I hate failing. I am one of those people who likes to do things right the first time. I hate having to go back and fix the sometimes silly mistakes I made. Obviously failure is inevitable, and to my dismay, I experienced some this semester. It came in the form of exams. In the two other classes I am taking I went into my first exams unprepared. I thought I had studied an efficient amount, but when I took the exams on ProctorU I was very surprised at how specific the questions were and how much I had not actually studies. I received a C on each of the exams- this is failure in my book.
From this failure, I learned that there is no such thing as too much studying. On my second exam in one of the classes I studied like my life depended on it. I read each of the chapters and looked over the lecture slides at least twice. When I took the exam I was definitely more prepared, but there were still questions I was not too sure on. My goal is to do even better on the third and final exam.
Like I said, I am not too fond of failure. However, I do believe it is necessary for growth. Without it, I would not have known how specific the exam questions were going to be and how I can improve for the next ones. Overall, I see the importance of failure and how it can shape me into a better person.
Hey there Laura! I totally understand how this can feel like a devastating blow to overachievers like you and I. ProctorU was a new concept to me and I feel like the setup itself is so much more complicated than a regular test that it can throw someone off as well. My first ProctorU test was after the hurricane wiped out power for three days and I still had no wifi. The proctor interrupted every three seconds (wasting my timer time) and the camera would cut off and it was altogether tragic. So just don't worry about it, we all go through this kind of stuff and recover.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to this for sure, from the part of thinking youre prepared, to your resolution. Failing is terrible, but i agree that it is going to happen, and necessary to better yourself, or product. Also, sometimes the failure is totally unavoidable, like not understanding the proctorU system, but i believe failures like these also teach important lessons. Keep grinding and I'll try and do the same!
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