ipl-logo

Argumentative Essay On Setback

1080 Words5 Pages

S – SETBACK Setback – Facing a circumstance that may affect you in a negative way. “A slingshot has to be pulled back in order for it to propel forward” – Hayley Mulenda. Losing isn’t running a race and falling down; losing is falling down, and refusing to get up again and carry on running! In life we all go through setbacks; not everything is going to go our way, and that’s okay! Let’s deny that life is perfect, and if there’s one thing we all have in common it’s that we all have experience with setbacks, trials, tests, and pain. However, before the testimony comes the test, and before the breakthrough comes the breakdown – a flower cannot grow until the seed has endured soil, and therefore before you can grow you’re going to have to be buried. Before a diamond is formed it has to be put under pressure, so you see, setbacks are not only inevitable but NECESSARY too. A setback is just a setup for a COMEBACK. Sometimes we need the bad results to fix up, …show more content…

What setbacks are you facing right now? How did you get there? What can you learn from this test? TASK Get a piece of paper, split it into two, and on one side write ‘setbacks’ and on the other side write ‘comebacks’. On the setbacks side write down all the setbacks you’ve ever had and on the comebacks side write down how you’re going to recover from that setback and what your comeback is. What did you learn from this chapter? How has it helped you? Why don’t you tell us on social media! DON’T FORGET TO USE THE HASHTAG #ABC2SS - @HaylsMulenda T- TIME Time – A commodity that can never come back, it is measured in minutes, hours, and days. “The trouble is you think you have time” – Buddha. If you focus on a setback for too long, you will end up losing time, and time isn’t something to be wasted! Time is so precious – in fact, it’s the most precious thing you have. Your time is your life, and without time there is no life,

Show More
Related

  • Examples Of Adversity In The Glass Castle

    372 Words  | 2 Pages

    “Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.” William Shakespeare. While everyone struggles through adverse situations, those who choose to act in a positive manner can shape their lives entirely for the better. Through such inevitable struggles we build who we are as people by developing in both an emotional and physical sense, shaping who we are, and how we behave. This is illustrated in the memoir “The Glass Castle” written by Jeannette Walls in which she and her siblings are faced with immeasurable struggles through which they develop into independent adults.

    Read More

  • Comparing Perez's And Graff Articles

    275 Words  | 2 Pages

    Dana Nguyen Ms. Newray ERWC, Period 5 August 28, 2015 Perez’s & Graff Articles Summaries In Perez’s article, Want To Get Into College? Learn to Fail [ Feb. 12, 2012], failure is the most significant, but hurtful step towards a successful life. If a person has never honestly dealt with failure, how can they possibly ever improve or move forward? It is important to learn and be able to solve problems in society, whether it is for academic or not.

    Read More

  • John Wooden Quotes

    463 Words  | 2 Pages

    John Wooden once said “failure is not fatal but failure to change might be”(John Wooden Quote.) Wooden was addressing the idea that one only fails if they do not change after messing up. I never fully understood that principle until I attempted the FFA Creed Career Development Event. After not giving all that I could during the contest, I experienced the worst defeat of my FFA career. I had always thought that Wooden’s statement was only inspire those who had lost, but through personal failures I have learned otherwise.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: Haverford High School Race

    496 Words  | 2 Pages

    When you fail to accomplish the goal that was a deep desire of yours, all you can do is sit there, thinking what could have possibly happened. I should have stretched more. I should have pushed harder. I should hydrated myself more. But in the end, I had to swallow my pride and accept the lost.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: My Liberty High School Cross Country Team

    648 Words  | 3 Pages

    In life, even though we are told not to do so, a lot of us “count our chickens before they hatch”. We make assumptions on things before they happen because we believe that if something seems so likely, it will happen. Well, that is what my Liberty High School cross country team did my sophomore year. Going into the year, we not only knew we were going to be strong, we thought other teams were going to be weak. The top teams from the state finals the previous year had all lost most of their key pieces.

    Read More

  • My Losing Season Analysis

    514 Words  | 3 Pages

    Loss is “a losing by defeat; failure to defeat” (dictionary.com). There are many definitions, but in sports losing is the worst incident that can happen to a team. Pat Conroy discovers what it means to lose in his memoir My Losing Season. The memoir covers Conroy’s experiences as a young boy growing up in the South in the 1960s and as a basketball player for The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina. After The Citadel, Conroy decided to pursue his career as an author and chose to write about his senior year of college.

    Read More

  • Raymond's Run Literary Analysis

    1875 Words  | 8 Pages

    Compare /Contrast Essay Name: Aanya Bedi In life, everyone has their struggles. Small , or big , every single person on this planet has a struggle.

    Read More

  • Taboo In African American Culture

    1529 Words  | 7 Pages

    Prayer and ‘healing hands’ are a few remedies used by my culture. We are present oriented and can be rather relaxed about time. Thus, may be late for appointments (Ritter, 2017). Time is viewed as circular. In my family, we will set a time for an event with the expectation that the guests will show up

    Read More

  • Narrative Essay On Marching Band Leadership

    551 Words  | 3 Pages

    Easy to encounter, not so easy to overcome, failures claw at hopes and successes. They bring down those who are weak enough to let them in. They strengthen those that can get past them. I got past one that almost ruined my chances for new opportunities.

    Read More

  • Electric Bogaloo Analysis

    463 Words  | 2 Pages

    Both of the scenarios have a big relation to never give up because I always tell myself take my time and never stop until I’m finished. The author has more lessons in the story than just those. One of my favorite lessons from this story is how to look back on mistakes and overcoming them. The detail means when you look back on mistakes you laugh at yourself and you don’t regret what you did. The statement means something to me because looking back on my mess ups and embarrassments, I wish I could go them differently.

    Read More

  • How Baseball Has Changed My Life

    533 Words  | 3 Pages

    When times get tough and adversity is thrown at you like a curveball all you can do is stay positive and know to never give up. Unfortunately I have had to deal with a couple scenarios where I have been faced with adversity. I have had to overcome my parents being divorced, and a family member who has overcame a drug addiction. That was one of the hardest things I was ever faced with going through middle school, but knowing that there will always be a tomorrow and to not give up on someone has had a positive impact in the end. It has brought my family closer than we have ever been.

    Read More

  • Overcoming Obstacles In 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time'

    764 Words  | 4 Pages

    "It may sound strange, but champions are made champions by setbacks" (Bob Richards). This quote describes how struggling and setbacks can help a person become successful. This essay is about overcoming obstacles despite difficulty. An example of one of these obstacles is if someone injures their leg, it would be really hard for them to run. If they try really hard then their setback could just be a minor thing that made them want to succeed more.

    Read More

  • Michael Jordan Informative Speech

    816 Words  | 4 Pages

    You close a door to open a new door. It’s the spark of the beginning of something better. You re-evaluate what you did and come back stronger. Failure makes us rethink, reconsider, and redefine our ways and strategies in achieving our goal. You are pushed to get out of your comfort zone and fight the problems in a way that you wouldn’t normally fight them.

    Read More

  • The Theme Of Adversity In Deborah Ellis Parvana's Journey

    692 Words  | 3 Pages

    The message in this quote is to never lose hope and keep moving forward after a hardship. In conclusion Deborah Ellis’ novel ‘Parvana’s Journey’ highlights how important it is to show bravery when imposed to face a difficult

    Read More

  • Speech About Challenges In Life

    1632 Words  | 7 Pages

    In our life, there are periods of challenges that we must face, but the real challenge is how we grow and learn from overcoming them. Being naive children, we believed that life was simplistic and effortless. Well, we were wrong, we can only yearn for life to be easy. Growing up, we continue to face countless hurdles that only get bigger and bigger. My life, in particular, has been filled with numerous up and downs.

    Read More

More about Argumentative Essay On Setback

Open Document