Flunking Fifth Grade by Yesenia

Flunking Fifth Grade by Yesenia - February 2017 Scholarship Essay

When I was younger, I thought that life was something not to be taken seriously, I thought that having fun and enjoying life was more important. As I grew older I realized that life is about enjoying it, and that life is not easily handed to you for free. In order to continue a happy fulfilling life, you have to work hard for it, of course. I did not always believe that, being young, I used to think about recess and how school is very boring. It was not up until the fifth grade that I finally realized that how much more serious I have to do in school. Reason why is because of having to repeat the fifth grade.

I failed fifth grad; my teachers thought I was not ready for middle school and that having to repeat fifth grade was necessary for me. My teachers believed that if I were to repeat the fifth grade then I would level up with the rest of the students and have a succeeding middle school and high school life. At first I was angry, I hated the fact that now I will be the oldest in my class and I have to stay in the fifth grade, all over again while the rest of my class move up to middle school. Then I cried because I realized that I could have done better in school and not have to deal with repeating the fifth grade.

I was eventually able to strengthen myself and push through in repeating the fifth grade. Luckily, I coincidentally moved schools, so I was able to start fresh without anyone having to recognize me to realize I how have to repeat the fifth grade again. As I started the fifth grade and continued through my year, I realized that there are many things I did not know about, and that a lot of the things I learned are actually interesting. I began having the mentality of how school is actually fun, and learning is interesting once you get used to it. From that moment I realized my lesson, I was meant to fail fifth grade because I see it as a wake up call to having to fail and get back into track. Without having to fail, I would have probably not changed and not realize how interesting learning actually is. I also realize that I was only a fifth grader and soon in middle school I would struggle if I do not continue to learn. Instead, I began to continue learning in class and do the best I can in order to succeed in my future classes.

Now that I am a senior in high school, I am not proud but glad that I failed the fifth grade only because of how it changed my perspective in school. I am glad to continue my studies and soon enough graduate to become successful.