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CAN FAILURE

STRENGTHEN A PERSON?

I believe that failure help a kid who is struggling. And, there
is what assures a are probably a million ways the student
person success. could fail over and over again. But that
Thomas Edison had still doesn’t mean that they are not worthy
tried 1000 times enough to be helped because the failure
before he could was just the first step to strengthening the
make the light student and making the student the best
bulb but, all the version of themselves.
failures that he had What is “the best version of yourself”, I
overcome are the wouldn’t know because it is “yourself”.
reason he achieved You justify what the best version of
success. What Is yourself is. Your best self is when you’re
the word “Fail” ? at your highest strength whether that be
Ashvi Thakkar
14 years I don’t think that mentally or physically. How could you
8th Grade it means you did achieve this so-called “strength?” Before
Lawler Middle School
bad at something. I you look for as many ways as you can to
believe that failure succeed, you must look for as many ways
is really just, your “first attempt at success. as you can to fail. In order to succeed
“I believe that failure strengthens people and become your best self, you must fail
because, it gives you a new perspective to first. So stop looking for ways to succeed
look at whatever problem you are solving, and start looking for ways to fail because
and it helps you be the best version of that is the only way that you can achieve
yourself. and be the “best version of yourself.”
Success feels great but no one is ever To conclude, I wanted to remind you that
actually going to succeed until they fail. failure is not something to be ashamed of.
What I mean by this is that failure strengthens It is something to embrace and be proud
you. It makes you look at whatever it is that of because, you can always say that “no
you are doing from a thousand different matter how many times I’ve failed I never
perspectives. The school system has made stopped trying.” You stayed strong, and
us so afraid of failure that they have made that is more important than any success
it feel unexpected. After a student fails, the that you will ever achieve.
school systems looks at the kid and decides
that the kid is unworthy of being helped.
When in reality they just gave up on the
kid, because there are a million ways to

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