A time I failed this semester was the week of the hurricane.
When we came back from the hurricane I realized my assignment had failed to
submit. I emailed asking if I could submit it and was sadly not allowed. It cost me
8% of my grade in the class. After realizing that I could not get above a 92%
it affected my grades even more. I had less room to mess up before I lost the
A- I had. This was supposed to be a class that helped my gpa not hurt it. After
this semester I will not have my 3.68 gpa. It has taught me that even one week
of missing work can affect your grades. I handle failure very well. In this case
I know to make sure all my assignments are done or at least turn in what I have
so that I can at least get a grade. A 40 is better than a 0. The fact is you cannot
change the past you prepare for the future. Giving up never got someone
anywhere. If anything giving up is the worst failure you could make. Failure has
many meanings. For me you can have failures and if your successful then you
learn from your failures. Having failures is a stepping stone in success. I am
less likely to take the risk of waiting until the last minute to submit assignments.
Waiting to submit just causes stress. I will now focus on dueling my assignments
as early as I can. I learned to not submit assignments late anymore and I have
since turned all my work in on time.
Cheers
Daryl,
ReplyDeleteI liked the intro and outro to this blog post, I found it to be pretty creative. Couldn't agree more with you when you said this class was supposed to help my gpa, it kills me to know that I won't be getting an A for missing a week's worth of work just like you did. I think after my last instance of missing an assignment, I've done the same as you as far as turning all of my work in on time. My only regret is that I wish I did this throughout the whole semester.
Hey there Daryl, this was a very nice blog post, good job overall. I agree that this class is supposed to help your gpa, as opposed to hurting it. That is really annoying and unfortunate what happened to you after the hurricane. I can completely relate as almost the same exact thing happened to me with failing to submit, when in reality I thought it submitted.
ReplyDeleteHi Daryl,
ReplyDeleteThis post is so relatable. I think we’ve all had that moment in college where you get a pit in your stomach once you realize that you’ve missed an assignment. Much like you said though, I believe that if you’re able to see your failure ad a chance to grow and advance then you’re already ahead of the pack! Also, I love that you made this a toast!
Cheers!