Happiness with Education

 I see education as a good thing in life. Other people might have different opinions about it. At times my emotions kick in when I'm dealing with education. I have learned ways to deal with it and my weaknesses and strengths as well. Weaknesses and strength is something everyone deals with in education. In my years of being in school i faced problems and realized some of my strengths and weaknesses as the years went by.  
      One weakness i have faced in education is being lazy. There has been times when it affected me a lot and sometimes it still does. It is not a good thing to be feeling that way. It is not good at all for me because i started doing bad in school because i got too lazy to study and do all my work because I would keep saying ill do it later but then i would end up not doing anything at all. It is not good because when i have a lot of work i would save it to the last minute which now i know isn't good at all because it can show I didn't take my time to do it. Now i tend to focus more on my stuff so I can improve as a student. A fear i have always had is going in front of the class to present something. I never liked doing that because I get shy. It makes me feel worried and makes me think if I'm actually going to do good on the presentation. So I know I have to overcome my nervousness in order to do good and most importantly overcome that fear. I can relate to what Ken Robinson mentioned in the video “Does school kill Creativity” when they realized the girl was a dancer. I can relate to it because sometimes there’s thing i cant do correctly and it makes me feel lost but when I'm in an enviorment where i like doing what i love its really different because it makes me happy.
      A strength that i have and that i learned through time and experience is to never give up. There were many times before when i was small that I encountered hard occasions while in school and sometimes i gave up on things and didn't try as hard.  Not giving up is a very important part in life. It made me realize that it is real important because everyone faces in challenges in life that wont be easy . Also challenges will come upon me for everything i want to do and succeed in. The good things in life aren't that easy to achieve. You have to be a hard worker and try your best always, that is the best to do because being lazy and letting it take you over isn't good at all.
     Frustration is a very common thing in education as well in my opinion. I think it is because I myself have faced frustrations in school when I wasn't able to do something correct.  In school there are many things i have come upon on. Some things take more time to learn and to study more than other subjects. Sometimes it frustrates me when other students understand things better then me. It makes me feel like if they are smarter then me but i know that everyone is good at different things. Now i just say to myself that I am better then them at other things. Sometimes it makes me feel a bit better, because I know people are different and have different interests which can make them better at things I might not like at all. Another thing that frustrates me is when I have to write long papers. It frustrates me because I don't really like writing a lot and I don't think I'm a great writer. I have always felt like that about writing and it frustrates me but i want to keep writing to get better and get that frustration over with because i know writing is very important and i will need it.
     For me another important event that happened to me  in education was the motivation i received from others. To me the motivation and advice I received I will never forget. I will always remember the advice and words people have told me to not give up and keep trying. When i started failing classes in high school because i started getting lazy my parents motivated me and gave me advice that i always have in mind. They made me realize that if I give up it wont be a good decision and how it can affect my future. They also told me that I'm capable of anything if i work and try my hardest cause life isn't easy to get the best that it will be full of struggles but to never give up. Around that time as well my soccer coach noticed what was going on with me and he wondered why i was getting lazy. So he then gave me advice also and told me that its like soccer, if you want to keep improving and getting better you always have to train to get better at it but if you give up you will never learn new stuff and be able to expand my knowledge about things which is in the sport I love and my education. So as time passed I listened to those advices and changes started showing. I was doing all my work again and i started getting good grades and started passing all my classes again which was most important to me. During that time i received a most improved award from my school. It made me so happy and made me realize that if i work hard i can do anything. That motivated me even more to keep myself on track and not to slack because I was able if i worked hard and didn't give up. It was a big event that occurred while i was growing up dealing with school and my education and I am really happy for all the advice and motivations I received at that time to take to where I am now in college and i still receive advice from many others as well and it helps me stay focused now that I'm in college so i keep learning and facing new challenges. Its great thing to have support and advice even now.  
    

“Does school Kill Creativity” produced by TED, Ken Robinson, TED, 2006