Failures and Success

Imagine failing the first time, imagine failing the second time, imagine failing several
time to achieve a single goal, imagine never giving up. I was the lucky one who came overseas
expecting for better life and more opportunities at age of twelve. It That age was the beginning of
my new school and a great expectation. Looking back today, I began to understandhave
understood that every failure has a lesson to learn.
English is a most overrated and over logical subject in which many nerds surpass it
barely. It was time for my final test near the end of the school. My first Test was math, which I
passed with no troubleconcern. Then, there came the usual boring English test. I recall those
flipping of pages, the annoying tick-tock noise of a broken clock and a teachers walking around
you with an appealing look. As for me there was the continuous yawning, the cracking noise
from various part of my bones, the imagine images flying around my head just to keep me
distracted. I was often awaked by the scraping of pencil on those funny looking bubble answer
sheets. I continued to do my test, looking back over every question, hoping to pass until it was
time to go.the time expired.
I did everything the next morning from brushing my teeth, to praying god and crossed my
finger. As I walked into Mrs. Charlotte, my English teacher classroom, she had this confound
look in her face when she saw me. I could tell by her look as if she got hit by a lighting, that I
didnt pass. What a great day, to start as if it couldnt have been any better than this. The entire
day, I kept looking at the paper which was handed to me that mentioned the retake date. The
retake was after two 2 days, and in two days there was a chance to learn from my mistakes, to
keep hope to my hopeful family and most of all to move along along the next grade.into eight
grades. The retake was one the most depressingdisappointing moment of my life, I was nervous;
my heart rate was beating rapidly, making me think of future not the present. It was do it or die
moment for me. Furturemore, It was a relief form all my dissatisfaction and failure.
While my friends were having a graduation ceremony outside in a cozy weather, I was
stuck inside the extremely cold building. After the teacher gave us lecture on rules and regulation
of the test, I wished I had never heard the sentence you may begin. As usual it was the same
boring type of test just with different version color and questions format. The nervousness and
anxiety of passing forced me to rush. I was halfway finished from the test when I gathered my
emotions and forced to slow down. Looking back to those questions I knew that passing test is
hard but also possiblepossible but hard. A minute was like an hour, to me whereas an hour was a
big headache for me. I couldnt understand what the content meant, so I created my own stories
based on the text and answered the question from my story. I didnt know what to do and the
only excuse I had was this is my first year ofi am new to English so it dont matter but I knew

that I have to dedicate on English subject more often. The bell rang while I was praying to god
sacredly inside saying pass me and I will do anything for you.
I was on bus stop thinking about the deal I made with my dad to buy the new iPod iphone
if a pass and building a plan for a long summer. By the time I reached Mrs. Charlotte class I was
filled with pride and joy. My heart was still beating rapidly but I believed in my gut as I stepped
in the classroom. I heard a sudden cry from a girl whereas there was a pride of urgency in a boy.
When it was my turn I had a feeling what the girl who cried was going through. I had failed and
all my hopes disappeared into thin year. I returned home and my dad was in the phone beside
my mom. They didnt ask me any questing but sure look disappointed so I headed to my room.
After a while there was a knock in my door and my dad came to say it is okay and told me you
were one point away! As he was leaving he said it better not happen next year. Next school
season we moved away from Conover to Huntersville, NC. We again moved to Charlotte and I
attended James Martin High School. It was a decent school but school didnt matter to me as
summer and final came close rapidly. My only focus was to pass the English test no matter of
consequences. I arrived in James Martin near the end of the third quarter.
The Final was in in 2 month and I had 2 month to be ready. It was a tough time catching
up with my math and language art class. Finally, the final was knocking on my face and I did as
much preparation to prevent history from repeating. Math and science finals were easy but
English was pretty hard. Unlike the other language art test, this test was long, super boring and
consumed a lot of time. The very next day I had a bad feeling about the English test and it turned
out true. The history repeated itself and all my effort was gone in vain and there was nothing I
could do about except taking the retake. That retake was the worst I ever had. First of all, I had
no confident on myself and I was going through a tough time from failing three times in a row.
As lecture stopped and students began flipping pages I forced all my will to do my best and stop
worrying about passing or failing. I was surprised when I was done before the time expired and
forced myself to do recheck until it was time to go.

I went home and slept till it was time for dinner and slept again. By the time I went to my
English class, I saw that look again but instead of being confuse or disappointed, she was proud
of me. I passed my English test for the first time. I thanked god from inside but kept all the credit
to myself. I was finally glad of my achievement. I had a great summer that year and my life went
on well until it was time for another high school final. I had a great confident in myself when I
took the test; it seemed kind of was familiar and easy to me. I had a great teacher who
understood me and made me capable to pass the test. I stayed after school every time as possible
and all my effort helped me pass my English test at the first time without any retakes. I wish I
had made the deal with my dad that year instead of last year.

As I recall, my first 3 year has been a tremendous amount adventures always learning
from a mistake and hoping to avoid them in future. I understood that any human beings are
capable of doing impossible things but all they need is their inner confident and their loved one
support.