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Tell us about a time where something didn’t go the way you wanted it to (in school or beyond) and what you learned from the experience. OR Tell us what is the best mistake you ever made?
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- by Hannah
A time where something didn’t go the way I wanted it to and I learned from the experience was during my first job as a grocery store cashier. I worked through quarantine, which was about as messy as you’d expect. It pretty much derailed my idea of a “normal” first… Read more »
Ironically, a time where something didn’t go the way I wanted it to was a year ago to date. I was planning a team building activity called “manhunt” for my hockey team. The goal of the game was to get everyone together at night and split into 2 teams to… Read more »
One time during high school I was struggling with a math class, and no matter how many meetings I had with my tutor I just couldn’t understand it enough to get a good grade on the tests. I had no idea what I was doing wrong, and she was started… Read more »
I started a new job at restaurant last January.I have been working in the food industry since I was sixteen years old so I figured I had a good grasp on how to serve. Turns out ive never worked in a place that serves anywhere from 200 to 650 people… Read more »
I’m doing two posts for this because I thought of another one that makes a little more sense for this prompt. During the first weekdays I was in Spain, two of the girls that was in my program asked if I wanted to go to Huevla, a beach town. I… Read more »
Something that didn’t go as I wanted was how when I toured Salem State, I did not like it at all. I applied to three colleges: PSU (obviously….), Keene State, and Salem State…. Keene was honestly a backup so once I got accepted to the others, I forgot about it.… Read more »
When I first chose a university, I wanted to attend, I went with the one my mom really liked. I chose the school for soccer and the fact my mom loved it. I did not choose the school because I wanted it. I had a terrible experience with soccer because… Read more »