My Mentor Research Paper

Most people writing this type of essay would talk about their high grades, athletic performances, or other academic achievements. That’s not my story.

Countless books and movies display a figure or a person as a mentor to help the character plow through adversity. Even in reality, most people have a role model that impact them in some way. For me, failure is my teacher. Failure is my mentor that warns me of the dangerous paths in life. Failure is my guidance toward the path to success. Most importantly, failure is my motivator. It all began with the reflection of myself scaring me.

The sink was still running, and the water was flowing out with full force. The bathroom’s vents were put on blast, and the shower was steaming up the entire area to the point where the mirror completely blurred. Even though there was so much noise blaring all at once, I needed it. I needed something in my ears to cancel out the harmful jokes from others, the hurtful “you are good for nothing” speech from my parents, and my self hatred. The corners of the wall were my escape area from the world and its cruelty. My eyes were a scene from niagara falls as tears flowed out. I purposely had fogged up the mirror so I could stop looking at myself. I hated my fat. I hated my acne. Most of all, I hated my selfish and negative minded mentality.

It was cutting ties from friends, becoming distant from my parents, and wasting time on video games that showed me my life was not successful. That painful night was significant because it was failure telling me I needed to act now or my circumstances would never