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Kitiara Rodriguez College Essay Colin Powell once said," Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.” Our society makes it seem that failure defines our success. They are wrong. Failure gives you a chance to do better next time, gives you a chance to look back on your mistakes and fix them. Failure and mistakes make us who we are today more than the times that we did something spectacular and moved on. For me, failure meant I was not good enough to continue. That is how I felt when I failed my certified nursing assistant exam. I remember the day of the test, it was sunny outside and I felt like it was going to be a great day. My shop teacher prepared me for this day and continued to encourage
In the beginning of fall of 2016, I got a job as a medical assistant. It’s long process to get this sort of job, at least with the University of Utah so when I finally went through the orientation, lab training, computer training, and community clinics I got to work and realized there was, even more, training. Every clinic has its personal preferences and rules, so I had to start from scratch with the training I already had. As soon as I got therenoticeI was a given a quick tour of the clinic and given all the rules, passwords and regulations. It was already too much to handle, but I was memorizing as much as I could. I can’t always function under pressure, but I tried not to let my nerves get to me.
The career path that I want to pursue is in the medical field. I major in psychology and minor in biology because going to medical school has always been my desire. Being a pediatrician is my goal I wish to conquer. I am beyond interested and passionate about this career. It is not just a career, it is my life dreams. I want to be able to enjoy going to work every day knowing I love my job and I am here because I want to. Being a pediatrician I am able to work with children and many people of different cultures. I am thrilled to know that I will be capable of caring for sick children.
Hard work helps toward leading a happy and successful life. If you want to be successful, set goals and do your best to work hard and reach them. In the article, How 9 Incredibly Successful People Define Success, Drake Baer quotes nine different people with different definitions of success. One person Baer quotes is John Wooden who talks about doing your best, “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” His views on success in part, agree with my views on success. Doing your best will help you to reach for your goals. In the same article, Baer researches Winston Churchill, a British politician, “Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” Both Churchill and I hold the opinion that even if you fail, you should get up and keep going. To not think of it as a failure, but think of it as a lesson on what not to do next time. For example, If someone is making a cake, and it burns, they know that next time they should not bake it for so
15 year later, when I had actually grown up a lot, it was now time to take my D.S.T, I got up very early for it and walked sleepily into the room, sat down in the desk, picked up my pencil and went to work. (They kept us in that room for 5 hours, with only one bathroom break!!!) I sat there thinking to myself, I real got to go to the bathroom, for all of 2 hours. I probably shouldn 't have lied when I use my first one, for a fake trip to the bathroom. In which I really just did it to get out into the halls and read a book. (Hey I never said I was a Saint) After I was done with my test, I ran to the bathroom to use it....... After that emergency bathroom break. I walked sleepily home, to my house to go to bed, because they got me up at 6:54 in the morning for that stupid test. I needed a power nap, since I was so tired from the test and my early awakening. I must of been sleeping for 4 more hours, before I was even being physically able, to get out of bed. Three weeks later when the test scores, came in the mail, I nearly gave my parents a heart attack, when they saw my score. (My Dad had a heart attack later that day, when he saw my grade in Music class, an F-.) I scored a 500/600 in law enforcements, but
My heart was jumping out of my chest the entire time I was getting ready and I was pretty sure I was going to hurl in the toilet. The drive to the Dojo was probably the worst. I pictured every possible thing I can do wrong during the test in my mind. In the end, the nerves won over and the rest was history. I was jumpy, scared and extremely nervous during the test. Feeling like a failure I was surprised I still got my belt. My teacher said it was because he knew I deserved it, but to me it did not feel like an achievement but instead like a
A week before the test our teacher gave us a heads up on when the test was going to be. In my mind, I thought the test would be a multiple choice test and that the questions would be similar to the ones went in class. So, as the weekend approached, believing I had the test covered, I went on with being reckless on the weekend. However, it turns out that what I thought was the time of my life ended up biting me in the rear end.
Failure is described as "lack of success". Success is defined as "the accomplishment of an aim or purpose". If failure is lack of success and success is to accomplish an aim or purpose, then I have failed a lot of times in my life. I was well-raised in a little island called Dominican Republic. I am proud to be Dominican.
Exam number one. The test to start off the semester. Bombed it. What seemed to be so easy, all of a sudden, got extremely difficult. I went blank. Scientifically speaking, I had test anxiety. Next thing I know, I’m sitting with a F in the class. A pretty low F at that. But how? All of this “low grade clerical work” was such a breeze. It was like I forgot everything I did for the past two weeks. So of course I panic. I can’t go into college next fall with an unacceptable grade like that on my transcript! I make it a point to study hard for the next
What exactly is failure? It is, according to the dictionary, “Lack of success.” Many people say that “failure isn’t the falling down, but the staying down.” But who are we to say? Lack of hope, the thought that death and failure are one and the same, and a pessimistic outlook on life can cause someone to fail, but thankfully not everyone falls victim to these. Failure is always controversial, because people view things and events differently. As Elaine Maxewell once said, “My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.”
The next morning, I performed horribly and filled my previous “A” grade with disappointment. The daunting experience left a bad taste in my mouth for exams during the upcoming summer. The brutal
Should you not be able to fail before you become successful? Should you not hit bumps along the way to an successful journey? Should you not start low to make it to the top? Success is earned not given, failure is an option. In that case, some people have to fail in order to learn how to achieve in life.
I stared down at the exam, holding back the urge to crumple it up and throw it in the trash. It was the third marking period and I was holding yet another test that I failed. I furrowed my brows and sighed. There was a combination of frustration, defeat and indifference. I was sure that I was going to fail the class for the first semester and ultimately drop my grade point average. As the curriculum got more challenging, I was struggling to keep up and it seemed like no matter what steps I took, I could not get my grade above a 65. When I went to confide in my leadership teacher to express my concern, she just gave me a reassuring smile and told me that I could pass the class. I would have to be the one to take action by expressing my worries with my math teacher. That's all she had to say? How could she think that so late in the marking period, I was going to drastically change my grade?
As I walked into the testing room, I felt like my world is going to come crashing and I would be rejected from every college that I apply to. I was so stressed and nervous about the test. I studied a lot for the test, but I didn’t know if I will do well. Hopelessly, I walked and gave my ID and ticket to the proctor. Next, I walked and was forced to sit in a lonely desk in the corner, where my future was going to get demolished under this intricate test that I am about to intake. Just then, the proctor started to hand out the test booklets. My named was called out first and I slowly and dismally walked towards the proctor, knowing that this test might be the worst test of
I observed the emotions in their faces, some were rightfully nervous, others had blank stares as if they had taken the test a million times before. Finally they call my ticket to begin to test. I greet the lady at the desk and hand her all the necessary documents. As I am meeting the test proctor, my heart begins racing, and I begin sweating a little bit. I keep calm as to not give away my anxiousness to the test administrator.
I didn't fully prepare for the test and it ended up affecting me both negatively and positively. It ended up affecting me badly because my grade in that class was not up to my standards and not even close to as high