Experience Is the Best Teacher

                                             

Throughout my life, I became discouraged many times due to the repeated failures. It happened to me often no matter how much I sacrificed, but I always considered all the failures as the greatest experiences I underwent. Likewise, a few months ago, I got a very new experience in my life that helped me to grow and improve myself a lot. 

Throwing back to that time, first, I saw the announcement of one exchange program on the website. After that, I decided immediately to apply for it, and it was the impulsive decision I had never made before. Then I downloaded the application form, and also started to prepare myself and some documents to meet the requirements and the eligibility. The documents I prepared were passport, transcript, and I had to include the experiences of my volunteer works, work shops participation, any training sessions, and study clubs. Next, I spent days and nights on completing and reviewing the application, and the most difficult part for me was writing essays. I stayed up late every night to write and to recheck my essays again and again until my health was in a bad condition due to sleep deprivation. More important, I asked one of my English teachers and one of the alumni to proofread and give me feedback as well. I can say it was a very long tiring journey, however, I was excited to do it. Finally, I submitted the application form, and the documents one day before the deadline. Unfortunately, I didn't get selected to the next phase of the program. And I also informed my teacher about it, and he said "Don't worry. Experience is our best teacher. Try again next time."

Thus, I learned a lot from that experience since everything could not always go the same way as I wanted it to. And I learnt that no matter how many times I failed, I had to keep going. Sometimes we need failures to succeed.