Tam Nguyen
Henry Ford once said "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently". In my past experiences, I
would have said that most of my accomplishments are improvements from failures. Throughout my years in middle
school, I've learned that failing is a feature of life. Everyone has made an error sometime in his or her life.
No human being is perfect; however, the goal is to learn from mistakes. During my middle school years, I've had
some tests that I did poorly on. Seeing my bad grades would be enough for me to realize that I needed improvements.
I have had stretched my hour of studying, stopped playing games that would distract my studies, and make time for
studying everyday for at least one hour. I also took my dad's advice of keeping track of the subjects that I was
terrible at and wrote the GPA of it every semester, which motivated me improve. By failing tests, I have learned
to focus more on that particular subject, to pay more attention to my teachers while they are reviewing, to write
notes, and to be prepared for tests ahead of time, instead of cramming. The most important lesson of failing is to
have the self-confident of trying again. Most people tend to fail and give up, but to pick yourself up will be the
hardest part.