Prompt: The ability to learn from one's disappointments is key to personal growth and success. Tell us about what you learned from a disappointment you experienced.
During my junior year in high school I was struggling with AP Calculus AB, I received a D+ at the end of the first semester. I had never received a grade as low as that before. I was confused because I never thought about giving up, but for some reason I kept failing. I would never allow myself to quit, because even though people would tell me to drop the class because it would only get harder, I swore to myself that I would improve, I realized that my journey in life is filled with struggles and that I simply couldn't run away from it, I had to confront it. The new semester started and the past was forgotten. To try and improve, I sought out help from my teacher and my peers; my teacher helped me by going over some more examples, I soon realized that I knew the material I just needed more practice. I realize how stubborn I was, since I refused help from other people because I believed that I could learn by myself but I kept making the same mistakes in the problems. My teacher handed back the first test we took during the second semester, I got a B, it was respectable and far better score on a test than I had received before. I realize that I needed to adapt to the situation, in this case I opened up and asked for help. In the world the most important thing you need to do is to learn how to adapt to the situation, I learned that in my experience. Later in May it was time to take the AP test, I was very nervous but I believed that I worked hard to prepare for it. The day ended, I felt so relieved that the test was over and I was awaiting my scores in the mail. July comes, I saw that the scores came in, I nervously opened the envelope and saw that I had received a 4 on the AP test. My anxiety left and my excitement grew. I had conquered something that I had thought was impossible in the beginning. I learned that in many situations, you need to change if you are failing instead of continuing on the same path where you will be unsuccessful.
During my junior year in high school I was struggling with AP Calculus AB, I received a D+ at the end of the first semester. I had never received a grade as low as that before. I was confused because I never thought about giving up, but for some reason I kept failing. I would never allow myself to quit, because even though people would tell me to drop the class because it would only get harder, I swore to myself that I would improve, I realized that my journey in life is filled with struggles and that I simply couldn't run away from it, I had to confront it. The new semester started and the past was forgotten. To try and improve, I sought out help from my teacher and my peers; my teacher helped me by going over some more examples, I soon realized that I knew the material I just needed more practice. I realize how stubborn I was, since I refused help from other people because I believed that I could learn by myself but I kept making the same mistakes in the problems. My teacher handed back the first test we took during the second semester, I got a B, it was respectable and far better score on a test than I had received before. I realize that I needed to adapt to the situation, in this case I opened up and asked for help. In the world the most important thing you need to do is to learn how to adapt to the situation, I learned that in my experience. Later in May it was time to take the AP test, I was very nervous but I believed that I worked hard to prepare for it. The day ended, I felt so relieved that the test was over and I was awaiting my scores in the mail. July comes, I saw that the scores came in, I nervously opened the envelope and saw that I had received a 4 on the AP test. My anxiety left and my excitement grew. I had conquered something that I had thought was impossible in the beginning. I learned that in many situations, you need to change if you are failing instead of continuing on the same path where you will be unsuccessful.