The Importance Of Being Successful In High School

There has been many sacrifices that have been done throughout my high school years. High school brought so much stress into my life due to all the work that must be completed. Good grades aren’t just given to the student, but must be earned. If a person doesn’t struggle to be successful, that person didn’t give it their all. For example, in the article Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, it states “Weathers countered that his vision was likely to improve as soon as the sun crept higher in the sky.” Weathers struggled summiting, but he never gave up on what he wanted to accomplish. This is the same as the sacrifices faced in school. I have had struggles where i believe that I can’t finish an assignment, but then I realize what i want to be in life

in which makes me push even harder. This is significant because I have been achieving success and maintaining good grade which motivates me to keep pushing no matter what struggles I face.
I have been self-reliant facing my own struggles and finding a way to deal with them. I have learned to not rely on others, but yourself because you won’t always have others in your life. A person must learn to focus on becoming successful by your own and not depend on someone else. For einstance, “Sitting out in the storm, with the ice bulge still standing between me and the tents, I felt a pang of envy. I was angry that my guide hadn’t waited for me ,” (Krakauer 225). In this article, they were all relying on the sherpa to guide them through the mountain, but soon they were left behind. A person should be relying on others because that person won’t always be with you. It’s the same in my position. I shouldn't be relying on other students because those student won’t always be there for me in the future. I will be self- reliant in the future by only relying on myself and be successful in life by struggling on my own. I will not use other people's knowledge.
High school has made me realize that I am ready to become that member of society.

Being able to achieve success in high school has driven me to move on and continue making good decisions to better myself. Another reason i have moved on to make better decisions to better myself is my family. Family is the most important thing in my life and making them proud is my number one priority. “Girlish and reserved, the 47-year-old Namba was 40 minutes away from becoming the oldest woman to climb Everest and the second Japanese woman to reach the highest point on each continent…” (Krakauer 222). Namba reaching her goal motivated her to keep pushing. This relates to high school because if you see a positive outcome, it also motivates you to keep going.
Life in high school can be extremely hard, but giving up shouldn’t be an option. A person must do everything possible to be someone in life and win as much as possible. In Exploiting The Sherpas by Billie Mandelbaum it states, “ In Nepal, where the average person makes less than $700 each year…” (1). A sherpa takes many risks in order to earn more money in which it also relates to struggles in high school to earn what you desire. Struggles must be faced in order to realize what must be done in order to reach

success.