Everyone experiences failure; no one is exempt. One time I experienced failure was when I almost failed 9th grade. It affected me terribly and it still affects me today. I regret my past actions of not taking school seriously; all I did was jump and focus on having fun. I regret a lot about my past, but the question is: have I learned from my mistakes? Well yes, I did. I learned when to be a follower and when to be a leader. I learned to work first and play second. I have also learned to be mature and wise when it comes to my actions. To begin with, I learned when to be a follower and when to be a leader. In the past, I have always been a follower and when I had the chance to be the leader, I just thought about what my friends would do. Whatever my friends told me to do, I would do it because I wanted to be the “cool girl.” However, over time this no longer matters. I started to realize this around the middle of second year. I arrived at a new school with no friends and decided to do something good for myself. So when my new friends asked me to jump or not to do it...