I Thought I Was Perfect by Muhibbah

I Thought I Was Perfect by Muhibbah - August 2014 Scholarship Essay

I could tell you that I have prioritized all my work and have successfully mastered my weaknesses such as procrastination; but that's not what I am going to discuss. In order to gain experience I had to struggle through failure. Failure is just, in my opinion, an experience that you learn from. In other words, in order for me to become a well-rounded and educated student, I had to experience many failures on the way.

I remember an incident in which I was in elementary school and had gotten a bad grade on my report card. It was in the afternoon, the class was noisy and I just finished drawing a picture of me and my family spending time together at the park. I saw other students anxious to get their report card while others sulked at the thought of even touching their report card. I, on the other hand, was excited to get my report card. The thought of finally proving to my parents that I work hard in school was right in my teacher's hand as she passed them out. Finally, she approached my desk and gave me my report card. I opened it up quickly and to my surprise my eyes only detected the letter "C". I know what you're probably thinking, "A C, that's a passing grade!" Well, to me, it was a huge smudge on my prefect A/B record.

So I'm looking at this grade and the first thing that pops into my head was, "This must be a mistake." I was disappointed and frustrated. It affected me just as bad as someone being punched in the stomach countless times. I thought of many ways to break the news to my parents, and when the time came around they were disappointed in me too. (I expected that of course.)

That day, I learned something important. I learned I fell victim to procrastination and that maybe I didn't put my best foot forward in my teacher's class. I learned to be more organized because my assignments were all over the place. I also learned to try and get my work done as soon as possible and avoid procrastination. In the end, it took me one failure to realize that I needed to step up my game in my class and try being attentive instead of talking to my best friend in class. When I think about it now, I'm kind of glad that I got that "C" because I realized that a bright student like me needed less T.V and more room for improvement.