1. A time I failed this semester was in one of my other classes I am currently taking, called financial accounting (I am sure many of you are familiar with the class). I knew this was a difficult class, however I do not think I fully understood the caliber of tis courses difficulty. For the first exam, I did not do nearly as well as I would have hoped to do on a college exam. It was the first exam of the course and it did not set me on a good path for the rest of the semester. I relied on study edge too much for studying and did not do nearly enough practice problems. I also waited too long to start studying. This was my first real hard class I’ve taken at college, so I definitely wasn’t prepared, and it was a bit of a wakeup call.
2. As I previously mentioned, this exam was a wakeup call for me. It made me realize I am in college now, not high school and I cannot BS my way through courses anymore. This is the real league and I need to do my best and study hard for all exams. I also learned I cannot rely primarily on external things such as study edge and that I need to begin studying at least one week prior to the exam. I ended up learning my lesson as for the first exam, I fully followed my new approach and ended up doing much better on the second exam! I am happy I failed once early on in my college career so that from now on going forward, I can take what I learned from failure and apply it so that I can now succeed.
3. Failure really sucks but it is a necessary component of life. Everyone grows from failure and without failure, no one would get better or master anything. Although failing is definitely hard, you have to take a different perspective on it and instead of getting mad about failing, you should reflect on it to see how you can grow from it and how you can improve in the future. I think this course has helped me see failure as a more positive thing rather than negative. I also believe the things I learned in this course make me more excited for risks which usually results in more failure, but then results in more growth as well!
Aaron,
ReplyDeleteI think we have all been in your situation before. There is always one class in college that we fail at and we learn a hard lesson from; for me, it was Business Finance. It is great to hear that you learned from your failure and were able to perform much better on your second exam. I agree that failing is difficult, but it is so important to use your failures as a learning experience. Great post!
Hi Aaron,
ReplyDeleteI think pretty much every college student has been in that boat before. For me personally, it was introduction to statistics my freshman fall which was one of the biggest wake up calls for me in my entire life after bombing my first 2 exams in that class. I think you have a great attitude about failure and how it can be valuable for improvement. Also, I'm glad to see you got that grade up in financial, great job! Great post and thank you for sharing!
Aaron
ReplyDeleteI really liked your post. I too have really struggled with a particular class and I completely understand where you are coming from. I agree that sometimes you just can't understand the full scope of the of the class until its actually happening. Failing is hard but I think you really have a good attitude towards it and you will be fine.