How to Get Back up When You Fall Down by Kierstin

How to Get Back up When You Fall Down by Kierstin - February 2017 Scholarship Essay

Life is falling down and getting back up. Humans are made to fail and then learn from their lessons and move on with your life. I have been involved with 4-h for nine years now. I have shown rabbits, hogs and have taken a babysitting project.
There are many lessons and responsibilities to be learned while having an animal. You have to care for them, as in feed them twice a day, water them twice a day (or as needed), and clean their pens as needed. With being in 4-h you care for an animal and then take them to your local county fair. With taking them to your fair, you show them and your animal gets judged on the quality of its meat and how it was raised.
It is fun to show at your local fair but it can also not be fun to lose a show. I have been in many shows and have lost many of them. Whether I don't place at all or I place in 5th, I never let it discourage me. I never let it discourage me because I always come back to the next show or the next year and try again! 4-h has taught me to be the bigger person and always be happy with my placing in a show.