Personal Narrative On Being Successful

Writing Prompt

We all have those days when we try so hard on finishing our tasks that we have failed it afterwards. My friend Jessica and I would always compete each other everyday, since we are pretty good at it. We were pretty good at competitions since we are teenagers and know how to do what many adult athletes can do which was anomalous. Nothing was a problem because everything we did was so easy. We were good until there was one thing that made us fail and we were very disappointed in it.
Every morning, Jessica and I would see who can get out of bed the fastest and get to the bus stop on time. We usually like to hang out a lot in school since we are in many clubs and sports. Our favorite sport is track because we like to run. If we had nothing to do in class, then we would just draw. In art class, we would get all A’s on our work. We were very creative artists. Our drawing skills were superior to the others. Jessica and I decided to try a subject that

we have never thought about doing and that was in a cooking class. Our teacher, Mrs. Martinez introduced herself to the class saying that she has always loved to cook ever since she was a little girl. It was an interesting story since I have always wanted to cook for myself. The first thing Mrs. Martinez taught us was how to cook eggs. I was thinking that it was not going to be hard since it’s the easiest thing you can make. Jessica said, “don’t worry it’s going to be a piece of cake.” “I know right lol,” I said. So we listened to Mrs. Martinez and saw what she was doing so we decided to cook, since that’s what we are supposed to be doing. We wanted to make a scrambled egg, so that way we can mix our ingredients in and make it have some flavor. We turned the stove on medium and waited till it was hot enough, then put our egg on the pan and waited. We have made a deluge with our egg. Turns out that when we were finished cooking the egg it, then tasted disgusting and plus it wasn’t cooked right. So that means we have failed it. Our lives were ruined and destroyed. Mrs. Martinez came over and tasted it and she gave us an F. She probably got sick from it.
Jessica and I were very disappointed in ourselves. Once we failed that, we haven’t spoken ever since that day. We were depressed and didn’t want anybody talking to us. Everybody in our class could not repress there laugh when they saw us fail at cooking an egg. This is why we let our parents cook and not us. We just play sports, so we don’t need to be cooking at all. Weeks have gone by and we had to cook another item. Jessica and I didn’t want to cook anymore. If we didn’t cook, then we would have got in trouble for not doing the assignment. So we had to do it over if we were going to fail this one. The item we were going to make is pizza. Which like I said on the other one, it should not be that hard this time. We made our dough, and then we put it in the pan. Then we put our ingredients on it. Our pizza looked descent this time. So then we put it in the oven set to 375 degrees. Forty minutes has gone and we stand by and watch how other people make their pizza which didn’t look so well. Then Jessica said, “What’s that smell. It smells like something is burning.” I also smelled it and thought about our pizza. “Guess what Jessica?” I said. “What?” she said. “OUR PIZZA IS BURNT!!!! OMG…..,” I said. We should have never gotten in this class since we can’t even cook. Jessica and I were about to quit cooking for good. We would never quit on anything because we weren’t quitter, but cooking made us quit.
Mrs.

Martinez was disappointed and belied so she decided to give us a second change which was very nice of her since we are all A’s student. This time I will watch the pizza since I like to eat pizza. We set the oven to 350 degrees, and then made our dough. We sprayed some can spray on the pan and put it in the pan, then put our ingredients and put it in the oven. We watched it to see how long it takes to cook the pizza and it takes like 30 minutes. Then we used mittens to get it out and our pizza was an A plus. We were very gingerly with our pizza. Mrs. Martinez thought our pizza was equitable so we passed. Everybody in our class had poise for us and we were so happy to hear that. We would have never had a second change to fix our mistakes without Mrs. Martinez. She knew that we were having a difficult time since we are beginners and that when she was our age she was just like us. She also said that practice makes perfect which is true. Mrs. Martinez has never given up on us, so we will not give up on

her.
So if you like to try new things don’t quit because it takes time to make something right. Everybody is a winner at some things, but they shouldn’t be a quitter at everything. If you can get inspired, be inspired by people who will never give up on their dreams. Walt Disney once said, “If you can dream it, then you can do it.” He also said, “Keep Moving Forward.” Meaning if you can’t do it, then keep trying until you get it right.