Definition Essay About Failure

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The definition of failure is the lack of success. I have experienced failure a large number of times in my life as a student, an athlete, and as a daughter.
I’m not saying that I haven’t experienced success before, because that’s just not what I am trying to say. My failures are what stick with me more than my successes, because they have lessons that are teaching me the rights and the wrongs. My success’ are important to me but it’s harder for me to remember those who don’t teach me something like my failures do. Failure as a student are from a wide range from failing test to not doing homework. That may sound ridiculous but failing tests is something that happens to me frequently. From all of those tests that I didn’t do good on it taught me something about myself. It taught me that I am not a good test taker. I learned that the …show more content…

Not saying that it’s a bad thing, I’m saying that when you try to live up to their expectations and you fail, it’s a disappointment. I try to always be honest, be the best student, and to just be a good daughter for my parents. I despise the feeling of knowing I’ve disappointed my family so I try not to. But I can’t control everything. What I can control is what I can do as an individual is to be the best person that I could be. Failure is part of everyday life and we can’t avoid it because it happens to everyone and in everyday situations. I like having failures because it teaches me to toughen my attitude and my personality because not everything goes my way. So it makes me have to accept the fact that I did fail that time but next time I try, I can succeed. The fact of the matter is, is that I can fail over and over and over again and I can gain something from it or just keep failing. I choose to learn from it because it’s called insanity doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different