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A Not So Dim Tunnel

Moving into college is one of those experiences that happens in a blink of an eye, but sticks with you for years. Something else that may stick with someone for years is failing a class in one of their best subjects. This happened to me my sophomore year of high school. My English class was the first class I had ever failed; I had never even come close to a failing grade either. Though that was nearly three years ago, it still sticks with me. College within itself is intimidating at first glance, but taking a college English class with nothing but the image portrayed in movies is high up there as well. Images of students struggling until three in the morning struggling to write a 15 page paper due in five hours when class starts flooded my mind. I had barely made it through my junior and senior year of high school… how did I expect myself to succeed?

Before even learning about what a growth mindset was, I was already planning out how to apply it to my life throughout college. I told myself that I am smart enough, I can write that 15 page paper, I can pass the English class. I told (and still tell myself) these things, motivating me to complete the task(s) at hand. It started with the intimidating English class, and eventually moved to the rest of my classes to motivate myself to grow there as well. Whether it be studying for hours for one class, or pushing to grind out a written assignment for another, I now fail to see darkness in the tunnel. It is lit with fluorescent lights with an even brighter one at the end.

 

I enjoyed writing this short post for a web audience. Revisiting the topic gave me a different view on it, as well as allow me to write differently.

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