When you have the desire to learn it saves everyone else a headache down the road, i think this is how Mary Sherry felt when she wrote the article “ In praise of the F word”, which is about how she feels thousands of students graduate with a diploma every year with bad academic skills. she teaches an adult literacy program and she feels aggravated because she thinks many students get away with just barely passing classes. Sherry thinks that no matter what situation a student is going through that is causing them to fail it can be overcomed if they know she will fail them. The teacher is the one who has the right to do this, so it can be a positive tool so a student can improve their work. most kids don’t put school first unless they know something is at stake. she says students will be put into jobs where their employer will come to realize that they can barely able to read or write.
The idea i found interesting was when Sherry states, when one is in fear of failure either economic or academic, the thought of failing can change someone perspective on either situations. Its as failure can actually have a good side but only if its not too late. if someone knows that they are doing bad in a situation with work or school, knowing that they might fail pushes them to finish the task or to get there situation in order. The thought of failing is all people need to push themselves and not give up. The importance of this idea cannot be stressed enough because for me personally once i know i have a short time to fix something or knowing i am on a thin line of failing, i will do anything to fix it and it motivates me.
I think when someone is in fear of failure, it can actually motivate us because i have been through it a few times in my life. For example, When i was a senior in highschool i didn't do great in all my classes, i was a teenager just wanting to have fun. At the end of the school year when everyone was getting ready for graduation, i was notified that i couldn’t attend graduation because of my grades and i was told i may even be held back. They gave me one last chance to pass but i had to attend an alternative night and day high school and depending on how i did in three months i would then be able to get my high school diploma. luckily after three months i passed and got my diploma, but it was only until i was told me i was failing and what the consequences were, that made me fix my attitude towards school.
Another situation, i found when i was in fear of failing and it actually motivated me was when i found out i was pregnant with my first child. I was six months into my first year in a private college when i found out i was expecting and i was overwhelmed but i was still determined to finish as much as i could until i gave birth. Unfortunately, i had a horrible pregnancy i was constantly sick to the point where i was vomiting at least 12 times a day maybe every 45 minutes for the first four months. this situation was a little set back for me because i began to fail and miss a lot of school, i didn't have the strength or desire to do homework. Sooner than i thought i had to leave school in the middle of a semester and this really made me feel like i failed completely. Three years later i came back to college because within that time i felt i wanted a better education and a degree for the sake of me and my childrens future. Just as the article mentions that when someone has a fear of failure weather economic or academic it can be a motivation tool for someone to fix or change for a better. As for me even though it took three years to change that feeling of failing by coming back to school, i feel better about my decisions.
In conclusion, i feel people can overcome from their problems but they need a reason to do so. when people feel like they are about to fail something they try their hardest to overcome that failure. Just has when i was about to be held back from my senior year, the thought of failing and sitting with younger kids a full year made me change and pass. Also, when i found out i was pregnant it set me back but having the feeling of failure for three years that i wasn’t progressing made me change my thinking. It sucks people usually want to change or do something right when its already too late.
When you have the desire to learn it saves everyone else a headache down the road, i think this is how Mary Sherry felt when she wrote the article “ In praise of the F word”, which is about how she feels thousands of students graduate with a diploma every year with bad academic skills. she teaches an adult literacy program and she feels aggravated because she thinks many students get away with just barely passing classes. Sherry thinks that no matter what situation a student is going through that is causing them to fail it can be overcome if they know she will fail them. The teacher is the one who has the right to do this, so it can be a positive tool so a student can improve their work. most kids don’t put school first unless they know something is at stake. she says students will be put into jobs where their employer will come to realize that they can barely able to read or write.
The idea i found interesting was when Sherry states, when one is in fear of failure either economic or academic, the thought of failing can change someone perspective on either situations. Its as failure can actually have a good side but only if its not too late. if someone knows that they are doing bad in a situation with work or school, knowing that they might fail pushes them to finish the task or to get there situation in order. The thought of failing is all people need to push themselves and not give up. The importance of this idea cannot be stressed enough because for me personally once i know i have a short time to fix something or knowing i am on a thin line of failing, i will do anything to fix it and it motivates me.
I think when someone is in fear of failure, it can actually motivate us because i have been through it a few times in my life. For example, When i was a senior in highschool i didn't do great in all my classes, i was a teenager just wanting to have fun. At the end of the school year when everyone was getting ready for graduation, i was notified that i couldn’t attend graduation because of my grades and i was told i may even be held back. They gave me one last chance to pass but i had to attend an alternative night and day high school and depending on how i did in three months i would then be able to get my high school diploma. luckily after three months i passed and got my diploma, but it was only until i was told me i was failing and what the consequences were, that made me fix my attitude towards school.
Another situation, i found when i was in fear of failing and it actually motivated me was when i found out i was pregnant with my first child. I was six months into my first year in a private college when i found out i was expecting and i was overwhelmed but i was still determined to finish as much as i could until i gave birth. Unfortunately, i had a horrible pregnancy i was constantly sick to the point where i was vomiting at least 12 times a day maybe every 45 minutes for the first four months. this situation was a little set back for me because i began to fail and miss a lot of school, i didn't have the strength or desire to do homework. Sooner than i thought i had to leave school in the middle of a semester and this really made me feel like i failed completely. Three years later i came back to college because within that time i felt i wanted a better education and a degree for the sake of me and my children's future. Just as the article mentions that when someone has a fear of failure weather economic or academic it can be a motivation tool for someone to fix or change for a better. As for me even though it took three years to change that feeling of failing by coming back to school, i feel better about my decisions.
In conclusion, i feel people can overcome from their problems but they need a reason to do so. when people feel like they are about to fail something they try their hardest to overcome that failure. Just has when i was about to be held back from my senior year, the thought of failing and sitting with younger kids a full year made me change and pass. Also, when i found out i was pregnant it set me back but having the feeling of failure for three years that i wasn’t progressing made me change my thinking. It sucks people usually want to change or do something right when its already too late.
