<p>prompt: Are failures necessary for education? or something like that.
thank you so much to all those who are willing to read and grade my essay. i don't usually write personal examples but i heard writing personal examples work just as well. the language is casual but an sat essay grader said that's fine... so here it is.</p>
<pre><code>Life is full of learning; we learn from our history, our personal mistakes, and even our major failures. However each time we are met with such an obstacle, we manage to stand up and move forward with time as part of our responsibility. Even in the pursuit of education, especially to those who are studying for the SAT, students who willingly face their failures learn not only to move on in hard situations but also to improve themselves to excel in their studies.
I am an unmotivated student, perhaps even a lazy student. I tend to be the type of kid who does the minimum amount of work to scrape by with a 90.01. But do not be deceived. I am lazy, but most certainly not dumb. I figured out all by myself that my junior summer would be like no other in the past. I would be spending hours upon hours studying in an air-conditioned chamber while my friends tanned under the heat of summer. My negative attitude towards studying for the SAT was a failure in itself.
Like all other Asian parents, my parents enrolled me in an elite SAT boot camp, ironically named, Elite. There was no desire within me to wake up early in the morning, attend five hours of torture, only to be released home to find hours of homework waiting to be completed. I did my homework like all other elite students, but didnt spend time to absorb the things I learned. This was failure number two.
On Monday mornings of each week, elite students took a full length practice. It was absolutely the worst time of the week to take a five hour test, but I managed to complete all the tests half-asleep. Week after week, I did not make much improvement. I failed to take these test seriously and I guess I reaped what I sowed on the day of the Oct. 6 test.
I woke up that fateful morning determined to score a 2000. I was pumped, stuffed myself with a little too much sugar, but was more than ready thinking Ive prepared more than enough. However, I was also more than wrong. Everything that couldve gone wrong on an SAT test went wrong. I erased my thesis seconds before the 25 min were up, leaving my essay thesis-less. I bubbled in the section 4 in section 5, and my pencil broke 3 times. I dont believe in Karma or anything of that sort, but I sure realized I was reaping what I sowed during the summer. By not taking those practice tests seriously, by being careless in homework, and by having a negative attitude, I was setting myself up for inevitable failure.
Looking back, I realized my failures at Elite were bound to manifest in my less than desirable score. This past learning experience has helped me realize I need to change my attitude and be diligent in the things I do, whether its educational or a hobby. Even though I havent taken a 2nd SAT test yet, I am studying diligently right now as a direct inspiration from my failures. I also learned a failure itself is not important to the learning process; it is the realization of a failure and the willingness to change your failure or flaw that will lead to success in life, regardless of the task that lies beforehand.
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