1. What have I failed in during this past semester? More like what haven't I failed in, hahahahaha!... So many failures. For instance, When the ticket clerk at Regal told me to enjoy the movie, I said "you too!", and then I ran inside and I'm never going back there again. Those are my kind of failures, but for this assignment, I guess I'll talk about my classic one, "I still haven't studied for this exam." I am currently taking Cultural Anthropology, which is actually a bit harder than it sounds. The teacher is a grad student, and we all know how grad students seem to want to put us through hell, especially when it comes to exams. We have had three exams so far, and after scoring a not-so-great grade on the first one, I looked myself in the mirror and said "you're studying for the next exam." Next exam comes around and I'm cramming in all of my studying the night before. Poor grade on the test again, I look myself in the mirror, "you're studying for this next exam." Next exam comes, cramming in all studying the night before, get an "eh" grade on the test, go home, look myself in the mirror, "studying for next exam", ect. The next exam coming up is going to be our final, yayyy! But this time, I am determined to study more than one night in advanced. So please help me out by keeping me in check.
2. What have I learned from this? Well I have learned that I suck at studying and I excel at procrastinating (at least for studying). But the moral lesson that I have gained from this is those who do well, are those who have prepared themselves for the situation at hand. And this lesson is not just for succeeding on exams my friends, no there is a bigger life lesson here that we can all learn from. Work hard, be diligent, accept the fact that you will need to sacrifice time doing something else that you'd probably rather be doing, but in the end, it is those who put in the extra effort and time who reap the bigger reward.
3. Being in the Innovation Academy, I have already heard all of this "failure is not just something to expect, but something to aim for!" stuff. And I have to say I don't entirely agree with that statement. I know that this statement is not as extreme as the one in this assignment, it's more of the Innovation Academy's perspective. Failure is definitely not something to aim for, you want to aim for success, but you should be prepared to fail. Prepare yourself for failure, be ready to accept the criticisms and make sure you are open and willing to learn from your failures. Failures are not a bad thing at all, they are a learning experience, and sometimes it can actually be more beneficial to fail a couple times before succeeding because you could probably learn a little more than what you bargained for. Failure is a good thing to experience, but again, it should not be a goal to go into a situation and purposefully set yourself up for failure. I hope I didn't sound too contradicting there.
Hey Dekotah,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post. I think there is a price to pay for everything in life and failure is simply the cost of success. Its like Thomas Edison said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that didn't work. Good luck with the rest of the semester. If you get the chance, check out my post: http://ryangsharpe.blogspot.com/2016/04/celebrating-failure.html
Hello Dakotah,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, nice post – it was fun to read.
I really hope that you do not procrastinate as much this time around, I know it can be hard, but it will be worth it in the end. I wish you the best of luck!
Our failures of the semester are not alike at all, but if you would like to read about my failure at pottery, please visit: http://kwallaceent.blogspot.com/2016/04/celebrating-failure.html
Thanks,
Katherine Wallace
Dakotah,
ReplyDeleteNice post! It was entertaining and insightful. You brought up a good point about how some people say "we should fail" in order to be successful. I agree with you, we shouldn't aim for it, but we certainly shouldn't shy away from it, because its going to come, and from all directions. Feel free to check out my post here:
http://gabrielaraujoent3003.blogspot.com/2016/04/celebrating-failure.html