Overcoming Failure In High School

Failure, a part of life most people try to avoid as often as possible. It comes in many forms, scaling from missing a problem on a homework assignment to flunking out of a class. The word ‘Failure’ is seen so negatively most people hate to associate with it. A lack of success is one of those aspects of life that at first is upsetting, maybe even frustrating that ends up helping someone blossom. People learn from their defeats, learn to change and accept. Everyone has failures and part of life is getting over those failures and coming out stronger. Even I have experienced failures in the past that have significantly helped me out.
Math has always been my weak point in school, I have known it since I entered Kindergarten. As years passed I began to struggle more, I required more attention than most student when it came to learning subjects such as basic algebra and geometry. By the time I reached my freshmen year I already began to feel hopeless. I quickly started to fall behind the rest of my classmates. No matter how many notes I took or time I spent practicing on my own I just could not seem to understand how something like ‘5a + 10b = c’ could possibly equal anything whatsoever. I never had the time to complete test, most ended up being turned in half finished. This would end me up with a big ol’ F written in red ink, such an …show more content…
My first semester of high school math, failed. All I wanted to do was sit down and admit defeat, nothing I could do could save me from continuing to tumble down from this spot. Later that week I got called down to the guidance councilor, we discussed my problems and ways to possibly fix the mess I was in. I came out of that office with a new hope. That night I talked to my parents about getting a tutor to help me in my grades. Both of them happily agreed and I started getting tutored. With the help of my tutor I managed to pass the second semester of Algebra