Skylar Mullikin College Prep English Autobiographical Essay September 21, 2016
Repeating Mistakes
Mistakes are choices that we make, learn from, and try not to repeat, but my favorite mistake is one that I must repeat. My favorite mistake is signing up for college anatomy this year. Anatomy is my least favorite subject, and it causes me anxiety every day. Even though the class is stressful, I am grateful for it. I am thankful for the opportunity to take anatomy in high school to be better prepared to take it when I get to college, which is why it is my favorite mistake. Since I will be required to take anatomy in college for the major I am pursuing, it is a mistake I am doomed to repeat. In late July, as my senior year began approaching, I began to think about the classes I had selected for my final year of high school. My mind began to race about the decisions I made regarding my final classes, and I wondered if I had made the best right decisions. On the day of school registration, I picked up my schedule and headed home to go over it. I was standing in my room glaring at my schedule and wondering if the classes I had signed up for were really going to help pursue my future career. I barged into my mom’s room rambling about all the ideas flying through my head. She sat me down and looked over the classes I had selected, reconciled it with the classes I needed, and helped me identify which classes would best prepare me for a career in physical therapy. Anatomy and physiology was a clear choice. Even though I was apprehensive about taking anatomy, I was armed with a new sense of direction; I went to the school counselor and requested changes to be made to my schedule. She helped me fill out the change request form and I made it official by signing the paper. The wheels were in motion. I told the counselor my fears about signing up for Human Anatomy, but she assured me I would be “just fine.” I felt reassured that by taking this course, it would later help me with deciding a career path for my future. One month into the school year I knew that anatomy was not a subject I wanted to know more about, yet my mind has not changed about pursuing a career in physical therapy. When we learn from our mistakes, we usually do not repeat them, but I will be repeating anatomy class in college. Anatomy is interesting. I just have not fully grasped what is being taught and I feel overwhelmed. Maybe the real lesson is to never give up, even when times are challenging. Maybe the risks in life that bring us the greatest reward are those we have to work the hardest for. I am learning to step outside my box, to take risks, and to work hard for the those I want. Through trial and error, I will find new talents and capabilities within myself. Repeating my mistake will be in my future because I will have to take classes I have never taken in order to find myself. Throughout life everybody makes mistakes, most people learn from them and never repeat them. Other people (like me), turn their mistakes into an opportunity to learn and grow. I will continue to make the mistake of signing up for challenging classes to prepare myself for the future. My favorite mistake is taking chances, taking anatomy, and learning more about who I am.