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Assignment 26A - Celebrating Failure
- I will discuss a time that I quite literally failed in my Business Finance class. I knew going into the class that it was going to be a tough course, but I didn't really anticipate how much time would be required to do well in the class. I started off the semester enjoying syllabus week, not taking any of my classes seriously, and only looked at the syllabus and did any required assignments the following week. I didn't look at my business finance class until the following week, and only did one or two study edge chapter review packets. By the time the first exam drew closer, I started to go on my study grind the week before. It was then that I realized how much material the exam covered and how little time I actually had to master the content. I nonstop studied for that class that week and went into the exam feeling somewhat confident, but still nervous. I only need a C in this class since I'm not a finance major, so I wasn't stressing too hard. I took the exam and found that the questions were very difficult, most of them ending with me guessing the final steps or just completely confused on how to do the problem entirely. I got my grade back a few days later and found out that I got a 45%. This was the lowest score I've received on any exam I've ever taken, so I was a little shocked and disappointed.
- From failing this exam, however, I learned that this class isn't to be taken lightly. I learned that I need to study far more in advance and do many more practice problems if I wanted to pass this class. Fortunately, many people do bad on the first exam, and the professor will curve the exam based on your exam 2 score. For exam 2, I studied and got a good enough grade for him to curve my exam 1 grade.
- The way I handle failure is usually by avoiding social interaction and sulking for a little while. Sometimes I just need time to myself to be in my thoughts and have my own reflection of what went wrong. Unless its a major life tragedy, I usually will recover and be okay shortly after. I believe I am a fairly resilient person who is hard to be taken down. This class has emphasized this characteristic of mine and made me realize that it is okay to fail, because when you finally get it right, it could be something huge.
Hey Jacob,
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely an experience I think most UF students can relate to. I had a similar experience with a calculus class last fall - I failed my first exam ever and had to work super hard all semester to be able to bring my grade up and recover from it. It sounds like we handle failure similarly; I usually just want to be alone and reflect on what happened for a bit as well. The important part is being able to come out of it having learned a valuable lesson and improving for the next time!
Hi Jacob,
ReplyDeleteI am very sympathetic to your struggle with business finance. It is so annoying that that class is used as a “weed out” class just because the teacher does not teach well at all. Almost everyone has to use study edge because the professor does not teach well enough to pass the exams. I’m glad that you were able to learn from this.
Hey Jacob,
ReplyDeleteI took Business Finance in the fall so I understand your struggle. Though, I didn't quite have the same bad luck as you, that class had me looking into the face of failure for must of the semester. I had a similar epiphany with my Business Law class this semester, where after my first exam I learned that I had to take my class way more serious. Glad to see you learned from your mistakes and you are probably a better person now.