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I have always been a hard working student. I do all my work and study for all my tests and quizzes, but one of the reasons I know to do this is from my freshman year in high school. It taught me that sometimes you have to work harder than what you believe may be needed and that school is not all about the grades that you get but about the personal growth that you earned in order to achieve this growth. Before my freshman year, I never had to study. I could understand subjects easily enough that it would stick with me. After my freshman English class, however, I would never view school in that way again. This class taught me to think in ways that I did not before. I went from having a mind that was closed off and relatively limited to being …show more content…
After this class, however, I learned that the most important thing is about the progress you make and your ability to see all spectrums of a situation. After retraining my mind, I have been able to think of multiple solutions for a problem when before, I might have only thought of one or two. This closed me off from the world, limiting me from multiple other beliefs, social experiences, and options. In my junior year of high school, we listened to an adult speaker explain to us his views on the human mind. He explained that people’s instincts are to judge quickly and more often than not tend to not look beyond than what something may appear to be. By adjusting my mindset because of my English class, I have been able to avoid this and think of multiple solutions rather than a single one.
This setback showed me that I also needed to readjust my ways of preparation. I have encountered a very important life lesson that I will be able to use all my life. This lesson is that not everything is going to be as easy as one might think it will be. It is important to try to prepare yourself in the best ways and not underestimate how difficult something may

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