When it comes to failure, there'e one thing that stand out in my mind: MAC1147; the wonderful headache that is precalculus with trig. Now I failed this course twice and dropped it the third time, but it wasn't for nothing. For whatever reason, I could never pass the quizzes (much less the exams) even though I always seemed to do well in the homework. Now this was part due to me not studying and part due to dealing with being away from home for the first time.
I figured out several things from this lovely experience. I realized first of all, that I needed to run away from engineering as fast as I possibly could. I also came to terms with the fact that I needed to figure out a new way to study coursework, and that I needed to make more time in general to do so. I found out I had anxiety too, which turned into a very fun few moths of playing guess who with medications.I'd say that this failure was actually very necessary for me to go through, I needed to understand that college was going to be ten times harder than what I was doing in high school, and that I would have to learn how to live on my own. Failing this class in particular, and dealing with engineering advising, helped me to really find out what major I actually wanted to pursue; this major being business management. I leveled my self out emotionally and academically into finding a flow to follow with how I plan out my days. In the end, I'm now passing all of my courses this semester and I'm on my way to becoming on track for my degree plan.
I don't feel like I'm more likely to take risks than I was before. However, I do know how to asses situations much better. I can understand what I need to do to make the best of any given situation, and that I can handle failures more as learning experiences now. Failure is something everyone should go through at some point in their life, and it makes dealing with anything easier than if you had never failed in the past.
Hey Cheyenne, thank you for sharing your story. It may seem like you are alone when facing difficult situations but I have learned that many students face the same situation. You were able to turn a negative situation and turn it into something positive that works for you. Like you stated in this assignment, this failure was necessary for you to go through because you needed to understand that college was harder than high school and you had to learn how to live on your own. I faced a similar situation in my blog post. Here is the link to my blog post, feel free to check it out
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Hi Cheyenne, wow it sounds like the first semester of college really did throw you for a loop. I can imagine I took that class too and it was no joke. That being said you seem to have learned some very valuable lessons about how to better manage your time and on top of it get help with your anxiety. We all fail at something at one point or another. It’s how you pick yourself up and move on that matters. If you want to check out mine, you can find it here: http://nicholeent3003.blogspot.com/2016/04/celebrating-failure.html
ReplyDeleteHey Cheyenne, thank you for sharing such an honest story. As one that can truly say "I can relate". As students, and adults that are definitely coming into out own is so common to go through these life revelations, reevaluations, self esteem and so much more. Above all the most important thing is that you were able to take a positive from a pressing situation. I can really relate to this and maybe you can find comfort in reading my story. Below I will post my link to my blog.
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