26A : Celebrating Failure

There have been multiple times this semester I have failed.  I have failed in the classroom and out of the classroom many times. One time in particular was  earlier in the semester in one of my classes. I had the first exam of the semester in an important class and did not do well on the exam. With not getting the ideal grade on the exam, I set myself up for a long road back to a passing grade by the end of the semester. It was a class for my major and in order to stay on track, I could not drop the class and had to pass it with at least a B. I did not study as much as I should have as I was caught up in practice starting and thought that the exam would be easy. Turns out it was not easy and I did not do well on it at all. Hard to fix your grade when you get less than a 55% on an exam.

What I learned from this is to never assume an exam is going to be easy and go in unprepared. I went in thinking that it was going to be a piece of cake and did not look over any of my notes. It would have helped to go through my notes for at least a little bit as those who studied said the exam was just like the study guide. I learned that It is harder to get a grade back up to a high level when you start the semester from rock bottom. Also, it is important to work hard and attempt to get yourself out of a hole when you are in it. Dropping the class after that exam would have been the easy way out. Continuing to study and do my work and working hard to get back to a grade that is now passing is a lesson that I am glad I learned.

I Think failure is a great thing. I think that you find more about who you are as a person, student, athlete, or employee when you fail rather than when you succeed. Everyone is happy and celebrating when they succeed, but when you fail, it shows that you have room to grow in all aspects. When I am playing baseball and I fail, which I have many times before and will many times again, I get a chance to look back at what I did wrong and can get better. Like I stated before, Everyone celebrates the successes, but to me the successes are how you rebound from the failures and how you hit back when your back is against the wall. It is very hard mentally when you fail over and over again, but finding a way to finally get what ever it is to click and continue to strive to figure things out, is a great feeling.