Experiencing failure is one of the things that drives people to work to the best of their abilities. Failure can also get people to push themselves to realize that they can do much more than they originally thought they could. Throughout my lifetime, there have been many cases where I have experienced failure, but one is much more prominent than the others. This failure has led me to where I am today and helped shape me into the person that I have become.
My freshman year of high school I went to Bishop Hendricken High School because my family wanted me to do so. Going to Bishop Hendricken was not a great experience for me, and I received poor grades in some of my classes. Receiving those poor grades has forced me into pushing myself harder
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The disappointment in myself made me want to make up for my mistakes. I know that I can do much better than what I did during my freshman year. Seeing myself do so poorly was a wake up call, and it showed that I was not working to my potential. Failure like this is not always a bad thing. Failure can make people push themselves to do their absolute best. Failing classes my freshman year was a horrible feeling knowing that I could have done much better. Remembering that feeling is what pushes me to work harder now that I am at Pilgrim High School. Speaking with my family and guidance counselors showed me that I can not go back and fix my mistakes, but I can try my best to show that those mistakes are not a reflection of who I am as a student. I look back on my ninth grade experience and use it as motivation in order to not experience a failure of that magnitude again. This drives me to not repeat what I did that year, so that I can set myself up with as bright a future as possible. When I first started failing some of my classes, I had a more happy-go-lucky attitude. I acted like I didn't care about the classes and then I would not do the work. During the third quarter of ninth grade I received the worst GPA that I ever had, which I greatly regret. At that