Mistakes

I decided to write about myself accepting the responsibility from the mistakes I made in school when I decided not to do my work on time and thought that I could go at my own pace but I had to accept my consequences for doing this which affected my motivation for school, and caused lots of problems. Now I decided to use myself because it is easier for me to relate to accepting the responsibility because I made the mistake of not doing my schoolwork which this helped with the information that I used because I had personal experiences. What I learned from my mistake of not doing my schoolwork is that it wasn’t only affecting me then but it was going to affect me in the long run later on down the road. For example picking classes became more difficult because I was limited to making up classes and wasn’t able to do some of the more fun classes like I would have wanted which caused it to be not as exciting. This also affected my motivation for that I had towards school with wanting to be there which then affected my progress with school work because I didn’t care to be there.

Now when I started high school I was told that we were going to be having customized learning and that you could go at your own pace. When I heard this I thought great I am able to relax I can take it easy from time to time and as long as I get it done by the end of the semester than I will be all set. What I learned from this whole Customized Learning where you are allowed to go at your own pace is that you really can’t because there is teachers pace that you have to follow in order to be passing which I found out to late after I already messed up. Which this completely messed with me because I decided to slack off a little thinking that I was going to be all set and just get the work done by the end of the semester but that wasn’t the case. I quickly became behind pace and was ineligible for sports, when this happened and I realized the problem I was in and then started to get out of the hole that I put myself into from not doing my school work which was a constant struggle because I was always trying to get caught up. Now because I decided to slack off when I realized that there was a problem with my work not getting done it had started to effect things that I liked for example sports, and what I did outside of school. Since I didn’t do my work on time the consequences took away my activity in sports because I wasn’t able to be there since I was ineligible because I didn’t do my work which made it hard to get back on the team because I was now having to do twice as much work then in the first place. This would have never of been a problem if I had just decided to get my work done on time so I would have been able to participate in sports, and I would have been able to have more freedom, privileges, and I would have had more motivation towards school. This also affected what I wanted to do in my free time because I was ineligible for sports so I wasn’t able to have fun do to the fact that I was trying to get caught up on work. Now I learned that I needed to just do my work on time and I could have all the fun I wanted to a certain extent and would have had a more enjoyable high school experience but I took responsibility for my mistakes in school.