Failure is part of our lives on everything we do. I believe
that if we will be successful in everything we propose to ourselves, life will
not be as challenging and beautiful as it is. This past semester was my first
semester as a gator and the transition from another college to a huge
University was amazing, but at the same time overwhelming.
Last semester, I failed on reaching for additional resources
focused on helping students to be successful in classes, and the reason why
this happened was mainly because I didn’t know about tutors and academic
helpers. As I was not aware of the magnitude of difficulty of taking a test in UF,
and coming from Santa Fe College where all the environment is different in all
senses, I failed on my first exams.
What I learned from this experience is that we must look for
resources and go out and ask for help when we need it. There are plenty of
resources that can be really helpful not only for school, but for any issue we
might have.
I figured out that I was really selfish and egocentric just
because I thought that I didn’t needed help from others to be successful in
college.
After realizing this, I decided to change that way of thinking and
then I decided to go out and look for help. This class has being a amazing for
me because I learned that there is no such a thing as being a failure, and that
we must know that dealing with failure is the only path to success. I am definitely
more likely to take a risk now because now I know that we miss 100% of the
shots we don’t take which shows that there is always a chance of success.
Great post! It also took me some time to adjust to UF's intense courses. I'm an online student, so I had to learn to balance school with work and everyday family life. As an online student, you have to discipline yourself to sit down and watch the lectures, several times if possible, and stay on top of the coursework. I learned the hard way to stop putting off assignments, or studying for an exam, to the last minute. You will get the hang of it, just hang in there. Like you said, there is no such thing as failure.
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Interesting post you have. It definitely took me a bit of time as well to adjust to the college courses here as well. For me as a student-athlete, I constantly have to balance my school, academics, and social life. It takes a lot of discipline and focus to stay organized but to do well takes more extra work.
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Hey Alejandro,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. my first year at UF was definitely an adjustment period. I am now a Sophomore and I can say that it has become easier to handle my coursework over the past year. I wish you would have used a little more detail in describing your specific failures in UF classes and the outside resources that you have begun to use to help you be successful. I am glad to see that you have learned something from this class like I have. Check out my blog post to read about my failure! http://josetheentrepreneur.blogspot.com/2016/04/celebrating-failure_10.html
Hi !
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us. I think it is good to be able to come to peace with your failures, and learn from your mistakes. I am also in the same situation with not taking advantages of resources around campus. It put me in a hard position this semester!
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