Failure Not To Have Tried Is The True Failure By George Woodberry

A Better Ending
The quote, “Defeat is not the worst of failures, not to have tried is the true failure,” by George Woodberry, helps define what I consider the biggest failure I have ever experienced. Throughout the years of my life I have grown to be a person who does not accept defeat and I fight with all my will for what I want and desire in life. My biggest failure is not submitting to defeat, but instead failing to help someone who desperately needed guidance, and coming to the realization years later of what could have been if I would have just helped.
That someone in need whose life I could have possibly changed with my aid happens to be my older sister Arely. My sister and I are four years apart, I have always been someone who can adapt to change and out of my sister and I, I have been the one to always succeed academically in school and thrive in every subject. My
I have learned from my past mistakes and do everything within my reach to do what I didn't do when I was younger. I have changed and learned to love and appreciate my family for who and what they are, regardless of our past differences. I now help my sister as much as I can and tutor her so she can one day be prepared to get her G.E.D. I have let my mistakes inspire me to be better not bury me in sorrow and regret. My sister indeed has become one of the many reasons why I have decided to pursue a career in education and hopefully in the future become an elementary teacher. I want to use my skills to better students and expand their knowledge and critical thinking. Most importantly, I want to catch on to students issues and learning disabilities so they can get the help they need early and not when it's too late. No child should have to go through the difficulties my sister went through and have no one there to aid