than it seems. Regardless of all of the obstacles that come our way, there are always resources to help you overcome them to succeed. First colleges aren’t cheap and working may not be enough to pay or tuition but you can qualify for financial aid, grants, and loans. Another is organizing your time by having a job that cooperates with your school schedule and also allows you to have study time. Lastly you need to believe in yourself if you don’t you will not succeed.
Success and failure seem to be pretty distinct opposites, but many times the differences between success and failure aren’t as obvious as we may think them to be. Sometimes a failure can be turned into a success if you are willing to look back at them, and are open to learning from them. Many times, one’s attitude toward a failure can determine whether or not anything is learned from it. Those who remain upbeat and positive after a failure may be able to get something out of it, but those who just don’t think about it and ignore it won’t get anything from it.
Award-Winning author Laura Hillenbrand writes of the invigorating survival story of Louie Zamperini in her best selling book, Unbroken. Louie Zamperini was an ambitious, record-breaking Olympic runner when he was drafted into the American army as an airman during World War II. On the mission that led him to embark on a journey of dire straits, Louie’s plain crashed into the Pacific Ocean, leaving only him and two other crewmen as survivors. Stranded on a raft in shark infested waters, without any resources or food, and drifting toward enemy Japanese territory, the men now have to face their ultimate capture by Japanese, if they survive that long. Louie responded to his desperation with dexterity, undergoing his plight with optimism and confidence, rather than losing hope. In this memorable novel, Hillenbrand uses a vivid narrative voice to divulge Louie’s tale of endurance, and proves that the resilience of the human mind can triumph through adversity.
It was a cold, dark morning when the phone rang. It was boisterously loud and the clock read six o'clock. The deafening noise jolted us again, and there was only one way to make it stop. Chris picked up the phone and in a tired, drowsy voice, answered, "Hello."
Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn? Growing up, I have always been taught in school, at home, and everywhere i’ve gone to be ‘good enough’ at whatever I do. I grew up trying to emulate others thinking if I wasn’t like the rest I wasn’t anybody at all. Growing up, all throughout my life i’ve had many occasions where i’ve failed to fit in with everybody’s expectations.
A hard-working individual could play sports and still maintain a good GPA. They may want to go to college for more of a sport-focus, but being well driven in your academics will help for your whole future.
Failure has a huge impact on my life. Although it has a way of turning itself into a learning experience. Ever since I was a child I was told to never stop for what I believe in.
In most cases, failure means not finding success and just giving up. I believe that you need fail before you find success. Mickey Rooney once said, "You always pass failure on your way to success." Failure in the end will lead to success.
“When you stop making excuses and you work hard and you go hard then you will be very successful.” those words of the award winning musician and motivational speaker Dj Khaled are how I face adversity when faced with it. According to self-development.com, making excuses only makes the problem worse. It is like trying to hide a hole in a garment with a big patch, making it look worse. Hard work is even more important than not making excuses. Working hard will always help you achieve your goal. As stated by selfgrowth.com, “it took Noah Webster 36 years to compile his Webster's Dictionary.” With that being said, I will talk about how working hard can help anyone overcome adversity, what it
In my first years of life, I was the diva. I was the star. I was the only one that my mother ever paid any attention to. I was the bomb. Although my father worked very long days to provide my mother and me with a means of sustenance, there was plenty of love from my mom to nurture me as I grew into a bubbly young girl. Entering kindergarten at 4 years of age, I was similar to every other little kid. I was rambunctious, playful, naughty, and unstoppable. If I did not fall sleep in class, I would play with my dolls as the teacher lectured. Sure enough, I was reprimanded and given “time out” every time. But it was all right. My grades were average but I scored high enough to please my parents.
People usually afraid of failure because they tried to do something and failed, or took a risk and it didn’t pay off, or made a decision and it turned out to be the wrong one. That fear of failure create the stress and anxiety when people want to do something hard or try something new. Just because you tried something two or three time and failing does not mean the entire idea is a mistake. Do you expect to get a Blackjack on every game that you played? That would be an impossible thing to do. There is no success that comes without failure, where failure is experiences and lessons that help you to perfect your works. People should overcome their fear of failure and use failure as a tool to work toward their success because failing is so important
Have you ever been beaten down by your own confidence? It is supposed to help you succeed, but instead, it once made me blinded from the fact that I am not perfect. There is always a chance of failure if I don’t try my best. In fact, I did fail getting into my dream high school.