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I have a chance to think about my weakness and inception and completely reflect myself

I failed in entrance test in other uniersity but I learned a lot from that

when I was a bachelor's degree, pursuing higher education made me eager to refocus on how to get scholarship, and although many times failed.

I think the IB required tremendous resilience, as it required a lot of time, effort, and mentality. I struggled to keep my motivation high, however learning to be resilient towards my challenges helped me overcome the difficult periods during the IB.

Through reflecting on my academic journey, I realized the failure to achieve my personal goals near the beginning of my school life encouraged me to study harder, set higher goals, and most importantly, reach those higher goals.

During my final year of high school, I faced significant academic pressure while preparing for IB exams, which included moments of failure and self-doubt when my efforts didn’t yield the desired results. One instance was receiving disappointing feedback on a major project I had worked hard on, which initially left me feeling defeated. However, instead of giving up, I reflected on the feedback, sought help from my teachers, and focused on improving step by step. Through persistence and learning from my mistakes, I not only improved my project but also developed the resilience to bounce back stronger from setbacks. This experience taught me that failures are opportunities for growth, shaping my ability to tackle challenges with determination and adaptability.

After I took my Japanese Exam of Set 2, both the listening and reading, I felt defeated and like a failure because even though I had been putting extra effort into learning more for around a year, I felt I had improved very little. Shortly After this, I called my mom and spoke about how the test made me feel, and she helped me realize that there was nothing more I could do than try my best, as I had, and while that was a bit disappointing, the idea that I had tried my best and still failed, it was comforting.

My grades evolving from middle school to highschool. I began with red marks in many classes like math and underperformed in comparison to my peers. I even failed Japanese, despite working on it very diligently and going to juku as it was my nonnative language. However, as the years progressed from 7th grade to 11th grade I've gotten more used to assessments, managing my study time, and learning efficiently. acquiring notably better grades in the subjects I study hard in and boosting my overall GPA.

In the last exam, I wasn't doing very well in Global Politics especially paper 2 but I reflected on myself and worked hard on improving my scores. In this exam, I did better than before which I am proud of myself for doing but I think there is still a lot of room for improvement and I want to continue working on my writing skills.