Celebrating Failure

In my Survey of Calculus 2 class, I failed my first exam. I was even more frustrated at myself because I prepared for this exam and knew how to do the problems but in that moment, I just blanked. Looking back, I should have prepared even more for it, the trivial things I was doing for it were not enough. Being that blank before, it was very frustrating and annoying at the same time. I was determined not to fail my next exam so I decided to prepare even more, I still did not pass. I didn’t blank this time nor did I fail but I didn’t get the grade I wanted either so to me, I just failed again. For the third exam, I was determined to change my grade around, I couldn’t afford to drop this class, I needed to Ace it the first time. After studying on days end, losing sleep at night, and pulling all-nighters, I took the third exam and scored well on it. To say the least, I was so relieved. I was scared that I didn’t pass again, and afraid that I might burst into tears in front of my friends but instead I saw my scores and started dancing like crazy. .

I learned that one’s pride can really hurt someone. Because I had aced my math exams in previous classes, I believed that I would be able to take this class and not worry too much about it. Boy was I wrong. Therefore, I believe failure humbles people. You learn to let go of your pre-conceptions and each opportunity you keep an open mind are start the experience humbled.