26A: Celebrating Failure

26A: Celebrating Failure

One time this semester that I failed was on my Calculus 2 exam. This is an example of a literally fail as in, I got an F on an exam. This was my first calculus 2 exam and I didn’t know what to expect going in. I didn’t put in the effort that I needed to do well. I only started to study two days before the exam, and that was my first mistake. My second mistake was that I tried to teach some of the stuff to me by myself and I didn’t go to class. I tried to be a one man show and in the end it ended up hurting me.

What I have learned from this experience is that you need to put in the time and the effort to succeed especially at our school. You might not be the brightest in the class, but if you work hard and think you will succeed then you be able to succeed. This includes both life, work and school.

I view failure just like Thomas Edison did. Not as failure but as a way to not succeed. Failure is a tough word and in life for the most part failure eventually leads to success. This means that failure isn’t as bad as people think it is because it leads to success either in the near or far future. How I handle failure is by thinking of things I could have done to not failed and look to the future on what I am going to do in the future when this pops back up. I am always up for the challenge of risks because I don’t like things given easy to me and it is always sweeter to succeed when you really worked for it.