Narrative Essay About Failure

I was always taught that nothing can make me mad, cause me to fail, or cause me to succeed. It was my response to the circumstances I was in that would determine my outcome. It was my choice to become mad at a situation or allow myself to fail. If I did fail, then I needed to correct what I was doing in order to turn failure into success with a few stumbling points. My biggest failure was not what most people would call a failure. I did not really fail at anything in this situation. I actually had a really good outcome.
Throughout grade school I was homeschooled. I always excelled in classes and my mother never allowed me or my siblings to slack off or put less than out best effort into all our assignments. In high school, we attended a college prep co-op and I was taught by tutors. It was difficult work but I handled it well and had no final grades lower than a B. My parents taught us to do our best and not to be afraid of extra work to keep a good grade. I enjoyed this class setting and having peers doing the same assignments gave me extra motivation. This stayed true until I faced a seemingly impossible challenge in my junior year. …show more content…
Sciences and math were always more difficult for me. I had always been able to apply extra study time and use practice assignments to keep a good grade. Within the first couple weeks, I had begun to really struggle to keep up with the chemistry class. I completed the assignments on time, but my grades were awful. This was incredibly discouraging. I did not know how to pass an assignment, much less the class. I asked myself questions like: Can I pass this grade with an F- in chemistry? Even with trying my hardest I could not move through the book at the same speed or get a passing grade on my assignments. It was incredibly difficult for me to grasp the formulas that we were being taught. This part was my failure. I was frustrated and did not know how to complete the