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Why Do High School Encounters Failure?
In life many people encounters failure. Some people learn from them and others don't. I proudly say that I am one of many that have encountered failures but quickly learned. I’ve experienced many failures but none of them made me feel as worse than when I didn’t achieve my high school academic expectations. As I entered high school I came in with the intentions to at least make AB honor roll for the next four years. I knew that it would call for me to put a lot of great effort because high school was more complex. Freshman year everything was going as planned, my grades were acceptingly good, and I started getting more involved with the school activities. After I finished up freshman year I was so ecstatic for sophomore year because …show more content…
I was very displeased with myself even though I acted in a manner as if I was unaffected by it. I really beat myself up over it, even had thoughts of maybe quitting school because I felt as if I probably wouldn’t graduate on time. I thought to myself and realized that I’m not one to give up easily and that it’s always a light at the end of the tunnel. Fast forward to me being currently in senior year making honor roll and caught up with all my other classmates. I no longer procrastinate on my assignments because I learned from my previous decisions that I won’t finish on time. If I never experienced that failure I would not had realized that it take hard work and determination to get yourself back up. That’s why I’ve worked so hard my junior and senior year to make up for my sophomore year and make sure that I graduate on time. I know now that when I start attending college I wouldn’t make the same mistakes because I don’t want to end up in that predicament again. Which would be a lot worst because I know college professors most likely don’t give you another chance to make up

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