One thing I have failed with is keeping up with assignments in this class. I have missed deadlines on multiple occasions on accident. After the first time this happened i vowed that I would never let it happen again because my grade couldn't afford it. Then my girlfriend came down to visit from New Jersey and I missed another Friday deadline. This made me feel terrible because i knew i was inadvertently hurting myself. I still can manage a B in this class but i had much higher aspirations for my grade.
I learned that I need to be much more vigilant about checking when assignments are due, especially when my life is full of distractions. I also realized that sometimes these things just happen. Not everything is going to be perfect. I became more accepting of my grade is this class, because that's life.
I struggle to deal with failure at times. I usually feel upset and angry after failing, especially when there is no opportunity to redeem myself. For example, when I inadvertently missed assignments in this class I felt terrible. I realized that there is no opportunity for me to get back up to an A and that devastated me. However when I put in my best effort and I fail, I don't feel as bad because I know I gave it my all. This class has taught me that failure is a part of success.
Hello Sean! While I haven’t missed any Friday deadlines for this class, I know the feeling you speak of when you know you could have done better. Personally, I did poorly on a couple of quizzes for this class because I simply couldn’t remember basic things the professor mentioned in the lectures. I should have paid more attention during the lectures I suppose. It’s that feeling of disappointment in one’s self, but it could only be helped if more effort had been put in. This is only a single failure. You recognized it and that’s what’s important.
ReplyDeleteSean, I can closely relate with your failure of doing assignments for this class in a timely manner. For the first couple weeks of this course I was not accustomed to the deadlines being at noon for assignments and subsequently missed several of the first ones. The thing that helped me the most was setting reminders on my phone for the day prior to get them done.
ReplyDeleteHey Sean,
ReplyDeleteI get how it can feel easy to miss deadlines for this course. I have found myself hitting submit at 11:58 a few times and it was a scary feeling. I have learned that it is very easy for a grade to reflect one small mistake in college. The results of a small failure will hopefully have less of a negative impact on life after college. It is good that you are not dwelling on the failure and are continuing to try for the best grade possible at this point.