In life, there are no do over buttons. These past few months for me have proven those words to be true. As the stress of applying and getting into college built up, there is one thing in the back of my mind that repeats its self over and over, “You didn’t take your freshmen and sophomore year seriously and now because of it, you won't get into the college of your dreams."
Although my parents beg to differ, I felt as if I have failed high school. As I have mentioned before in this essay, there are no do over buttons in life. Many people think that their failures will dictate their future when in reality their failures can be used as a guiding tool for future success. From working hard this year I have learned that you should don’t let your failures hold you back from your goals and to never give up. Although many times throughout my high school experience I have wanted to just throw in the towel but I told my self that I need to finish it off strong.
I was always taught that with hard work and dedication, good things will always come your way, but if you don’t put in any work then you can’t expect a positive outcome. In life people always want redo’s and they think that when they have failed their life it over and never move on everyone should realize that their failures don’t dictate their lives for ever. They need to learn that failures are the struck for success.
I think that in the real world, people should not be judged on their failures, rather than they should be praised for the work they have accomplished. In high school, there is so much pressure nowadays to get into the top colleges and find a high paying major that will bring you success in life, but my personal take is that all this pressure is teaching that it is bad for us to fail. I may not be in the top 20% in my school, and I may not win awards, and that's okay. I have to find what suits me best and roll with it.
College is the "do over button" in a sense. You meet new people, your GPA starts over, and there are hundreds more opportunities here than there were in high school. I think another important thing I wish I would have known applying to college is that it doesn't matter where you get your education. It is what you do with it and how you preform there that dictates the future.
