I am feeling unprepared for college.I did work hard in high school. I did my own thing. My own thing was …show more content…
I, instead of being a good student in elementary school, failed constantly.There was this one time when I was screamed at in class by my teacher for doing my homework wrong . I felt embarrassed and began to fear her. She was the angry alligator ready to snap at a moment notice. I had exactly the same thought that Logan had “Why bother if you’re already behind?”(Logan page 100) I gave up around fifth grade right around mid year when instead of learning I just wanted to hide.I never got higher than a C+.
I went into sixth grade just thinking I will try.The person who supported me the most was my mother even when I was not doing well ,she supported me. I felt like Logan in the sense that “I had allowed myself to become what my grade point average said: a failure””(page 101). I decided that sixth grade would be a new start. I have not got less than a C+ since sixth grade and I feel pretty good about that. I felt like I won the olympics every time I got a good grade back. My gold medal was just pride in my