Finals week is just around the corner. As many of us scramble to complete those last minute projects and cram for those exams, and our last minute calculations on what you need to get to just merely pass. Hopefully many of us will pass, even if its just by half-percent. For those less fortunate let me tell you something. IT IS COMPLETELY OKAY TO FAIL YOUR CLASSES!!
I've been there, my freshman year I failed a stupid general education (GenEd) and a math class. That's right I failed two classes. As an engineer I shouldn't fail a math class and as a former three sport high school athlete I shouldn't fail a health GenEd. But I did. This all happened my fall semester, my first year of college, it was a devastating blow. I thought I wasn't smart enough for college, maybe I would drop out and try community college and come back when I was more "mature". But enough about me, I'm going to tell you why its okay to fail a few classes through your college career.
You shouldn't sweat failing a class, because you can retake the class. OK! You failed, get over it and re-take the class. Hopefully when you were failing for whatever reason, you know what you did wrong, and you know what not to do. Take that knowledge and do it right this time. We all make mistakes, its part of being human, what makes us special is being able to understand our mistake and stop it from repeating. It should be a lesson not a habit.
Failing usually has a negative connotation. In some cases I would say that's true, but in most cases I would rather fail ten times than succeed once. Everyone always hears success, and what you need to do to be successful, how you can replicate said "success". But nobody hears failures, the trials and the errors required.
Another reason its okay to fail? The notes. And I hope you took good notes, because now you can go back to the class and pay even more attention, and glancing at your prior notes making sure you have the right information to succeed. You should have done all the work, you know what to expect! Even if it's the wrong work or answers you know what is coming.
Hopefully the next time you re-take your class you don't fail but pass with an A. You are better and smarter this time. Its okay to make mistakes, we should learn from our past and better our future. Pick yourself up, dust off and try again next semester!
Good luck to everyone taking their finals and may the odds ever be in your favor.
