Assignment 26A: Celebrating Failure

1) Tell us about a time this past semester that you failed:
   As many other students that are in this class have taken or are taking, I am in managerial accounting. I have tried watching the lectures, reading the textbook, and using outside resources to do well on the tests but I just can't seem to get the hang of it. I got a mediocre score on the first test and bombed the second one. To me this is a failure because of the fact that I normally don't have a problem understanding material and I got a high A in financial accounting. After the first test I tried to not use the lectures because they confused me more than the textbook but I ended up with a worse grade than the first test.

 2) Tell us what you learned from it.  
   I learned that it's important to stay on top of the material with this class and genuinely try to understand it rather than simply memorizing the formulas. The professor writes his questions to see that you understand the concepts rather than being able to regurgitate formulas. 

 3) Reflect, in general, on what you think about failure.
   I honestly do not take failure very well. Even as a kid playing sports I hated losing and would try to fix whatever I did wrong so that it wouldn't happen again. I think in school I needed this class to realize that its okay to fail one or two classes and that you don't need an A in every single class as I previously expected from myself. I think this class has shown me that in order to reap the most benefits, you should just take the risk and go for it. If it doesn't work the first time, try again but you also have to know when to quit and take on a new venture. 

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  1. brownnolanApril 15, 2019 at 1:00 AM

    Daniel,

    It takes real courage to take in your failures and admit them. Having this great ability to come clean with yourself is a great tool to help you move forward in school and in life. Managerial is a very tough class, keep your head up and keep grinding at it to get that good grade.

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  2. James SheaApril 15, 2019 at 9:17 PM

    Hi Daniel,

    I also took managerial accounting and could not stand that class. For whatever reason no matter what I did I could not figure out some of the material. In the end I passed the class, but I learned a lot from my “almost failure”. I think that in some ways that was a failure in itself because I had never come so close to not passing a class. It made me realize that I need to work harder and in the end I think it made me a better student. Great post!

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